Initially, the bigger priority was capturing more cartel members.
El Coss is by all accounts the more accomplished drug lord, but he's being prosecuted in the Southwest, which sees more cartel cases than anywhere in America.
"Some of these [companies] do act more like cartels, basically as an IT cartel," Newsom, who served as San Francisco's mayor for years before taking on the state Lieutenant Governor role, said.
In August, 72 migrants were slaughtered, apparently by one or more drug cartels (a lone survivor said they identified themselves as the Zetas drug cartel) and President Calderon said "the drug gangs are carrying out more extortions and kidnappings of migrants as their resources and recruits dwindle".
Much to the frustration of investment bankers and their clients (the sellers), who privately accuse the clubs of acting more like cartels, bidding consortia are also seen as a possible way to decrease the prices paid at auction.Yet such groups bring their share of challenges.
The organization grew so fast, drew in so much money and hired so many gunmen quick to pull the trigger that it lost the loyalty that other Mexican crime syndicates engendered toward their leaders, while older, more established cartels sought to take down the Young Turks making business tough for everybody.
The legalization lobby -- primarily funded by one man, billionaire marijuana smoker Peter Lewis -- has spent millions convincing Americans that marijuana legalization will bring "money for new schools!" and "safer roads!" and "no more drug cartels!" if passed.
In order to relieve the downward pressure on prices, OPEC members attempted to transform the organization into a more formal cartel, with production quotas for each member.
During his term as chairman, the British banking industry, which has traditionally been dominated by a handful of giants, became even more of cartel.
