I can’t help but look at this and think CIA support. It’s long been public knowledge that the OCGFC and their intelligence agencies run drugs to pay for a lot of their black ops around the world, and as such they pick cartels to support directing their DEA and other international law enforcement operations towards competitors. But though old, this is a very interesting analysis on the two main cartel competitors and how they are expanding operations to other countries, and it would seem that CJNG shows restraint in international operations which might suggest CIA oversight.