It's unfathomable that anyone would suggest that the US should just let cartels run rough shot over the American population because tourists want to travel to risky places that no sane person should ever travel to.
Every single person who can effect change and publicly opposes the cartel gets killed. Every single one. There is a list [0] of the ones killed in 2024 alone. Even outside of politics, you can't even really joke about the cartel while in Mexico, no matter who you are. They torture and kill entire families over nothing.
[0] https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_politicians_killed_dur...