Comment by LinuxBender

The US currently have several spy planes over Mexico with cooperation from the Mexican government. Information is being relayed to the Mexican military and cartels are being neutralized as we speak. There just isn't much news about this at the moment. The US / Mexican military and law enforcement are all currently working together in both training exercises and cartel take-downs. The only thing missing is US military boots on the ground. My only known-unknown is how long this will take given the large numbers of cartel members that have splintered off from their original groups.