The death of notorious cartel leader Nemesio Oseguera Cervantes, known as "El Mencho," has sent shockwaves through Mexico's corrupt government apparatus - but not for the reasons you might think.

According to Breitbart's border expert Randy Clark, speaking on "The Alex Marlow Show," many Mexican government officials, military leaders, and politicians are actually UPSET about the cartel kingpin's demise. Why? Because El Mencho was their cash cow.

"A lot of government officials, a lot of military officials, a lot of politicians, that's the source of some of their income," Clark revealed, exposing the stunning depth of corruption that has turned Mexico into a narco-state.

This bombshell revelation confirms what President Trump and his administration have been saying all along - Mexico's government is thoroughly compromised by drug cartels. When cartel leaders die, corrupt officials don't celebrate justice being served; they mourn the loss of their illegal paychecks.

El Mencho's Jalisco New Generation Cartel (CJNG) has been one of the most violent and powerful criminal organizations in Mexico, responsible for flooding American communities with deadly fentanyl and fueling the border crisis that Trump inherited from the disastrous Biden years.

Clark's explosive comments vindicate Trump's hardline approach to Mexico and explain why the President's mass deportation program and border wall completion are meeting such resistance from south of the border. Corrupt Mexican officials WANT the chaos to continue because it lines their pockets.

With Secretary of Homeland Security Kristi Noem leading the charge on border security and Trump's team preparing to designate cartels as terrorist organizations, these revelations couldn't come at a more critical time.

How can America secure its border when the Mexican government itself is working for the cartels? The answer is simple: We can't rely on Mexico - we must take control ourselves.

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Source: Next News Network