Katarina Szulc

push their agenda forward what kind of narrative would they be sending out through through an influencer exactly exactly this the propaganda that they're not the bad guys that this is or that this is a luxury lifestyle and you should be part of it okay so it's it's basically it's essentially the same thing as the songs yeah it's it's the recruitment and

also to put pressure on their adversaries.

So the music does it too, the YouTubers do it too, it's very much like, we're with CJ and G, cuatro letras, fuck whoever else our adversary is.

And it garners larger support throughout the population for that one cartel.

Like even nowadays, people will ask me, who do you want to win in Sinaloa?

Chapo or Mayo?

And I'm like,

What do you mean?

And people have those conversations.

I will be at a regular dinner with people who have absolutely nothing to do with this.

They're completely out of the realm.

And they're talking about which side of the faction they support.

And that's what the propaganda is doing.

I think so, and I think that's why a lot of reporters die, are murdered, because a lot of reporters don't want to be a part of that.

But for the most part, they have no choice, especially people who are working for small to medium-sized outlets in regions where there is such a cartel stronghold, and they don't want certain news stories to get out, or they want certain news stories to get out with a narrative.

Yeah, and they're not even getting paid for that.

It's just a life or death scenario.

A lot of the cartel money is in the U.S., point blank.

whether that is through the shell companies or certain operations that they're conducting in the US.

In terms of politics, there are a number of US politicians or US authorities in law enforcement that are on the cartel payroll.