Cartels are. They are powerful on the west coast, with minor scrimmages. A friend from Washington state said that two rival cartels have been fighting each other, one I am sure is the Sinaloa, and the other is Zetas, I believe. They are also powerful in Arizona, New Mexico, Texas, and have influence in Gulf of Mexico region, and other cities in the North.

"I have this Nightmare. I'm on 5th avenue watching the St. Patrick's Day parade and I have a coronary and nine thousand cops march happily over my body." Chief Sidney Green