The Mexican crime cartels are the number one employers in the country, say new reports – with the poverty, corruption, and lack of opportunity making the Mesoamerican country a prime breeding ground for organized crime. The Yucatan Times claims the popular tourist destination
Cartels are collectively Mexico’s fifth-largest employer, according to a recent study, and some Republican presidential candidates are ready to take them out with military force. A mathematical model of the criminal organizations’ recruitments and losses revealed that Mexican cartels collectively employ some