The strategy is working: analysis of arrest patterns suggests that the Sinaloa cartel has been more effective than its rivals at infiltrating law enforcement.

该策略的确起了作用：关于被捕模式的分析表明，在对执法部门的渗透上，锡那罗亚贩毒集团较之同行更为有效。

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Washington has provided material aid to the Calderon government and is coordinating anti-cartel efforts with Mexican authorities, using the Drug Enforcement Administration office in Houston as the spearhead.

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The target of the combined federal, state and local law enforcement effort is the notorious Mexican cartel known as La Familia, a major supplier of cocaine and methamphetamine to drug dealers in the U.S.

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At a time when the agency is prosecuting as many as 60 cartels in the automotive parts industry alone, an investigation they have described as the largest in the history of anti-cartel enforcement in the US, there are fewer lawyers doing the work than there have been in decades, according to former agency lawyers who asked not to be named.

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The U.S. weapons arm the cartels' military wings and enforcers, such as the Juarez Cartel's enforcement arm, La Linea, or The Line, court documents say.

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Similarly, the increase in high visibility cartel cases does not reflect a lowering of the bar for enforcement actions.

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