Drug cartels tighten grip; Mexico becoming 'narco-state'

Drug cartels tighten grip; Mexico becoming 'narco-state':

Since 2008, Mexican drug smugglers have been arrested in Australia, New Zealand and the African nations of Sierra Leone and Togo. U.S. prosecutors say the Gulf Cartel has struck deals with the New York mob and the Ndrangheta Mafia of Italy to smuggle cocaine into Europe.

The drug economy pervades Mexico; while narco lords are often seen as Robin Hoods.