In late August, U.S. agents launched a synchronized strike against the Sinaloa cartel. By week’s end, 617 people were in custody on charges linked to the Sinaloa cartel’s production, transport, and sale of drugs. Earlier this year, Washington formally designated the Sinaloa cartel and several other Latin American organizations as foreign terrorist groups. The DEA insists this campaign will not relent until the Sinaloa cartel is dismantled from top to bottom. The United States is willing to escalate its pursuit of a cartel born in Mexico but embedded in American life.