# Is Mexico ISIS farm league? Or maybe the other way around? **URL:** \ **Category:** The BBQ Pit\ **Created:** [November 8, 2014, 12:49pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/is-mexico-isis-farm-league-or-maybe-the-other-way-around/704055 "2014-11-08T12:49:54Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 2\ **Page:** 5
**Author:** ![DPRK](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/4491bb/32.png) [@DPRK](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/DPRK)\ **Post date:** [September 3, 2023, 4:05am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/is-mexico-isis-farm-league-or-maybe-the-other-way-around/704055/81 "2023-09-03T04:05:34Z")
> [@PastTense](#): > > So the U.S. expects Mexico to help fight America’s drug problem–but the U.S. refused for 8 years to help solve one of the biggest mass murders in Mexico? That’s an interesting conundrum, because in a situation like this it is not insane to ask whether the official government official, federal law-enforcement officer, judge, etc. you would share intelligence with is a cartel member/stooge. Get it wrong and not only will your help not lead to any arrests, it will precipitate more murders. ---
**Author:** ![Dewey\_Finn](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/dewey_finn/32/4222_2.png) [@Dewey\_Finn](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Dewey_Finn)\ **Post date:** [September 5, 2023, 4:05pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/is-mexico-isis-farm-league-or-maybe-the-other-way-around/704055/82 "2023-09-05T16:05:23Z")
Right. That New York Times article even says, “The cartel’s conversations were intercepted by the U.S. Drug Enforcement Administration in 2014 while investigating the cartel for trafficking drugs into suburban Chicago. Mexico sought the text messages for years, but American officials handed over the 23,000 only last year, in part because of a lingering distrust of the Mexican government, an investigator said.” [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/is-mexico-isis-farm-league-or-maybe-the-other-way-around/704055.md?page=4)