A study published in Science estimated that Mexican cartels recruit about 360 workers each week to replace those lost to violence or incarceration.
Ovidio Guzmán López is currently in a Chicago lockup awaiting trial on drug-smuggling charges following his extradition last week., is already serving a life sentence at a federal supermax prison in Colorado.But how many people are on the payrolls of the Mexican cartels?Now researchers have come up with an estimate: 175,000.
Other researchers not involved in the study questioned the employment estimate, given the lack of precise data and the many ways that the workforce might adapt to changes in the drug trade.
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