I think the idea that most law enforcement agencies try to paint everyone that they are taking action against as the &quot;bad guys&quot; is a dangerous road. This is how you end up using SWAT teams to serve warrants to unpaid parking tickets. It attempts to make the law some sort of &quot;good vs. bad&quot; moral struggle. I&#x27;m sure that there are many laws in other countries (e.g. Saudi Arabia) that we would disagree make someone &quot;bad&quot; for breaking them.<p>That said, painting the Mexican cartels as some sort of group of &quot;freedom fighters&quot; trying to bring drugs to the impoverished, oppressed masses is hopelessly naive.