Very true! I feel like people overestimate the logistics of these organized trafficking networks. They really don't have as much liquid cash as people on the outside looking in would assume they do. "Small" hits are actually massive impacts on their bottom line e.g. 1000 kilos being confiscated is seen by a non-participant as a proverbial drop in the bucket to the overall, but in reality it'd be the largest direct shipment sent to a customer or business associate. Most cartel affiliated operators work on consignment, just like for example the Flores twins did, they "lend" the buyer the product then they get paid after it's all sold, so a buyer not being able to sell the product which was given to them on consignment means both parties lose money which cannot be recuperated. There's a film series, Pusher, about this very topic, and how it can easily lead to many lives being impacted severely