You are very correct.  They have earned the label they will soon have. This will give a lot of people the help and tools they need badly having asked their superiors for help for years.  And anyone caught taking money from or giving support to these Cartels will be playing by an entire new set of rules.  This article should scare the hell out of anyone doing business with the Cartels and anyone accepting bribes. They are opening the doors for actual combat with an actual army if that is what they want.  Our military will destroy them from the air while Mexico Govt cleans up the mess. Their comms will be worthless and anything whispered heard with heavy consequences. This would break them very quickly.  Also this creates open season for any rouge actors down there who think they are hidden. Pain is coming soon to everyone connected to the Cartels.