Incapable in the sense that systemic corruption by the cartels makes their agenda the priority. One single politician there can’t reform everything; the whole system would have to be dismantled and replaced with completely clean people, untouched by the cartels. In a poor country this is damn near impossible since the cartel tentacles spread to every facet of life in these countries...the politicians, police, and in some cases even the military is in on it. It’s a systemic evil cycle that leaves ordinary people with nothing but crime and poverty to show for it.