I don't know what the parent is referring to recently, but years ago Wikileaks had a Stratfor memo during the violence of the Zetas which gave 'tacit' approval to Sinoloa. https://www.businessinsider.com/stratfor-the-us-works-with-c...

https://wikileaks.org/gifiles/docs/17/1747720_re-fwd-re-fw-f...