You might be right. I would be happy with a Zoom meeting.
If you want to understand the sociopolitical dynamics of cartels and the strategic logic of their operations, I suggest this monograph: https://apps.dtic.mil/sti/pdfs/ADA599872.pdf
But your point about just publishing the idea is well taken. This would not be a money making venture for me. A big part of the challenge of getting a cartel meeting would be convincing people that I wasn't wasting their time. That would likely involve establishing credibility somehow. It's an interesting problem.
I appreciate the pointer to that report. It looks fascinating. I'll read through it.
1. That an actual cartel rep would be the person you are talking to, vs. someone undercover with law enforcement who is merely lining up facts with which to arrest and charge you?
2. That, assuming they do work for a cartel, they are going to tell you the truth, rather than just lying to you so you will give you the supposedly breakthrough idea, after which they will have you executed to ensure their competitors don’t get the same idea?
3. That, assuming you aren’t executed by the cartel, they don’t kidnap you to secure your ongoing help as their slave to flesh out the concept before executing you and putting your body in a hole in the desert? And while they hold you, they will show you photos of your daughter, who is under surveillance, while they torture you with the notion that any lack of ongoing full cooperation will result in her intentional poising and death?