All the advisors of these troops were high-priced hires, professionals and military veterans, including even a retired American Brigadier General.
Guzman made him an offer he couldn't refuse.
Just the direct forces alone exceeded 100,000 men, damn, the pressure looked immense, it wouldn't be surprising if some Latin American country decided to declare independence.
But this was Mexico.
Victor's Mexico, have you asked for his opinion?
Apart from that, one of the three big bosses of the Gulf Group, Abrego, was making contacts with the indigenous farmers in Chiapas.
This state... was extremely dissatisfied with the government, its basic rights not guaranteed, the authorities repressed the Indians with high-handed violent acts, ignoring their demands for land ownership, education, and the use of their native language.