Needless to say, that's a big number. I'm not quite sure what distinguishes the second and the third categories, but I imagine the smaller number reflects the group of hard-core criminals who must be arrested or killed, while the 160,000 that dedicate themselves to logistics are more loosely affiliated. Even supposing that Galván exaggerated the number by a third, that's still a lot of folks in the cartels.
*Of course, if you extend the meaning of the world "involved" by a few degrees of separation to people who unwittingly patronize money-laundering businesses, or people who owe their jobs to drug-fueled economic growth, there's probably barely 500,000 who aren't involved in the drug trade.
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