I doubt the Cartels would even do that, aren't we a big money maker for them and don't we also supply them with weapons?
I feel like this isn't the same situation. Israel believes in some magical prophecy in a book is what entitles them to that land. They've been doing what they're doing for decades.
Americans abandoned 'Manifest Destiny' around 100 years ago. Their taste of empire in the Philippines and elsewhere made them content to rely on an informal empire ruled by puppet elites, funded by international monetary institutions like the IMF, and kept in line by the CIA/NSA.