Yup, the elite sicarios from cartels are former GAFEs (mexican SEAL). Some were trained in the school of americas (look up the history of los zetas), so it’s not surprising to see these type of stories.

The international mercenaries or special forces units are violent individuals that fetishize war, of course they eventually join organized crime, the salaries and benefits are much higher there.

We live in a very weird era, in mexican social media it is common to see tiktoks/stories/reels about cartel members throwing opulent parties, shooting guns, doing drugs, etc… and also videos from GAFE/marines/national guard taunting these members, they even engage in the comment section! They even do podcasts ffs.