“When drug trade started to take a dip in 2008, the Mexican cartels continued to expand their operation to other lucrative markets. Now they have taken complete control of counterfeiting goods in Mexico, according to Immigration and Customs Enforcement.
‘It was never something the cartels wanted to get involved (in),’ said Oscar Hagelsieb, an assistant special agent in charge of Homeland Security Investigations in El Paso, Texas. ‘They saw the money they were making — illicit funds..'”
Source: Drug Cartels Take Over Mexican Black Market | Fox News Latino