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Mexico is not one place, it is many places. Yucatán has lower homicide rates than Wyoming.
I wonder where you think the cartels gets their weapons from. Mexico has strict gun laws. Or their money - it doesn't just spawn out of nowhere. Parts of Mexico are dangerous because they are part of an illegal trade route to the US, fuelled by American weapons and American money, and that is that.
Obviously, Mexico is a big diverse country so you're going to find good areas and bad areas. However, we're talking about the state of the nation as a whole.
It's not really a secret how the cartels get their weapons. America is the world's biggest arms manufacturer and exporter, and it's the country with the highest amount civilian owned guns per capita in the world. It doesn't really take much for a bunch massive crime syndicates to organize smuggling operations to bring guns across the border. Mexico's strict guns laws are supposed to be there to prevent this from happening, but they're not. The same goes for the money, again they're crime cartels selling things that are illegal, though now they're controlling actual industries too, but that's besides the point.
Nobody is responsible for the cartels besides Mexico. They popped organically inside the country, they grew inside the country, and they still operate inside the country. The Mexican government knows who they are and what they do, but they're choosing to look the other way. Shifting blame is just a dishonest way to avoid putting pressure on the only party that can do anything about these cartels, and that's the Mexican government.