Xi El Mencho: China’s CCP Waging Proxy War in Mexico Against the U.S.
At first glance, cartel violence in Mexico looks like a regional security problem — tragic, destabilizing, but largely disconnected from great-power competition. That assumption is dangerously wrong.
Casey Fleming, CEO of Black Ops Partners and a Counterintelligence Executive, is author of The Red Tsunami, which exposes the objectives of CCP’s Unrestricted War inside the U.S. Joshua Philipp, senior investigate reporter for the Epoch Times and host of the Crossroads Podcast, bring truth bombs about how all of this ties into the biggest external threat to America – the Chinese Communist Party (CCP).
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What’s unfolding south of the U.S. border is not just a cartel war. It’s a strategic opening — one that China and the Chinese Communist Party are stealthily exploiting as part of a broader campaign of asymmetric warfare against the United States.
Mexican security forces recently executed a pre-dawn strike against Nemesio “El Mencho” Oseguera, the feared leader of the Jalisco New Generation Cartel. Instead of restoring stability, the operation detonated it. The aftermath has brought retaliatory violence, burning vehicles, armed checkpoints, and mass intimidation — sending shockwaves through civilian life and raising serious alarms for Mexico’s tourism industry. Vacationers are now being forced to think twice, and the economic consequences could be severe.
That chaos is not accidental — and it doesn’t exist in a vacuum. Taking out a cartel leader without a plan to deal with the worsening fallout is not something professionals and expert tacticians do, unless fallout is what they were counting on.
Enter the CCP.
Fleming, author of The Red Tsunami, argues that the CCP thrives in precisely these environments. Disorder weakens sovereign control, strains U.S.-Mexico relations, and creates openings for illicit finance, influence operations, and supply-chain manipulation. China doesn’t need to pull the trigger; it simply needs to benefit from the fallout. Fleming can explain how Beijing exploits cartel violence, porous borders, and institutional stress as force multipliers in what he describes as a form of World War III being waged on American soil.
Joshua Philipp, senior investigative reporter at The Epoch Times, brings unmatched expertise on China, the CCP, geopolitics, and transnational criminal networks. Philipp can connect the dots between cartel power, fentanyl flows, Chinese precursor chemicals, money laundering corridors through Central and South America, and Beijing’s long-term strategic interests. He breaks down how instability in Mexico doesn’t just hurt Mexico — it directly advances China’s objectives by weakening the U.S. homeland from the outside in.
Together or individually, Fleming and Philipp offer audiences a perspective they rarely hear: cartel violence isn’t just a crime story or a border story — it’s a geopolitical one. Their analysis reframes Mexico’s crisis as part of a much larger struggle over sovereignty, security, and global power.
This is a conversation your audience won’t just find informative — they’ll find it urgent.
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OPTIONAL Q&A:
- How does cartel violence in Mexico actually serve the strategic interests of China and the Chinese Communist Party?
- Why would Beijing see instability along the U.S.–Mexico border as an opportunity rather than a liability?
- What are the overlooked financial or logistical links between Chinese networks and Mexican cartels, especially involving fentanyl and money laundering?
- If El Mencho was truly eliminated, why did violence surge instead of decline, and who benefits most from that chaos?
- How does sustained cartel violence threaten Mexico’s tourism economy, and why does that economic damage matter geopolitically?
- Is it fair to describe this as a form of “World War III” being waged on American soil through proxies and asymmetrical pressure?
- What role do domestic actors or foreign-funded activists play in amplifying unrest, knowingly or not, on behalf of adversarial powers?
- What should U.S. policymakers be doing right now to counter China’s exploitation of cartel violence and border instability?
ABOUT CASEY FLEMING…
Casey Fleming is an internationally recognized keynote speaker and author on national security, intelligence, and strategic risk.
As Chief Executive Officer of BlackOps Partners Corporation, Mr. Fleming is at the forefront of evolving strategic risks affecting global leaders. His leadership has enabled organizations to proactively identify hidden risks and uncover new opportunities within their operations and supply networks.
His extensive contributions extend beyond technology and strategy. His insights in unrestricted war and cognitive war have been regularly featured in conferences, media interviews, prominent publications, documentaries, and as a TEDx speaker. Notable recognition includes Cybersecurity Professional of the Year from the Cybersecurity Excellence Awards and the Directorship 100 Governance Award from the National Association of Corporate Directors.
Mr. Fleming’s expertise is sought after by a diverse range of institutions, including the private sector, domestic and foreign governments, and academia. He offers guidance to the Fortune 500, Congress, the Pentagon, the Department of Justice (DOJ), the Federal Bureau of Investigation (FBI), the National Counterintelligence Security Center (NCSC), the Cybersecurity and Infrastructure Security Agency (CISA), the House Select Committee on Strategic Competition between the United States and the Chinese Communist Party, the Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC), The White House, and other vital institutions responsible for national security and strategic decision-making. He serves as an expert witness in matters of strategic risk, counterintelligence, and national security.
He has held pivotal roles as a board-appointed turnaround executive for Silicon Valley companies, executive for Deloitte Consulting’s Global Risk and Strategy Group, and founding executive for IBM’s early cybersecurity division, now known as IBM Security.
Mr. Fleming earned his bachelor’s degree from Texas A&M University and served as an instructor within IBM’s internal MBA program. He continued his leadership acumen through executive programs at Harvard Business School, The Wharton School, and IBM Executive Leadership.
ABOUT JOSHUA PHILIPP…
Joshua Philipp is an award-winning journalist and Senior Investigative Reporter at The Epoch Times. He is the host of ‘Crossroads,’ a news and analysis program on EpochTV. Subscribe at Crossroads with Joshua Philipp – YouTube His works have included breakthrough investigations into the origins of Covid-19 and the Wuhan laboratory in the early days of the pandemic. He spearheaded the first documentary on the lab leak origins of the COVID-19 virus, released in April 2020. This groundbreaking documentary garnered over 75 million views, and while many tried to label it misinformation, its findings have since been vindicated by the White House and US intelligence agencies.
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