In addition to money , troops find jewelry and packets of cocaine . Authorities believe the vehicle was heading to a home used as a financial hub by the Sinaloa Cartel , the statement said . The soldiers are paid in cash or by credit card from the drug cartels that control much of Mexico's smuggling routes into the United States. Authorities show reporters stacks of $ 100 bills seized in the operation .
In addition to money , troops find jewelry and packets of cocaine . The soldiers are paid in cash or by credit card from the drug cartels that control much of Mexico's smuggling routes into the United States. Authorities show reporters stacks of $ 100 bills seized in the operation .