Not disagreeing, but that's not what's happening in the article: those pictures of Mexican cartel army are precisely about Mexican cartel army and not random stand-ins. And I think the author is making a very interesting point. That point is not at all about armoured vehicles and guns, it's about extractive business as opposed to something more complex. The claim is not that Putin generation oligarchs use the same cars and guns Mexican cartel power uses, it's that oil and gas have a lot in common with avocados. And that's a really valuable observation.