How to pronounce “cartels”(verb) in English

Things--. I mean, there was a lovely little example a few months ago, just happens to come to mind, about a woman who was appointed to be the Chief of Police in a small townin Mexico. Do you remember this story? It was all about how this fortunately rather attractive woman was gonna take on the big drug cartels single-handed.Great story. Now if you actually read beyond the headline and the intro to what she said, what she actually said is, "My responsibility is crime prevention. I'm gonna be checking