The Mendoza mission takes place, at best, four months after the Columbia mission, and that’s pushing it; Hector may have stepped up to try to run it, but he has no chance. Rico knew how to run the business, Andrea had the contacts and connections, and Jorge provided the product. Those three were the reason it was successful, and Hector not only isn’t up to that, but could never find someone he trusts to fill those roles, especially in that amount of time. By the time of Mendoza, whatever conversation was had about the cartel, it will have been shrunk considerably and barely hanging on, and would be gone by the time 47 and Diana started working again. The Freelancer syndicates would be trying to capitalize on that.