What is the cartel you're referring to? The American deep state?
I don't know much about American deep state. But as far as The Cartel is concerned, no one really knows for sure who runs The Cartel. I call it The Cartel. Some other people may have other names for it. However, observing major geopolitical events carefully, one can guess the following:
1. The Cartel is head quartered in UK. It controls quite a few countries including Canada and Australia
2. It has significant control on US polity but it does not entirely control US
3. It controls news and movie production outlets in US, Europe and Latin American countries
4. It controls major global banks and currencies
5. It is actively involved in war making business, particularly in Middle East
6. It has working relationship with China which resulted in flow of large FDI into China
7. It has lobbied for Pakistan in US which allowed Pakistan to acquire US weapons
8. It has nefarious designs against India; it aids and abets anti-India elements
9. It maintains the largest network of organized crime
10. At the moment, it is locked in a conflict with Russia