The Two Escobar Jeff Zimbalist and Michael Zimbalist While rival drug cartels warred in the streets and the country’s murder rate climbed to highest in the world‚ the Colombian national soccer team set out to blaze a new image for their country. What followed was a mysteriously rapid rise to glory‚ as the team catapulted out of decades of obscurity to become one of the best teams in the world. Central to this success were two men named Escobar: Andrés‚ the captain and poster child of the National
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Narcoterrorism: Relation between Two Issues Anthony P. Brewer Community College of Baltimore County On 9 December 1994‚ the United Nations General Assembly issues declaration 51/210 (1994) on measures to eliminate terrorism wherein it expressed concerns “at the growing and dangerous links between terrorist groups and drug traffickers and their paramilitary gangs‚ which have resorted to all types of violence‚ thus endangering the constitutional order of states and violating basic human rights
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Mana parts of the world doing business in foreign countries is dangerous. in the certain situation the country happen to be Colombia. Colombia is a country where there are violent drug cartels and terrorist groups doing ruthless acts for their own profits. A company named Chiquita fell victim to a couple of Colombian terrorist groups from 1997 up to 2004. The two groups were oppositions of one another and wanted payment in exchange for not killing employees of the company. Chiquita decided to pay
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different alias to re enter the country illegally even when they get deported back to their country. Ventura County‚ CA ‚ which is the largest and most Hispanic city‚ host a big amount of the illegal aliens and account for violent crimes and drug cartel. In 2010‚ authorities apprehended Antonio Medina Arreguin‚ who they called “King of Heroin” who they say smuggled roughly 440 pounds of heroin each month into the state of California. He and his organization grossed about $12 million dollars in the
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"Black widow" she was also known as‚ "The Cocaine Godmother" and "The Queen of Narco-Trafficking" those nicknames are what also led her to many murders throughout her life. At a very young age‚ Blanco got herself affiliated with members of the drug cartel. Soon after she had a business running in New York when she moved over there with her ex-husband Alberto Brava. Blanco was making millions of dollars in her business that was very well known.
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Illicit Drug Trafficking Background Drug trafficking and illicit trade has proven to be a major problem that the international community faces as it enters into the twenty-first century. Currently the illegal drug trade market is one of the largest sectors of the modern global economy. Because of this fact‚ the drug trade is deeply rooted in many nations economic and social cultures‚ which makes it very difficult to control. Drug trafficking also brings with it the problems of organized crime
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threatening him & his father. The two stories of both Eric & Miguel begin to unite as Javdani narrates the cause & effect of America & Colombia‚ showing how choices made in the U.S. can affect the harsh realities of Colombia’s drug cartel. By using parallelism in the stories of Eric & Miguel‚ Javdani identifies the factors contributing to high drug activity. “Eric & Miguel represent opposite poles in what the United States government refers to as the ‘war on drugs.’” Eric’s
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my summer learning a lesson that being realistic and prepare for the worst is better than being unprepared and hope for the best. The Best example that being realistic is the best option is the security of this nation ‚ the combat against drug cartels‚ terrorism‚ this country spends billions and billions of dollars in preparing with Intel‚ because the optimism that nobody else in the world would ever try to hurt us already cost us 10.000 lives back in september 11 ‚ 2001‚ now the government prepare
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Just like a movie action star‚ Joaquín "El Chapo" Guzmán‚ the most notorious drug lord in the world managed to escape from prison despite the maximum security. This is not the first but the second time that the powerful drug lord slip from the hands of the law enforcement. Guzman used a tunnel 1.5 kilometer in length to get out of prison. A small hole in the shower area of the cell was used during the escape. According to Alejandro Rubido‚ Security Commissioner of Mexico‚ the long tunnel was fitted
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and shows that have molded peoples opinions and views of organized crime. Some movies and television shows are more accurate than others. However‚ every person’s view of organized crime differs. When I think of organized crime I think of the drug cartel or scarface and the mafia. Some people believe it is just made up but these are actual real life crimes that happen everyday. The definition of organized crime to me is a group of people with an objective. In order to reach that objective they have
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