Control of the Sinaloa Cartel Legend of “El Chapo” • Born on April 4‚ 1957‚ to a poor family in the rural town of La Tuna Badiraguato‚ his abusive father kicked him out of the house as a child. He started swelling oranges to feed himself. He’s poorly educated‚ his formal education ended in third grade‚ and as an adult‚ he has reportedly struggled to read and write‚ prevailing upon a ghostwriter‚ at one point‚ to compose letters to his mistress. • Began his career in the drug trade as an apprentice
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Writer and director Joshua Marston’s film “Maria Full of Grace” chronicles the titular character’s foray into the drug trade. The young girl‚ in desperate circumstances‚ wagers that the money promised to her by her drug running employers against the plethora of possible unfortunate outcomes‚ and when she accepts the job‚ her body effectively becomes commodified. Maria‚ in the film‚ is reduced by her employers from a daughter‚ sister and expectant mother to little more than a human container‚ a
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article “La Narcocultura: Simbología de la Transgresión‚ El Poder y la Muerte.‚” Nery Córdova discusses the drug culture by conducting an ethnography. The author writes its research by treating narcoculture as the modern subculture product of the drug trafficking business in Mexico. The author uses interviews and contextual historical factors‚ narcocorridos to understand the normalization of the drug business and the relationship between culture and transgression. The article analyses the topic through
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Abstract: Colombia is internationally notorious for the trafficking of illicit drugs‚ and for the past thirty years. Its impact of politics and society has been immense. This essay will highlight and expand to what extent have Colombia’s socio-politics been affected. It will firstly highlight‚ the damaging effects of the narcotics industry‚ by explaining 1) the economic effects‚ 2) undermining the authority of the Colombian Government through funding Guerrilla and paramilitary groups and social consequences
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the country in order to meet the conditions created from the drug market. Their activity is constantly causing chaos and violence throughout Mexico today. In addition‚ the cartels are dependant on US customers to buy their drugs which finance their operations‚ so naturally their activity and violence flows into the US as well. This paper will explore the early days of Mexican smuggling and crime‚ and then discuss how Mexican drug cartels were started‚ their rise to power‚ and finally where they are
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Guzmán Loera entered the drug trade as a teenager. Nicknamed "El Chapo"‚ he established the Sinaloa cartel in 1989‚ after some time building it into a tremendously gainful worldwide drug-trafficking operation. Known for his violent activities and powerful influence‚ Guzmán has effectively arranged daring escapes from maximum-security penitentiaries in his own country‚ he turned into Mexico’s top drug kingpin in 2003 after the capture of his opponent Osiel Cárdenas of the Gulf Cartel‚ and is viewed as the
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costing thousands of people their lives‚ and transferring drugs to all over the world. Guzman is known world-wide as one of the most notorious gangsters and a drug lord kingpin. He is believed to be one of the most feared men to get involved with business wise‚ being called a modern day ‘Scarface’ or ‘Godfather’. Not much is known about Joaquín Guzman’s childhood and his birthday is even unknown. Being the leader of the Sinaloa Cartel‚ he faces no fears‚ but his lack of caution may cost him a lifetime
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distributors. In the same decade‚ the Uniform State Narcotic act was passed in 1925 which enabled the police to seize any drugs‚ including marijuana used in illegal trade. Twenty years later‚ the Narcotics Control Act of 1956 made possession of marijuana illegal with a minimum sentence of two years in prison. The government also established the Bureau of Narcotics and Dangerous Drugs to enforce the Narcotics Control Act and oversee any cases in which marijuana‚ narcotics and etc. are involved. Recently
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the biggest players in organized crime ever. Pablo Escobar’s savage mind set is what set him different from other drug traffickers in Colombia. If he caught you stealing from him‚ he would have your hands caught off. Because of so many people after him‚ he decided to join forces with other gangs and big dogs in the drug trade. This was the formation of the Medellin Cartel. The cartel had great success. They had cocaine running through Colombia‚ Bolivia‚ Peru‚ Honduras‚ the United States ‚ as well
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partner‚ Manolo‚ stop a drug transport and arrest the couriers. Their arrest is interrupted by General Salazar (Milian)‚ a high-ranking Mexican official. The general decides to hire Javier and instructs him to locate and apprehend Frankie Flowers (Collins‚ Jr.) a notorious hit man for the Tijuana Obregón Drug Cartel. Meanwhile‚ Robert Wakefield (Douglas)‚ a conservative Ohio Judge‚ is appointed to be head of the President’s Office of National Drug Control‚ taking the title of Drug Czar. Wakefield is
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