agreements with Fuerzas Armadas Revolucionarias de Colombia‚ FARC. These agreements will take Colombia to a different environment where the security institutions will have to focus on problems that have a diverse nature. These challenges are going to be drug trafficking‚ corruption‚ illegal economies‚ criminal gangs‚ and Venezuelan instability‚ among others. The mission command philosophy‚ applied in all levels of planning‚ may have a valuable and positive input for the Colombian government‚ and its armed
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about your neighborhood and how it has shaped you. I live in Torreon‚ Coah. Mexico‚ we’re located in the northern part of Mexico‚ just underneath Texas‚ my city is considered one of most dangerous cities in the world‚ due to constant battles of drug cartels. That is why I spend most of my time in school‚ playing tennis and at home. I do not have the chance to go outside or take a walk with my dog‚ even less to go outdoors. Because of this I have learned to take care of myself‚ look around everywhere
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Shwirian English 101 11-4-115 This paper will examine the negative impact narcocorridos have had on the increased violence in Mexico. These ballads have contributed to the increase in crime in certain parts of Mexico because they glorify they lives of drug lords and their actions. People of low socio economic status‚ who are typically most at risk for entering into a life of violence and gangs‚ look upon these songs as a way to escape the pressures of reality. These songs evoke a mood of violence inspiring
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The Los Zetas is a Mexican transnational criminal organization specializing in drug and human trafficking that has extended across the Texas and Arizona borders with recent expansion in the South and Midwest. They are a paramilitary group specializing in violent behavior that has crossed the Mexican/American border to include recruitment of United States young citizens. Because it is not a matter of when the Zetas will breach our border areas but how forcefully and repeatedly‚ a Red Cell analysis
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audience into questioning if the vision of the law was successful. Carlson zealously promotes that the legalization of marijuana was a damaging result for Colorado considering the comparison of operating unlicensed pot shops to “Colombian drug cartels” and “arsenal of assault weapons”. Carlson employs this technique in order to insinuate that these pot shops are of equal mercilessness‚ allowing the reader to feel fear. Carlson strives to manoeuver citizen’s satisfaction in the government by
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saw another failed attempt at catching the notorious kingpin Joaquin “El Chapo” Guzman‚ leader of the Sinaloa Cartel. This escape evokes the question of what should be the best approach when pursuing high value wanted criminals‚ and how are we going to train these special forces to do what is best for the people of Mexico. NBC have stated that : “Authorities nearly caught Sinaloa Cartel leader El Chapo during a recent operation on a ranch in Sinaloa state’s rugged Sierra Madre mountains “ I believe
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disease however; in the mid 1980’s this term was attached to crack cocaine. The crack cocaine epidemic described the impact of a newly created drug on most U.S. cities in the northeast and Mid Atlantic. Washington‚ D.C. provided the perfect setting for crack cocaine to flourish. Plenty of low-income inner city housing projects complete with open air drug markets labeled D.C. as a leading U.S. city with a major crack cocaine problem. As crack cocaine became a national talking point the federal government
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The drug trade is a very large and complex system. There are many different organizations involved at different levels. There are groups that operate only in growing and selling the product‚ and only groups that buy and distribute the drugs. In this essay I will discuss the similarities and differences of two of the largest growers and sellers in the drug trade: The Cali Cartel of Columbia and the Tijuana Cartel of Mexico. The Cali Cartel is the largest‚ richest‚ and most complex producers and
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After the abduction‚ torment‚ and horrendous murder of DEA‚ Drug Enforcement Administration‚ Agent Camarena in 1985‚ Red Ribbon Week began in 1988. Camarena had been involved privately in Guadalajara‚ Mexico for four plus years. The strive he put in led to a reorient that resulted in the revelation of a multi-million dollar insane manufacturing business in Mexico. The destroying of this and more drug businesses enraged bosses of several drug groups who searched for revenge. They murdered key informers
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Jaime: What is a DEA Agent? DEA Agents work for the Drug Enforcement Agency. They deal with illegal and illicit drug use that touches every aspect of society. DEA agents deal with many problems because the global drug business is tied to terrorism‚ organized crime and all sorts of illegal activities. The Drug Enforcement Agency was created through the Department of Justice to combat the effects of domestic drug trafficking. A Unique Criminal Justice Job DEA agents play special roles within the
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