noticed the Mexican drug cartel has strengthened its ties with the U.S. gangs. According to the 2011 National Gang Threat Assessment‚ the gang-cartel link is most highly seen in El Paso between the Barrio Azteca gang and the Juarez drug cartel‚ but similar alliances are emerging in various parts of the country‚ (Barrio ‚n.d.). Most street gangs in El Paso don ’t deal directly with Mexican cartels‚ but the alliance between the Barrio Azteca gang and the Juarez drug cartel is well documented
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Drug trafficking‚ violence‚ murder‚ Joaquin Guzman Loera‚ known as El Chapo‚ is the Chief Executive Officer of the Mexican Sinaloa Drug Cartel. This cartel specially stands out among the others because it supplies more heroin‚ methamphetamine‚ cocaine and marijuana than any other cartel or crime syndicate in the world‚ controlling 80% of drugs brought into the United States. El Chapo started selling drugs as a teenager‚ in Badiguarato‚ Mexico‚ where he was born. He founded the Sinaloa Drug Cartel
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Ecuador and Brazil‚ were found dead on a ranch in San Fernando‚ Tamaulipas‚ which is 150 km from the U.S. border city of Brownsville. This discovery came from one survivor who found his way to the Navy troops and reported members of the Los Zeta cartel at the nearby ranch. According to the Borderland Beat; 21 rifles‚ six 5.6 mm M4 carbines‚ three 7.60 mm AK-47‚ seven 12 gauge shotguns‚ five .22 caliber rifles‚ 101 magazines‚ two ammunition belts‚ six thousand 649 cartridges of various calibers‚
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The Mexican Drug War “ NO LIGHT AT THE END OF THE TUNNEL” TERM PAPER Kevin Auerswald Student ID 4848835 Bradford W. Carey Professional English C1 International Business Administration Frankfurt School of Finance and Management A war has been raging in Mexico’s border towns for nearly a decade as rival drug cartels battle for regional control and the smuggling routes to America. However‚ the Mexican government has declared its own war on the ruthless drug barons. Since Felipe Calderón
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El Chapo Good or Bad? El Chapo has been transporting drugs since he was a young kid. Chapo was born into this world of the drug cartels‚ when his dad use to transport drugs and take Guzman on his trips to take the drugs. In recent discussions people are debating on if El Chapo should be extradited to the United States on his charges that are drug charges. Most people say he should be able to stay in mexico because he is seen as a robin hood like figure. El Chapo should be extradited to the United
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who are involved with criminal activity‚ there are many other civilians who are judged just because they populate Mexico. The film Sicario takes place in Mexico‚ where a task force joined by Kate Macer‚ work hard to make sure the cartel responsible for of all the drugs and the deaths of a few members of the task force are finally diminished. Throughout this whole journey‚ many issues involving race‚ gender‚ and class are identified and my paper will aim to focus and construct different arguments
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Do you ever wonder how drug dealers do their business? Well‚ Griselda Blanco (The Godmother) and Joaquin Guzman (El Chapo) are both known for transporting drugs and money. They also do different procedures of running their businesses and they also have similarities. Griselda started in the Medellin Cartel in the mid-1970’s in her 30’s. Joaquin started his cartel called the Sinaloa Cartel in 1989. Griselda Blanco and Joaquin Guzman have the comparison and are individuals that have committed similar
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come to mind when thinking about Colombian crime are relatively obvious: drug cartels‚ terrorism and corrupt politics. As a non-Colombian looking at these three major areas of crime one could receive a poor view of the nation of Colombia due to some of their flaws. The first thing to consider is the most obvious‚ the Colombian drug cartels. Colombia‚ like most of South America‚ has become synonymous with the drug cartels that operate within the country. However Colombia was definitively the
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money‚ houses‚ cars‚ and even sexual activity from the drug cartels. For example‚ letting cartels smuggle drugs across the border into the United States by allowing them to go through their line with no issues. After allowing this to happen the officers knew a payment would be coming shortly. Just like in the article‚ the nine officers who were charged with bribery or smuggling received sixty-thousand dollars for a single shift. The cartels nowadays are getting smarter by organizing their recruits
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Narcotics has for the most part have always been an occurring issue in Mexico. Drug cartels used Mexico as a focus for conducting their narcotics operations. However‚ for the past decade‚ the drug war has spiraled out of control. Thousands of people are killed each year‚ including innocent civilians who are not involved in drugs‚ as a result of the Mexican drug crisis. One of the key factors that created Mexico’s current drug crisis is Mexico’s democratic transition. Mexico started to transition from
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