The infamous drug lord‚ Joaquin Guzman‚ also known as “El Chapo” was recently recaptured by Mexican authorities after he broke out of prison last year. Guzman‚ has a net worth of over $1 billion‚ is known as the most powerful drug trafficker in the world. Following an intense gunfight‚ Guzman was taken in by Mexican authorities from Sinaloa. He now awaits possible extradition to the U.S.‚ but for now‚ Mexican authorities will try to keep him in jail. Guzman‚ who is the leading drug kingpin in the
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Lázaro Cardenas & Mexican Populism The Early Years/ The Birth of Populism Lázaro Cárdenas del Río (May 21‚ 1895 – October 19‚ 1970) was President of Mexico from 1934 to 1940. From Cárdenas plebian roots‚ in the lower-middle class he eked out a substantial‚ moving and largely successful leadership role in a reformative Mexico. Born in the village of Jiquilpan‚ Michoacán‚ Cárdenas supported his widowed mother and seven younger siblings from the age of sixteen. His many professional pursuits
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Abstract Brigadier General Zachary Taylor military campaigns in the Mexican War and the impact his service during the war had on his career. Beginning Brigadier General Zachary Taylor‚ "Old Rough and Ready‚" as he was known fought many battles but he is more known for the great defeat he handed the Mexican Army. The Mexican war started over many issues but mainly over Texas (Millet 2012 p. 129). Although General Taylor did not have battle experience one of his best traits that
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The Mexican Revolution The Mexican Revolution was the culmination of a mass of political‚ economic‚ and social tension that accompanied the regime of the dictator Porfirio Diaz. The Revolution began with the aims to overthrow Diaz‚ but the Revolution had a pronounced effect on the organization of Mexico’s government‚ economy‚ and society. Porfirio Diaz was the president of Mexico when the Revolution broke out. He was elected in 1877‚ and although he swore to step down in 1880‚ he continued
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are a few of the words people use when talking about a Mexican. Mexican Americans have been the victim of discrimination throughout the history of the United States. Mexicans have a very big stereotype against them. One of the main reasons that they are discriminated against is because of their illegal immigration into the United States. Like many other groups Mexicans immigrated to the United States in search of a better life. Many Mexicans are left with no choice but to come to the U.S illegally
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Mexicans immigrated to the United States back in the 1800’s (Stanford‚ 2006). During 1848 the United States took over a part of Mexico which is now the Southwest (Stanford‚ 2006). Mexicans living in these areas were Mexican citizens before the acquisition. The United States even went into agreements with Mexico to have Mexicans work in the United States. Mexicans were treated with cruelty‚ while working the agriculture fields for years. The United States made several agreements with Mexico to have
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that set the situation‚ tone or theme just like in a play‚ then telling a story‚ and ending with a farewell or good bye (adios). The Mexican corrido may have appeared as a separate style in the early 19th century and reached a peak of admiration or height during the Mexican Revolution which lasted from 1910 through 1920. The revolution broke out between the Mexican government with backing of the elite land owners who did not want to distribute land to lower class and rural peasants. The government
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border dividing the Mexican people was formed. The Mexican border means various things to different people. To date‚ 600 miles of border wall has already been built. This wall would extend from California‚ to El Paso‚ to the valley. The first reason given by the government for construction of the wall was to prevent terrorist attacks‚ the next was to keep illegal Mexicans out‚ and the most current one is to combat the drug smuggling into the United States. For some Mexicans and Mexican Americans‚ the
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the capture of his opponent Osiel Cárdenas of the Gulf Cartel‚ and is viewed as the "most dangerous drug trafficker on the planet" by the United States Department of the Treasury Drug Kingpin Joaquín "El Chapo" Guzmán Loera was born in the rural Mexican town of Badiraguato. The date of his birth is believed to be April 4‚ 1957‚ as indicated by Time magazine‚ although other outlets list December 25‚ 1954‚ as his birthday. Guzmán’s youth days was formed by his family’s poverty and his abusive father
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Guzmán was born on April 4‚ 1957 to a poor family in the hamlet of La Tuna near Badiraguato‚ where he sold oranges as a child. He had two sisters: Armida and Bernarda; and had 4 brothers: Miguel Angel‚ Aureliano‚ Arturo and Emilio. Little is known about Guzmán’s early years. His father was supposedly a cattle rancher‚ as were most in the area; it is believed‚ however‚ that he also grew opium poppy.[2][7] Fortunately for Guzmán‚ his father had connections to higher-ups in the Sinaloan capital of Culiacán
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