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 crimes. Griselda
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The Sinaloa Cartel is the largest drug empire in the world responsible for smuggling about a quarter of all illegal drugs in the U.S. from Mexico with an estimated revenue over 3 billion dollars. Forbes Magazine added its leader‚ Juaquin “El Chapo” Guzman‚ to the 2009 billionaires list and in 2013 ranked him as the 67th most powerful person in the world. What truly defines the Sinaloa Cartel as a Hybrid Threat to the U.S. is its widespread network with criminal organizations throughout the world
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116.2 Million people Largest Spanish speaking country Capital is Mexico City 19.9 million people real population is 27-30 million Second largest city is Guadalajara 4.4 million people Literacy rate 86.1% 1st world level Unemployment rate is currently 4.1% children who sell stuff or wash windows count as employed compared to 7.8% in America (ours is higher too) underemployment rate is 36% GDP per capita $15‚300 Higher than nations in European Union Natural resources – petroleum (oil
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The Federation is a group of individual cartels that work together in order to gain more power and further strengthen their personal drug businesses. The main player in the Federation is the Sinaloa Cartel‚ ultimately controlled by Joaquin “EL Chapo” Guzman. With all the success of the Federation‚ competition quickly arose. The Zetas‚ currently the most dangerous cartel in Mexico‚ partnered up with the Gulf Cartel in their attempt of seeking power because they felt threatened. However‚ the Zetas
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Thesis: Joaquín “El Chapo” Guzmán Loera can be considered a modern day Shakespearean tragic character. Macbeth and Guzmán were both overly ambitious‚ the difference is that Guzmán started off with nothing and that was his motivation to become powerful whereas Macbeth started off as a Thane and progressively acquired power from there. After the rise of both Guzmán and Macbeth‚ their ambition was the cause of their downfall. Body Paragraph 1: Guzmán’s life started off rough‚ as a child‚ he lived
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Joaquin Guzman formally known as “El Chapo” was arrested after he escaped prison. El Chapo is a notorious drug kingpin with a net worth of 1 billion. Forbes magazine said he was the most powerful person in the world and he was one of the richest man in Mexico. Joaquin has been in the game since 2003 and he has been the most power drug trafficker in the world. His distribution of drugs has been connected all over the United States and Colombia. Joaquin was able to escape multiple prisons‚ and he’s
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By 2011‚ the Sinaloa Cartel controlled 45 percent of drug trade in Mexico. Today‚ “the Sinaloa Cartel is the single largest and most powerful drug trafficking organization in the Western hemisphere.” El Chapo escaped from a maximum security prison in July 2015‚ exposing the corruption in the law enforcement communities of Mexico. Today‚ the Gulf Cartel operates along eastern Mexico‚ and is based in the border city of Matamoros‚ with operations in Tamaulipas
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problem is starting to note it more. I. Who are the cartels in Mexico a) Cartel de Sinaloa – operates in Baja California‚ Sinaloa‚ Durango and Chihuahua. Also call the “gold triangle” or “Blood Partnership”‚ Main leader Joaquín Guzmán Loer‚ nick name “El Chapo” b) Cartel de Tijuana – This cartel operates in Baja California. Main leader is Javier Arellano Felix‚ this Cartel imports cocaine‚ and marijuana to the United States. c) Cartel de Jarez – operates in Ciudad Juarez‚ Chihuahua
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outside of its base in Tijuana.[6] Much of the violence that emerged in 2008 in Tijuana was a result of conflicts within the Tijuana cartel; on one side‚ the faction led by Teodoro García Simental(a.k.a. El Teo) favored kidnappings. The other faction‚ led by Luis Fernando Sánchez Arellano (a.k.a. El Ingeniero)‚ focused primarily on drug trafficking.[7] The faction led by Sánchez Arellano demanded the reduction of the kidnappings in Tijuana‚ but his demands were rejected by García Simental‚ resulting
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U.S citizen Edgar Jimenez ‚14 year old boy‚ got recruited into the most violent cartel and confess of beheading his victims .Drug cartel leaders are among the most feared people in the world. Drug cartels started by recruiting family members to keep the business going‚ but now as cartels have expanded in the United States they will recruit anyone in order to make their cartel even stronger. Usually‚ the cartels would recruit people with experience in the drug world‚ but recently they have been
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