The state of Sinaloa‚ from which the cartel derives its name‚ lies wedged between the Sierra Madre Occidental and Mexico’s west coast. Sun-blasted and remote‚ Sinaloa is the Sicily of Mexico‚ both cradle and refuge of violent men‚ and the ancestral land of many of the country’s most notorious traffickers. Chapo was born in a village called La Tuna‚ in the foothills of the Sierra‚ in 1957. His formal education ended in third grade‚ and as an adult‚ he has reportedly struggled to read and write‚ prevailing
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forest are in the south of the country‚ and are full of a variety of exotic animals and beautiful flowers that are exported to many places in the world. However‚ this is not the reason Colombia is so popular. Colombia has the highest rate of drug trafficking in the world. Organizations as the Drug Enforcement Administration (DEA) have been trying to stop or reduce the sale of this illegal drug‚ fighting directly with the criminals and indirectly with the corruption that moves the government in Colombia
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The Effects of Sex Trafficking There are approximately 20 to 30 million slaves in the world today‚ around 80% of trafficking involves sexual exploitation. The victims of sex trafficking are forced into prostitution‚ to appear in pornographic material‚ and to work as exotic entertainers. Every year young women are often tricked‚ kidnapped‚ or forced to enter prostitution. Although sex trafficking is most common in countries such as Thailand‚ India‚ Cambodia‚ and Mexico; between 14‚000 and 17‚500
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Geography 303 7 November 2009 How the Drug Culture in Mexico Has Corrupted Its Youth The topic I have chosen to address is the drug culture in Mexico. I will aim to answer the question: how has the drug culture in Mexico corrupted its youth? The geography of Mexico has contributed greatly to it becoming a drug trafficking hot spot. Mexico is located in the middle of the world’s largest consumer and producer of cocaine. The United States is the world’s largest consumer of cocaine
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Dangers of living in México Nowadays‚ México is best-known in the world for its insecurity and murders rather than for being a tourist destination or its food. You can find dangerous people in streets and no one would say anything because they don’t care‚ since they’re in control of many things and have more power than the government and the army do. But drug lords are usually in conflicts between them‚ and even if you’re not involved in crimes or violence you are reached by them‚ no matter what
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1. How has Globilzation impacted human trafficking? According to the video‚ globalization has caused traffickers to see people as a renewable/reusable resource unlike firearms or drugs which are disposable and a one time use people are able to be “reused.” Globalization has increased the demands of goods and services. These services and goods can take place fishermen and other labor driven methods from agriculture‚ labor services and various methods of exploitation for money. When the speaker around
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Organized crime in Mexico has evolved throughout the 20th century from small‚ family based smuggling operations to colossal‚ extremely powerful organizations that have a vast presence and influence over 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
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Drug trafficking in the United States The topic that was selected was Drug Trafficking in the United States. The reason this was chosen was because there are so many issues that surround this topic. These issues are growing more and more each year. Some of these issues are not enough border patrol to stop drugs from entering the U.S.‚ more drugs each year are entering the U.S‚ drug related deaths are on the rise‚ and the funding to increase border patrol. There is a lot of information to
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bus services‚ many of the women still have to travel between their homes and bus terminals involving unlit and very dangerous routes. It is normally during this journey that many of the women disappear. Many women without jobs travel from all over Mexico just
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Human Trafficking Sex trafficking has grown profusely in recent years and as more women and children become victim to this vicious cycle awareness seems to remain low. What can we as a society to stop it? Happening most in urban areas where international travel occurs frequently‚ the United States still has no uniform procedure to follow when encountered. Though many don’t know it‚ or choose not to believe it‚ human trafficking takes place around us. We would never expect horrible things like
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