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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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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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 most
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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 took office in 2006‚ violence seemed to have run out of control as the only
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across the US-Mexico border seemingly unrestricted‚ even though both countries spend billions of dollars each year attempting to halt the flow of drugs. Drug cartels in Mexico operate with impunity‚ and have little regard for laws‚ regulations‚ and human life. Over 35‚000 people on both sides of the border have been killed by these drug cartels since 2006‚ a number that continues to grow each day (Military‚ 1988). The flow of illegal drugs into our nation represents a major risk to our national security
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Informative Speech Joaquín Guzmán Loera Thesis Statement: How Joaquín Guzmán Loera became a mythical figure in Mexico‚ both a narco folk hero and a villain Main Points: His beginnings/ Birth Rise to Power/ Control of the Sinaloa Cartel Legend of “El Chapo” • Born on April 4‚ 1957‚ to a poor family in the rural town of La Tuna Badiraguato‚ his abusive father kicked him out of the house as a child. He started swelling oranges to feed himself. He’s poorly educated‚ his formal education
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traffickers in Colombia. If he caught you stealing from him‚ he would have your hands caught off. Because of so many people after him‚ he decided to join forces with other gangs and big dogs in the drug trade. This was the formation of the Medellin Cartel. The cartel had great success. They had cocaine running through Colombia‚ Bolivia‚ Peru‚ Honduras‚ the United States ‚ as well as Canada and Europe. At their peak‚ they supported the world’s cocaine. They contributed to at least 84% of cocaine throughout
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her employers from a daughter‚ sister and expectant mother to little more than a human container‚ a clandestine vessel to facilitate the import of cocaine into the United States from Columbia. “Maria Full of Grace” exposes the methods that drug cartels use to ensure that their shipments arrive to their destinations. The mules are made to swallow pellets of cocaine‚ and‚ upon arriving in the United States‚ excrete them to be sold. This method of delivery is fraught with danger. There is‚ of course
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are several “novelas” that have aired on Telemundo or are currently showing on Telemundo that have to do with the cartel. They’re supposed to teach people a lesson‚ so that they do not follow in these footsteps‚ but it can backfire and show people techniques. “La Reina del Sur‚” or “The Queen of the South‚” is supposed to be the girlfriend of a drug trafficker form the Sinaloa cartel. She then becomes a powerful trafficker herself‚ and it goes from there. Later‚ they showed another “novela” called
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Columbian Drug Cartel * Title: The Columbian Drug Cartel * General Purpose: To inform * Specific Purpose: To inform the audience on the major aspects of the Columbian Drug Cartel by focusing on the two larges Cartels in Columbia—Medellin Cartel and Cali Cartel. * Central Idea: By first focusing on the generalized synopsis of how the Columbian Drug Cartels function‚ I will then be able to give a more detailed account of the two larges Cartels from Columbia—Medellin Cartel and the Cali
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