disease however; in the mid 1980’s this term was attached to crack cocaine. The crack cocaine epidemic described the impact of a newly created drug on most U.S. cities in the northeast and Mid Atlantic. Washington‚ D.C. provided the perfect setting for crack cocaine to flourish. Plenty of low-income inner city housing projects complete with open air drug markets labeled D.C. as a leading U.S. city with a major crack cocaine problem. As crack cocaine became a national talking point the federal government
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trial at a United States Federal Courthouse positioned geographically less than one hundred and fifty yards from the Mexican border can be a challenge. When that trial entails dealing with one of the most powerful and influential drug cartels on the southern border known as Los Zetas‚ the challenges become critical. The Mexican drug cartel Los Zetas is comprised of former Mexican military soldiers who were originally hired
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Jaime: What is a DEA Agent? DEA Agents work for the Drug Enforcement Agency. They deal with illegal and illicit drug use that touches every aspect of society. DEA agents deal with many problems because the global drug business is tied to terrorism‚ organized crime and all sorts of illegal activities. The Drug Enforcement Agency was created through the Department of Justice to combat the effects of domestic drug trafficking. A Unique Criminal Justice Job DEA agents play special roles within the
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stacks on top of this issue. Mexican cartels and elsewhere have been battling over control of the Southern United States border in an effort to expand their drug empires (). This includes‚ funneling drugs into America through the immigration loop holes to their stateside counter parts for distribution. The Texas Department of Public Safety correlates a multinational relationship between the drug cartels in Mexico with regional gangs which lead to an overall higher level of drug trafficking‚ human smuggling
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Since their appearance in the 1800s‚ the Italian criminal societies known as the Mafia have infiltrated the social and economic fabric of Italy and now impact the world. They are some of the most notorious and widespread of all criminal societies. There are several groups currently active in the U.S.: the Sicilian Mafia; the Camorra or Neapolitan Mafia; the ’Ndrangheta or Calabrian Mafia; and the Sacra Corona Unita or United Sacred Crown. We estimate the four groups have approximately 25‚000 members
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Secondly‚ I believe there are some connections between the rises in drug distribution in African-American communities in the U.S. in the late 80’s and that of Latin American countries. After‚ reading chapter two and learning about of the CIA “[turned] to the drug trade for an illicit source of fund… beginning the trend toward privatizing war”. For the need to change the world and dominate have lead us to limiting and label others as our enemies because they have or seem to have the potential challenge
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Final Project – Mexican Drug War; the United States Since Felipe Calderon became the president of Mexico in December of 2006‚ more than 30‚000 people have died in this nationwide turf war. A large majority of these murders are happening in the states of Chihuahua and Baja‚ California both of which border the United States. Soon after Calderon took office he launched a military-led war on drugs and that set off conflicts all over the country between rivaling cartels. Not only has there been a war
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Shwirian English 101 11-4-115 This paper will examine the negative impact narcocorridos have had on the increased violence in Mexico. These ballads have contributed to the increase in crime in certain parts of Mexico because they glorify they lives of drug lords and their actions. People of low socio economic status‚ who are typically most at risk for entering into a life of violence and gangs‚ look upon these songs as a way to escape the pressures of reality. These songs evoke a mood of violence inspiring
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Just like a movie action star‚ Joaquín "El Chapo" Guzmán‚ the most notorious drug lord in the world managed to escape from prison despite the maximum security. This is not the first but the second time that the powerful drug lord slip from the hands of the law enforcement. Guzman used a tunnel 1.5 kilometer in length to get out of prison. A small hole in the shower area of the cell was used during the escape. According to Alejandro Rubido‚ Security Commissioner of Mexico‚ the long tunnel was fitted
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study from the Macdonald Laurier Institute in Canada in March addressed the links between illicit cigarettes and terrorism squarely. "Canadian law enforcement seizures of contraband tobacco routinely include high-powered weapons‚ hard and designer drugs‚ stolen vehicles and other merchandise‚ and lots of cash‚" it said in a
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