Mexico’s War on Drugs Sinaloa is the hometown of the “Sinaloa Cartel” ran by Joaquin “El Chapo” Guzman it’s labeled as the biggest as well as the most powerfullest cartel. Sinaloa is known as the “The Drug Capital of Mexico.” Not only is it just the Sinaloa Cartel there are other major cartels involved in the War on Drugs. And other trafficking methods are convoluted. Joaquin “El Chapo” Guzman the head of the Sinaloa Drug Cartel was born in Badiraguato Mexico. His life was shaped by his family’s
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Mexican Modern War There are seven drug cartels in Mexico (CRS 1). The most important cartels are Sinaloa and Juarez. The Sinaloa cartel operates in the states of Nayarit‚ Sinaloa and Mexico State (Reforma 1). The Juarez cartel operates in Sinaloa‚ Nuevo León‚ Chihuahua‚ Jalisco‚ Morelos; and Quintana Roo. Mexican cartels employ individuals and groups of enforcers‚ known as sicarios. Statistics show that more than twenty people are killed daily in Ciudad Juarez‚ Chihuahua in crimes related
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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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Project Final Draft The War between the two major drug cartels in Mexico‚ Los Zetas and the Sinaloa Drug Cartel‚ has exploded to new extremes and is now affecting multiple countries. There are multiple cartels in Mexico who control certain sections of the country‚ but all have aligned with one or the other of the two Goliaths. This war started over the drug routes stemming from southern Mexico to the United States of America. The Sinaloa Cartel has controlled these routes for many decades; however
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A widely propagated myth would have us believe that Mexican drug lord Joaquin "El Chapo" Guzman Loera and his Sinaloa Federation are less violent than many of their competitors. Statements from journalists and analysts allege that Sinaloa is more businesslike than Los Zetas‚ whose reputation for brutality is well-documented‚ and that this business savvy somehow renders the group relatively benign. In turn‚ this has led many to believe that the Mexican government could broker a deal with the leader
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that the Sinaloa Cartel is the most powerful and poses the greatest challenges for the United States. The Sinaloa Cartel is the single largest and most powerful drug trafficking organization‚ according to the United States. Also‚ the Gulf Cartel (Los Zetas) is on the rise to be the next powerful group after the Sinaloa Cartel. The Los Zetas is known as the most violent group in Mexico and are being controlled by the deserters of the Mexican military’s Special Air Mobile Force Group. The Sinaloa Cartel
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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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Tijuana Cartel From Wikipedia‚ the free encyclopedia Tijuana Cartel Areas predominately controlled by the Tijuana Cartel shown in purple. Founded 1989 Founding location Tijuana‚ Baja California‚ Mexico Years active 1989–present[1] Territory Mexico: Tijuana‚ Baja California United States: California Ethnicity Mexican Criminal activities Drug trafficking‚ money laundering‚People smuggling‚ murder‚ arms trafficking‚ bribery[2] Allies Juárez Cartel‚ Los Zetas‚[3] Oaxaca Cartel
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getting kidnapped or murdered by any cartel affiliated member. Of course‚ the violence between and within the various cartel organizations receives much of the spotlight and therefore frightens the public. Truth is‚ the majority of the Mexican cartels are not out hunting to harm tourists or even the locals; their primary focus is the economics and well-being of their drug business. Even though Mexican cartels are depicted as being violent and prone to crimes‚ their cartel behavior indicates the “business-like”
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INTRODUCTION A cartel is a group of formally independent producers whose goal it is to fix prices‚ to limit supply and to limit competition. Cartels are prohibited by antitrust laws in most countries; however‚ they continue to exist nationally and internationally‚ formally and informally. A single entity that holds a monopoly cannot be a cartel‚ though it may be guilty of abusing said monopoly in other ways. As such‚ it is inaccurate to describe (for example) Microsoft or AT&T as cartels. Cartels usually
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