We will also look at whether the legalization of certain narcotics could result in positive affects for the countries currently plagued by ruling cartels and their methods for maintaining their objective of supply the world with drugs for recreational
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‘transnational’ is therefore not used to designate a new form of regional or global criminality. Rather‚ the term is recognition of how these groups have successfully leveraged recent technological and political changes. (Williams‚ 2008) For example‚ the Sinaloa Cartel has maintained
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Some atrocities that have taken place involvesuspects that were alleged to have been members of the ultra-violent drug gang. “Time” magazine says the Zetas are mutinous Mexican army troops who graduated from School of the Americas. Hired by the cartels‚ they are directly responsible for an astounding rise in brutal‚ grisly killings‚ including many of the murders of women in Juarez. The street gangs also include Mara Salvatrucha from El Salvador and Calle18 gangs from Guatemala. One local newspaper
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by Mexican authorities after he broke out of prison last year. Guzman‚ has a net worth of over $1 billion‚ is known as the most powerful drug trafficker in the world. Following an intense gunfight‚ Guzman was taken in by Mexican authorities from Sinaloa. He now awaits possible extradition to the U.S.‚ but for now‚ Mexican authorities will try to keep him in jail. Guzman‚ who is the leading drug kingpin in the world‚ has proved to be a difficult man to keep behind bars as he has escaped from prison
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the drug cartels and traffickers to move the drugs through Mexico because of its prime location between the United States and South America. Also do to the cartels in nearby Columbia. ! The Sinaloa Cartel‚ lead by Pedro Aviles Perez‚ was one of the original major drug smugglers in Mexico. Previously there was small time smuggling going through Mexico‚ but it wasn’t until the 1960 when Pedro Perez started smuggling marijuana to the border states of the United States. ! The cartels could only
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Basic Information Mexico is located in the northern region of the American continent between the Gulf of Mexico on the east and the Pacific Ocean on the west. It’s bordered by the United States on the north and by Guatemala and Belize in the south. It has a population of 122.3 million people. Mexico has the largest population of Spanish speakers in the world. Mexico’s capital‚ Mexico City is also known as the Federal District. The incredible variety that exists in Mexico’s culture is mirrored
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office as Mexico’s President. His first act as President was to declare war on the drug cartels. Since then‚ the violence towards government officials and military/police personnel has increased dramatically. Although cries from the citizens of Mexico call for the violence to stop‚ the government continues its fight against the cartels. The violence in Mexico‚ caused by the government’s war against the drug cartels‚ has brought the country into chaos. The Mexican government needs to take measures to
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fully realized. The first situation is that of Narcos. Controlling the laws‚ economy‚ and social structure of not only towns but entire provinces as illustrated by the Medellin Cartel‚ Sinaloa Cartel‚ and Knights Templar Cartel‚ they are absolutely ruthless in maintaining and expanding their power and influence. Cartels have no qualms with taking another human life‚ judge or not‚ as shown by previous judges who have tried to protect justice such as Rodrigo Lara Bonilla. Additionally‚ Narcos often
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Works Cited Carpenter‚ Ted. "Undermining Mexico’s Dangerous Drug Cartels." Cato Institute. N.p.. Web. 23 Jul 2013. <http://www.cato.org/publications/policy-analysis/undermining-mexicos-dangerous-drug-cartels>. Al-Eryani‚ Ausan. "Mexico’s drug war effects US as well." Collegiate Times. Virginia Tech. Web. 23 Jul 2013. <http://www.collegiatetimes.com/stories/18328/mexicos-drug-war-effects-us-as-well/p2>. Grillo‚ Ioan. "US troops aid Mexico in drug war." Global Post. N
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Justin Myers Prof. Bates Political Science 25 April 2015 War on Drugs From drug wars‚ to drug cartels‚ and government control‚ the war on drugs has been a critical issue throughout the United States. From the early years of the 1970’s to the 1980’s‚ there has been a major uprise of the use of drugs and narcotics. However‚ throughout the development of law making and restrictions‚ there have been numerous amounts of policies that have been placed upon this controversial issue by the government
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