Drug cartel

he was largely involved with while being the leader of Panama (Bassiouni, 2014). At one point, he was considered a great ally of the United States because of his ties with the CIA, however, that changed when the general decided to turn Panama into a drug-trafficking hub. Other…

that the United States should legalize marijuana. By just decriminalizing it, as states recently such as California, Nevada, Maine, and Massachusetts most recently have been doing, simply is not enough. People need to realize marijuana is not a “hard drug”. The CDC, a government run website, states that last year there were approximately 88,000 people who died due to excess alcohol related deaths.…

U.S.-Mexico border. Migration along the southern U.S. border has become a security threat, one which the U.S. government exercises extraordinary means to combat. Under this framing, migrants are criminalized and the lines between “illegal migrant,” drug trafficker, and potential terrorist are blurred. Securitization of migration along the southern U.S. border is not only a reaction to things like the North American Free Trade Agreement (NAFTA), other policies such as the exclusion,…

Pablo Escobar was a Colombian drug lord and leader of one of the fiercest structures ever put together. Pablo came from a family with limited means. He lived with both his parents, his father was a farmer, and his mother was teacher. As a child, Escobar started out as a small-time thief. Sandblasting tombstones and reselling them, later he started stealing cars. This is when he got his start in trafficking illegal drugs. His first arrest was at the age of 26 for possession of cocaine, he never…

organizations are increasing in strength and capability, driving risk in counterfeit goods, human trafficking, illicit drugs, and other illegal flows of people and goods.” (QHSR, 2014, p.28) Out of the various transnational criminal organizations that operate within the United States and abroad, the Mexican drug cartels represent the most exponential threat. In many regards the cartels are being compared to foreign terror organizations such as Hezbollah, and Hamas. This assimilation means that…

Since 2006, at least 80,000 people have been killed due to in organized crime in Mexico and over 26,000 people have gone missing in Mexico over the past six years (CNN) The drug crisis in Mexico has claimed more than just the lives of thousands, it has torn apart families, it cost the government millions, and it has remained as much a problem as it was 20 years ago. To summarise, American foreign policy can be categorized as a partial success in Mexico. The United States must continue and…

people who are involved in the drug cartels. Drug cartels like the government have a hierarchy and people that fill certain roles, so that all of their operation run smoothly. A perfect example of this Sinaloa Cartel and how they operate like a law enforcement agency. Joaquín “El Chapo” Guzmán is the current head of the Sinola Cartel. Like many other indiviulas involved in organized crime and in running business “El Chapo” has people he appoints to postions in his cartel. Underneath “El Chapo”…

Sinaloa Cartel and the Los Zetas Cartel is that they are trafficking drugs such as Marijuana, Cocaine, and Heroin, also they are trafficking Humans, and Guns. As of right now they are fighting over territory in Mexico ever since Joaquin Guzman “El Chapo” was taken out of the picture. There has been countless deaths in Mexico do to the shoot outs in the public community. Their drugs have also killed thousands of people in the US and in Mexico. The people that are affected by the cartels is…

Zetas is a very large Mexican drug cartel. The Los Zetas cartel was formed back in the early 90’s when a group of Mexican army commandos left their ranks and became associated with a different drug cartel known as the gulf cartel. Los Zetas was formed but then broke off from their gulf cartel employer. They started their own drug cartel in which they are still with and it is still called Los Zetas. This issue is just like many others in Mexico. There are drug cartels all over Mexico and…

Are we winning the War on Drugs? Most opinions are split 50/50 on this question. One thing is for certain, Mexico is the biggest exporter of drugs into the United States. This epidemic has created wide-spread problems for both countries; the Mexican drug cartel has crippled their country with violence and political corruption and it has affected the United States in a social-economic way. First, let me give some reasons and history around the U.S./Mexican “Drug War”. The two major…