Drug Trafficking And Its Effects On America

Drug trafficking in Mexico has been a political and social issue over the past 30 or so years. Narcotics such as cocaine, heroin, methanphetamines, marijuana, as well as firearms are all being moved across the border of Mexico into the United States. In response to the illegal activity, both Mexican and American governments have started a war on drugs. The war on drugs is considered a “killing machine” by the International Socialist Review (ISR). The ISR provides statistics that, since 2009 and up to 2013, there had been almost 70,000 confirmed deaths that are related

The United States is the world’s number one consumer of narcotics and thus 90% of cocaine seized in the U.S. comes from Mexico due to the close geographical boundaries it is easy to smuggle illegal drugs into the U.S. from Mexico. The U.S.’s demand for narcotics and other drugs creates an 18-39 billion dollar market each year, all coming solely from drug sales. Drug violence is a direct result of protecting each business 's product. Cartels like the Zetas use violence to create a “brand” for their franchise. The violent cartels create a sense of fear so no one gets in their way and so others will comply with their wishes and demands.

Cartel members from the area of Iguala area confessed to taking 43 student from the police, they later killed all the student burned them in a fire that lasted 17 hours. The ashes were put in plastic bags and dumped in a nearby river. The plastic bags were found a week later. It was released in a press conference with the families of the missing students that the ashes in the bags did not test positive to the ID’s of the missing students. Yet again people took to the streets in protest for a conclusion to the case and answers, people in Mexico City set fire and graffiti on the 150-year-old presidential palace, they chanted “we are sick of state violence!” Protests all around the world even started from New York to London around Mexican embassies. They called for the president to step down, this gave a strengthened sense of anger for the treatment of the government towards the people, the Mexican just want change. “Could the government being falling apart” is just one example of questions that still remain with the Mexican public because the utter crime and corruption has gone to

An author, Francisco E. Gonzalez, discussed one incident that took place, “A grenade attack on September 15, 2008, left eight dead and more than one hundred injured on the central square in Morelia (the capital of the state of Michoacán), on a night Mexicans were celebrating the 198th anniversary of their country’s independence.” (Gonzalez 72). This incident shows that safety is never guaranteed with the cartel’s violent and erratic behavior.

Mexico prison riot leaves 49 dead. The fight started around midnight and lasted about 30-40 minutes. The fight was between two rival groups and was fought using sharp weapons, bats, and sticks. Also, there was a fire that was started in a storage room. One side of the fight was led by a member of the notorious Zetas drug cartel, Juan Pedro Zaldivar Farias. The other side of the fight was led by Jorge Ivan Hernandez Cantu. All the people that were killed were male prisoners and five that were injured were in critical condition. So far, fourty of the fourty-nine prisoners have been identified. Demanding information, a crowd of the prisoner’s relatives outside the jail blocked roads, threw sticks and rocks, and tried to open the main prison gate,

Drug trafficking has plagued the U.S. and Mexican border for many years.  The lack of cooperation between the U.S. and Mexican government has allowed millions of dollars worth of drugs to be smuggled over the border. However, recently the Mexican government extradited thirteen prisoners to the U.S showing it realizes that it can’t stop the drug problem on its own. One of the many factors that led the Mexican government to start extraditing was the escape of Mr. Guzman. This event embarrassed the Mexican government as it showed their inability to keep powerful drug traffickers contained. The sad truth is that the demand for drugs will always be present and people will always be able to supply them. Though governments try to enforce drug laws nationally, they can really only restrict the flow of drugs across the border. When Cormac McCarthy wrote the book No Country for Old Men, he tried to capture the brutality of the drug world, and the effect it can have.

Drug trafficking is a major problem in the United States. More than 100,000 people are killed each year and everyone is affected. Communities are destroyed, families split apart, and billions are spent trying to keep it out.

It is clear that there have been increased occurrences of drug trafficking in the United States and the world as a whole. This increase in drug trafficking has resulted to a radical increase in the number of people who are affected by the illegal drugs. In the United States, the number has risen to about 19.9 billions. This paper will therefore discuss drug trafficking, its causes, effects, prevention and war against it. Whoever will read this paper, he or she will be able to take care of themselves from drug selling, consumption and production. The person will also be able to teach and help others on how to leave or protect themselves from drug abuse and trafficking.

A report from the University of San Diego's Trans-Border Institute [PDF] details the challenges of calculating the toll of Mexico's drug violence, and analyzes shifting patterns in the country's organized crime.

With globalization of trade, it is simple for crimes between criminals in the U.S and other countries to occur. For example, drug dealers from one country sneaking illegal substances and other contraband into packages and ship it off to the U.S. Drug dealers think and plan this smuggling well, in attempts to successfully enter their product into the country to sell and distribute. In 2016, there were large shipments of narcotics coming from the Caribbean to areas of Southwestern U.S. The task force comprised of the U.S Coast Guard, The Drug Enforcement Administration and other agencies. This task force managed to interfere with drug smuggling from the Bahamas and denied traffickers access to do so. (Homeland Security, 2016) There are also products

Introduction I. Let’s say you’re with friends in Mexico on summer break and you’re staying in one of the many beautiful beaches but little do you know that the area that you’re visiting is controlled and monitored by a ruthless drug cartel. II. My name is Luis De La Cruz III. I am here today to inform you about the three major reasons why drug cartels are dangerous.

Mass executions and widespread violence has become a common sight across parts of Syria and Iraq with the recent rise of ISIS, causing the United States to take action and intervene once again in the Middle East. However, closer to home, these sightings are even more common. Just across the almost 2,000 miles-long border between the United States and Mexico, the drug cartels are nearly free to spread fear and chaos and remains almost immune to impunity. Who rules Mexico? Is it the government or the Mexican drug cartels? An overview of some of the past presidencies and the major drug cartels may shed some light into the relationship between Mexico government’s leadership and the leaders of the Mexican drug enterprise.

Two states with high levels of abductions – Michoacan and Guerrero – have seen the rise of vigilante militias taking justice into their own hands. This week, the government sent thousands of soldiers and federal police to Michoacan as the vigilantes clashed with criminal gunmen.

But recent investigations have revealed new numbers, between 2007 and 2014, more than 164,000 Mexicans were victims of homicide and “some counts have blamed the drug war for as much as 55 percent of all homicides. Others have put the estimate as low as 34 percent” (Breslow, 2015). Drug-related crimes are hard to accredit to drug-related crimes because of its nature. Even before 2006, crimes were hardly related to drug activities and criminal organizations, it was after 2006 when, because of the raise of violence and the social media coverage of the acts violence within cartels, authorities start noticing and recognizing such crimes as drug related. Mexico as a country has had a violent past, and the violence has not stopped. The roots of the ongoing conflict between the Mexican government and the drug cartels can be traced back within Mexico’s own culture and

The Mexican people have lived in fear for over a decade due to the bloody war against drug trafficking organizations. It is a battle that has put the lives of many innocent people as well as those involved in these organizations. In 2006, the president Felipe Calderon launched a counternarcotics campaign and ordered 6,00 armed soldiers to go to the state of Michoacan to stop the violent warfare between the drug cartels. This has contributed to the deaths of politicians, students, and journalist. In 2016 the drug wars in Mexico between 21,00 and 23,00 lives and between 2007 and 2017 a total of 177,00 people have been murdered however, that number is still unclear due to many of the bodies being hidden and have never actually been found.