Gang Violence In Mexico

The Latin Kings, originally known as The Almighty Latin King and Queen Nation, is one of the largest and organized Hispanic street gangs in the U.S. This gang was said to have been started during the 1920’s under a different name in Chicago, Illinois but we officially discovered in the 1960’s. Their main desire was to protect their neighborhood while maintaining to preserve the identity of their culture. They had five points of respect which were, “Respect your brothers ny your crown and your nation. Mark by truth. Your word is your crown your crown is your nation, a king must live by this word. The condition of being united into a single whole, one for all, all for one. The knowing of lessons

Due to so much violence between the gangs it has led to people to get out of the country. Most of them were children. Seeking a safer environment, the parents send their kids to the United States. Some of the kids travel alone while others travel with a parent or relative. More than 70,000 children had come to the United States. The children were from Mexico, and from the Northern Triangle- Guatemala, Honduras and El Salvador. The majority of the children had come from the Northern Triangle, with about 74% of the children. These children are either trying to reconnect with a parent that left to the United States years ago or help a family in crushing poverty, as well as other reasons. Fifty-eight percent of 400 youths that were interviews had said they had been threatened, fear of serious harm, had suffered, by gangs. Most of the kids that had come from Mexico are taken back while for the others that are coming from the Northern Triangle are placed into a temporary shelter while their deportation proceeding are made. There was a law in 2008 (Trafficking Victims Protection Reauthorization Act) that allows the children from Central America to have a court hearing before they are in a position to stay or be deported. The come of many children has been controversial because which was built under the Bush administration to deal with 6,000 to 8,000 children not with 52,000. The shelters that are

The journey from Honduras to America in not only long but physically and mentally torturous. Enrique sets off for America eight times with seven of those time ending in him being deported to Guatemala every time Enrique still has the will to still keep trying. At the beginning of his seventh journey Enrique is mercilessly beaten and robbed by six by six men while riding of the top of a freight train he escapes by jumping off the train. Enrique is lucky to survive the train intact many fair worse than him with instances of limbs being cut off by the wheels of the train or even more violent attacks by gang members targeting the migrants on the trains. For children such as Enrique who are traveling to the north the trains and gangs are not the only obstacles they must the police also represent a threat, many of which will do things like kidnap migrants and hold them for ransom. The journey from Honduras to America seems excessively grueling and almost impossible for someone Enrique’s yet every year thousands of children do. Up through Mexico the people have many different options on the Central American migrants traveling through their country some believe they are nothing but pest while other are more than happy to help, one more thing to add to the complexity of the

What’s more these cartels’ will also use the kidnaped women and girls for their own personal use. Nevertheless, the spread of human trafficking in Mexico has declined, yet the biggest problem has moved into the Mexican mountains, where remote areas have little or no authority at all. These areas are where the cartel usually pays off the authorities. But, in the case

When working with the Alvarez family it is important to understand the complex nature of their situation. The Alvarez family is currently dealing with a difficult situation by way of their son, JC, losing one of his friends to gang violence. Additionally, JC is involved heavily involved in gang activity himself and is causing the family anxiety as they are afraid that he will place himself in danger attempting to obtain “revenge”. Rather than working from micro level, it can be helpful to approach this case from the broader mezzo level. As Mr. Alvarez is highly involved in the community, it would be beneficial to partner with him when approaching any community related issues, including the gang activity.

Many American citizens are responsible for illegal Mexican immigrants’ determination to enter the United States because numerous American citizen’s revenue money, drugs, and fame as a lifestyle which makes America the center of attraction for illegal immigrants to cross the border. It is clear that most Mexican immigrants transport an abundant amount of money payments and drugs across the U.S. border in return for more money so gangs and cartels can earn a recognized status through money and respect. Citizens of the U.S. have impacted and altered the American social economic status in a negative way. Most Mexican immigrants travel north in groups to cross the United States border to achieve their goal; live a better life so they can support themselves and their family. Although there are U.S. customs and border patrol agencies that have a duty to protect and secure the border from illegal aliens entering the U.S., some still successfully cross and enter the U.S. -Mexican border illegally. In the book The Devil’s Highway, Urrea explains the “Rules of the Game” where illegal immigrants experience a traitorous journey depending on their guides. Their country and group leader fail to successfully support the group and citizens of Mexico.

and Mexican governments and awareness campaigns carried out between 2013-2014 successfully sent the message to residents of the primary sending countries in Central America. However, Central American men, women and children continue to travel north into the migrant trail and across Mexico. The analysis of The Beast Riding the Rails and Dodging Narcos on the Migrant Trail by Oscar Martinez offers concrete, systematic evidence of the relative weight crime victimization plays in the migration decision. The Beast allows us to understand why these individuals continue to make the trip when seemingly fully aware o the dangers involved and supports to suggest that no matter what the dangers of migration may be in the future it is preferably to a present-day life of crime and violence endured in the Northern Triangle. Having such knowledge of what motivates Central Americans to consider migration and understanding the influence of this prior knowledge in their decision for immigration along with an understanding of how preceding U.S. and Mexican efforts to deter immigration grants the United States government to understand immigration patterns and a possible solution for mass migration crisis. The current migration dilemma and book proposes the possibility of a different attempt on behalf of the United States government to deter migration from the Northern

The United States and Mexican border number of migrating, unaccompanied Honduran minors has grown more than 10,500 from the start of January through the month of July of year 2017. Immigration of children continues to have a major effect and an affect both on the United States and Mexico. This is only now coming to the surface because people have different ways to access information and know about news that has not happened in your state or city. The six chapter book “Enrique’s Journey” written by author Sonia Nazario in the year 2001 was only a glimpse of child immigration and how each country was dealing with the influx of unaccompanied minors. Furthermore, the book “Enrique’s Journey” focuses on the experience of being a child with an immigrating

In June of 2014, Vice President Joe Biden met with leaders from Central American countries including Guatemala, El Salvador, Honduras and Mexico “to help highlight warnings about the dangers of crossing Mexico and the United States border, as well as the futility of trying to obtain legal status without a proper visa.”(Archibold) The number of unaccompanied children migrating to the United States continues to steadily increase since its initial boom in the late 1990’s. Highlighted in the 2006 biographical piece, Enrique’s Journey by Sonia Nazario, the author writes to express the dangers not just at the U.S.-Mexican border, but rather from Central American countries throughout Mexico itself to get to the borderline.

Central American women are at an even greater risk of experiencing sexual abuse and other types of violence during their migration to the United States, especially in recent years, because of the spreading of gangs. In 2015, “nearly 110,000 people fleeing worsening gang and other violence in Central America’s northern triangle countries of Guatemala, El Salvador and Honduras sought asylum abroad.” Many times, Central Americans are attempting to escape the possibility of being sexually assaulted by gangs. However, not everyone has the time to apply for asylum because they are in immediate danger. For example, Sara Rincon, a college student from El Salvador testifies: ““He said no woman had ever turned him down, and if I refused to be his girlfriend, he would kill me and my family. I didn’t want to leave home but after that we couldn’t stay; we left for Mexico in the middle of the night.” Because Rincon and her family had to leave spontaneously, they are most likely going to be traveling undocumented, just like many other immigrants attempting to escape gang violence in Central America. Therefore, they must migrate through Mexico with the possibility of even more traumatic events ahead of them.

In Texas, immigration from Central and South America is a significant issue. Considering there is a great deal of poverty, high crime rate, minimal amounts of jobs, and government corruption in some areas in Central and South America, parents are in a search for a better life for their children. Starting in the spring of 2014, thousands of unaccompanied children surged through the Rio Grande River and into Texas with the help of smugglers. Since there were too many

The United States border with Mexico is one of the most interesting borders in the world. Although it is not a military front like the border between the Koreas or as militarized as the border of Russia and the Ukraine, there is a lot going on that requires attention. The southern border of the United States is different from almost all of those in the world because many of its problems are based off of the economic disparity between each country. The difference between wealth and quality of life is substantial and results in people going beyond regular means to cross the border to have a better life. There is also a large difference in the legal and law enforcement system that is exploited by Mexican cartels to make money through drug and human trafficking. The differences between these two

The purpose of this paper is to review and verify a recent study by Scott H. Decker of the University of Missouri – St. Louis, entitled Collective and Normative Features in Gang Violence (Decker & VanWinkle, 1996). The study will attempt to address why our local increase in gang violence has reached monumental heights causing an increase in gang members appearing your court.

Mexico is high on the list of the most dangerous countries in the world. The violence taking place there has killed thousands and is increasing throughout the years and needs to be stopped immediately. Unfortunately, it isn’t going to stop tomorrow or by magic. A thorough plan needs to be created, one that will focus on all parts of the problem, not just one. Two reports, one written for the Brookings Institution called Peña Nieto’s Piñata: The Promise and Pitfalls of Mexico’s New Security Policy against Organized Crime by Vanda Felbab-Brown; who is an expert on international conflicts such as organized crime, and the other which is documented in the Library of Congress titled Mexico’s Drug Trafficking Organizations: Source and Scope of the Violence by June S. Beittel; who is an author and analyst on latin american business and has written many articles and reports documented in the Library of Congress, disclose information on the current president Enrique Pena Nieto and ex-president Felipe Calderon of Mexico. These reports go into detail about the strategies Pena Nieto and Calderon took to try and stop the violence. This essay will compare and contrast these reports based on three points: the details of both strategies, how the actions taken affect the people of Mexico and how they react to them, and whose strategy was a better one and why.

Over the past years, Mexico has experienced extreme changes due to the violent drug wars. Violence has presented itself in every neighborhood, every street corner, and even in the schools. Chalk outlines are seen drawn on various streets of homicide scenes. Thousands of people have lost their lives in the hands of drug traffickers. Life itself in Mexico, has taken a change for the worse. One may ask what the reasons are for this wave of violence. The most logical answer, of course, is to blame the criminals. It is the drug lords who are smuggling, transporting, and selling these drugs. They should be the ones held responsible, right? The answer to this question is deeply rooted in the history of corruption in the Mexican Government. The