Mexican Cartels

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The Mexican cartels have impacted the society by violating many rights that human have and that are protected. The Cartels are causing too much trouble to the world especially in Mexico and its neighboring countries. They have trafficking tons and tons of drugs to world and spread its violence to nation that live in peace. The cartels have been operating for while and keep growing becoming more powerful each day and nothing has stopped them yet. The Mexican cartels have constructed their empires through the violation of human rights in the business of drug trafficking, especially through torture and deaths, resulting in worldwide corruption.

Everyone is aware of the ongoing drug war between American border patrol agents who wish to fulfil their duty which is to defend the border and Mexican cartels who seek only to expand their narcotic empire at the United States and Mexican border. The Mexican cartels are often times defined as ruthless outlaws who infiltrate and distribute narcotics into the United States in order to maintain high prices and eliminate competition. Their methods are immoral and executed with ease because of their access to heavy artillery. As a result, “Since 2006 more than 40,000 lives have been taken via mass graves, beheadings, and kidnappings” (Newsmax 2). Fear is at the core of the Mexican government leading to corruption installed by the cartels. The corruption is to a degree to which there is no help for the victims or the families that have been victimized unless America steps in to help end the cartel’s reign. Drug culture created by the cartels is increasingly polluting American citizens, especially those vulnerable to the influence in border cities. The cartels are expanding their power to a degree where it can be alarming to the national security of the U.S. Therefore, the U.S. will be able to decrease crime at the border by increasing its security, and by helping the Mexican government regain stability in the country which will ultimately minimize cartel expansion.

Summary: The southwest border region is the most significant national level storage, transportation and transshipment area for illicit drug shipments that are designed for markets throughout the US. The south west region is the biggest drug smuggling zone in the US. More illegal drugs are seized in this area than in any other arrival zone. Mexican cartels have developed expensive drug transportation networks extending from the Southwest border to all regions of the US. Drugs gets smuggled between ports of entry along the southwest border and are stored all throughout the US. The threat posted to the nation by the Mexican cartels that operate in Mexico and the southwest border region extends well beyond drug trafficking to other criminal activities including border

The situation in Mexico regarding the Drug Cartels has been an ongoing battle that has taken the life of between 30,000 to 40,000 civilians, cartels henchmen and federal employees. The violence has evolved into something new in recent years. The brutality contributed by the drug cartels could potentially be labeled as terrorist acts. The strong domestic conflict surrounding the drug cartel in Mexico has boiled over the border and into the United States. Illegal drugs enter the United States through various openings along the U.S- Mexican Border. There are nine important crossings, such as Tijuana-San Diego, Mexicali, and Ciudad Juarez-El Paso. From Texas to Southern California, these drugs are handed out throughout the United States via

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The more the U.S. puts their input into this dilemma the more deaths and damage there will be done in Mexico. They are like a misbehaved child, if you say no they do the opposite. When the U.S. tells these criminals what to do, they do not receive the commands in a positive way. This is all mostly

B. The U.S. needs and must have more border security, but not the kind that President-

To begin, I chose this topic because I believe it is something that has not been talked about much. I see it as a more sensitive topic to some, but I wanted to approach it head on. Most people know about cartels and gangs across the border, but because of the brutality and nature of the acts they are involved in, people tend not to discuss it. Considering that a majority of these leaders are “untouchable,” most see that there is nothing that can be done about it. I want to look into all the effects

Robinson, Matthew B., Scherlen, Renee G. Lies, Damned Lies, and Drug War Statistics : A Critical Analysis of Claims Made by the Office of National Drug Control Policy. Albany, 2007. E-Book.

They’ve started kidnapping people and holding them for ransom, but they end up executing them in the end . They’ve also increased their organizations by taking over the cities closes to the Mexican border so that they can increase their drug exports to the U.S more easily. Some of the states taken over by the cartels in Mexico are Tijuana and Sinaloa. Cartels’ assassinating someone in Mexico has become common in the Mexican news (Duff). It’s no surprise to the locals when they hear that more people have died at the hands of cartels. But the murders have had an impact on Mexican government officials and police officers. They’ve spread fear among the public and the government of Mexico with their gruesome murders that they broadcast on websites such as YouTube (Rosenberg). They make the victims confess about the affiliation they had with the cartels and what illegal activities they’ve taken part in while recording them, and they’re beaten and tortured to confess and then their executed after confessing. The cartels leave messages with the dead bodies for others to find to warn them about trying to get in their way (Rosenberg). One of the cartels that is best known for doing this is Los Zetas (Duff). They are the biggest cartel in Mexico and they are the most vicious when it comes to murders because of the way that they torture and then kill the victims. They kidnap the most people in Mexico and record

The Mexican drug war has been going on for many decades now affecting many generations. Drug trafficking has gain more power by its sinister leaders that maintain power at all cost. This affects how mexico is perceived in the United States and rest of the world. The drug cartels have been taking advantage of Mexicans poor education rates to persuade young Mexican males to joying their cartel in order to keep power. As longs the main leader aren't capture the cartels are going to keep on controlling Mexico. The Mexican drug war has been going on for about two decades creating such a prosperous business for its leader and main partnerships. This has created a society in which people live in fear and consternation since the cartels have started a fight to be the most powerful and dominating cartel in Mexico. The Mexican government priority shouldn't be a reform on its education programs to try preventing its youth to fall on hands of the deadly cartels.

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b. Not only is this a problem nationally but also it is a big problem right here at home in Colorado.