Mexican Drug Cartels

Mexico has a long history of cartels the deaths, drugs and weapon trafficking is in all time high increasing year by year. “Mexico's gangs have flourished since the late 19th century, mostly in the north due to their proximity to towns along the U.S.-Mexico border. But it was the American appetite for cocaine in the 1970s that gave Mexican drug cartels immense power to manufacture and transport drugs across the border. Early Mexican gangs were primarily situated in border towns where prostitution, drug use, bootlegging and extortion flourished” (Wagner). They keep themselves armed and ready with gun supplies shipped from the U.S, taking control of the drug trades. The violence is spilling so out of control that

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.

Drugs have been smuggled across the Mexico-U.S border for over 25 years. They have been a real problem. Cocaine has been one of the most popular drugs getting past the border. A text called, “Cocaine’s Blowback North: A Prehistory of Mexican Drug Violence”written by Paul Gootenberg, states, “By the mid-1990s, further U.S. pressures pushed the drug’s profitable wholesaling north to Mexico, prelude to the showdown between drug lords and the Mexican state.” This shows us that the drug smuggling went on to spread throughout Mexico and caused many fights between dealers. Over the history of the Mexico-Us border there have been many cartels, cartels are “an international syndicate, combine, or trust formed especially to regulate prices and output in some field of business.” Cartels lead the drug trade across the border. Some of the biggest drug dealers cartels have been, the Juarez Cartel, Los Zetas, the Sinaloa cartel, Gulf Cartel, etc. These cartels do more than

In 2006, Mexico began to crack down on drug trafficking operations in union with the United States. Why all of the sudden? In regard to that question, my paper will include a history of events leading up to this sudden crack down on drug trafficking, from its start in the 1960’s until today. After the history of the drug war, I will discuss the main states involved like the United States and Mexico itself. Along with their main goal of eliminating drug trafficking all together, although it is a very high expectation. Mexico has sent out 50,000 soldiers that are being paid less than a burrito vendor, in attempt to lessen the

The U.S. has been involved in the war on drugs across the U.S. – Mexican border for almost a decade. While the United States has continued to be an active helper in assisting the Mexican government, the level of violence and gang-related deaths are still increasing at an alarming rate. So far, the majority of U.S. involvement has been in the way of money and physical enforcement; both Mexico and our border with them have become heavily militarized in the years since the “war on drugs” was launched. However, this military action doesn’t seem to be having any effect accept to spark intensified revolts and counter-violence by the Mexican cartels. The Mexican security crisis is no longer contained within their borders, and it is beginning to affect U.S politics, citizen safety, and economy. Based on my theoretical analysis, I recommend that:

This was a very interesting article about how the Drug Cartel in Mexico is on the verge of turning one of the United States bordering countries into a "failed state." But from what I read that should have been expected when the cartel and the government were working together in the early years before President Felipe Calderon declared war on the cartels in 2006. The relationship between the two before allowed cartels to knock off their competition in a quiet discreet manner. Now Mexico is in a full out war with the cartel, even going as far as activating 45,000 troops to aid in the

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.

Over the past few decades drug cartels in Mexico have begun glorifying their brutal attacks and fearless efforts over the war on drugs and territory. Drug trafficking has become such a profitable epidemic that various organizations have grown to exploit this area of criminality. Cartels have gained notoriety by amassing large profits in exploiting the drug business. These organizations have created complex strategies to smuggle vast amounts of narcotics from the arms of the producer straight into the hands of the buyers. They have perfected this strategy successfully by distributing the illicit narcotics with the help of their government and local law enforcement, who in return receive bribes of monetary value to look the other way. This

This research paper examines the impact of Mexican drug cartels in the United States. Most Americans are not aware of how far reaching these cartels are in the United States. Their power has an influence in our government and communities. This project examines who the Mexican Drug cartels are, what their purpose is, where they have influences, and when did they start to become a problem for the United States. This paper also touches base on the impact of the drugs that are illegally brought into the United States by these cartels and their methods for justice. These cartels generate billions of

Organised crime began in the 1800s along the U.S-Mexico border. Drug trafficking was initially acknowledged in U.S Mexican relations in the 1920s and 1930s. The Mexican Cartel provides of drug trafficking that contributes towards their increasing existences year by year. (Lupsha.A.P, 1981) recommends that In 1942 La Nocha, intended to traffic marijuana and morphine, but, was indicated by the U.S moreover, heroin was initially seized by the U.S drug enforcement authorities in 1945. Regardless, drug trafficking continued to increase throughout the 1960s. The U.S Justice Department’s National Drugs Threat Assessment 2009 suggested that Mexican drug trafficking organisation were distinguished as the ‘greatest drug trafficking threat to the united

Juarez, Mexico and El Paso, Texas are separated only by a small river, and yet in 2015, there were over three thousand murders in Juarez. There were only five murders in El Paso, in the same time period (Matthew Heineman). Kidnapping, extortion, prostitution, along with a myriad of other crimes, have increased dramatically, all fueled by a lawless society where the government is fighting a war that it has neither the resources nor the resolve needed in order to win. The problem is not convincing the authorities that they have caused the violence. The problem is convincing them to change their policy. Thomas Jefferson once said, speaking of slavery, “We have the wolf by the ears and we can neither safely hold it, nor let it go” (Anna Berkes). The Mexican government is in the same situation that our government was once in, concerning slavery. When the U.S. government attempted to abruptly put an end to slavery, it resulted in the civil war. The definition of a Civil War is, “A war between groups of people in the same country”, this is exactly what is happening in Mexico. It may be the Police fighting one Cartel or it may be two different Cartels fighting each other, however the result is the same: a senseless loss of life. The Mexican Government, in trying to abruptly end drug trade, has done the same thing on a smaller scale. Had the government attempted to slow the flow of drugs

Through bloody feuding, Mexico’s main criminal insurgencies, including: The Knight Templar, Los Zetas, Sinaloa Cartel, and The Gulf Cartel, divide the country into gang territories. Since 2006, Mexico 's powerful drug-trafficking organizations have committed more than 60,000 drug-related homicides, including the mass murder of innocent civilians. Due to civilian massacre increase, kidnappings and extortion have become a mundane event. In February 2014, the Mexican government confirmed that 26,000 people still remain "disappeared." From 2007 to 2011, nearly 70% of guns recovered from these Mexican criminal activities originated from the United States. In addition, Mexican cartels take between 19 to 29 billion dollars annually from U.S. drug sales alone. Although conflict between Mexican cartels ensues all across the country, the main focus of the dispute lies in the seizing of the capital. Due to the demand of narcotics located in the United States, however, the deadliest part of this war takes place in the Northern part of Mexico, on the frontier, in la Cuidad Juarez and Tijuana. According to one expert:

By 1960 in Mexico, drugs such as Marijuana and Heroin were being produced and used throughout the country (Insight Crime). Moreover, these drugs were used and produced in Sinaloa state mostly along the western coast (Insight Crime). These drugs were then smuggled into the United States ending up in the Southwest regions. In the 1980’s, Mexico was under the leadership of Miguel Angel Felix Gallardo. During this time when Mexico was under his leadership, the drug cartel flourished (Insight Crime). Many years later it seems there were slight tensions between the United States and Mexico. The United States pressured Mexico to become more responsive to criminal activity. After the political pressure the US was putting on Mexico, some of the drug traffickers left and fled the country. Over the following years several Mexican leaders were arrested, and detained in different states inside of Mexico. In 1989, Mexican authorities caught Miguel,who was the leader of the Guadalajara cartel (Insight Crime). During the late 1980’s, there were three groups of drug cartels. The three groups were the Tijuana based clan, the Juarez clan, and the Sinolea based clan (Insight Crime). Since the year of 2002 the mexican government has been trying to prevent these crimes the best they can. The government has arrested and killed hundreds of drug traffickers and there has also been several anti-criminal

Economic and political factors over the last decades colluded to make Mexico a capital of drug cultivating and exporting country. A crucial factor that allow drug trade in Mexico is not only just merely grow and survive but to expand the involvement in the state. The large size of drug economy, plays in keeping the country financially solvent, and the temptation of freed and corruption of government officials confirms that prohibition could never be a success.

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