Mexico 's Powerful Drug Trafficking

There are seven drug cartels in Mexico (CRS 1). The most important cartels are Sinaloa and Juarez. The Sinaloa cartel operates in the states of Nayarit, Sinaloa and Mexico State (Reforma 1). The Juarez cartel operates in Sinaloa, Nuevo León, Chihuahua, Jalisco, Morelos; and Quintana Roo. Mexican cartels employ individuals and groups of enforcers, known as sicarios. Statistics show that more than twenty people are killed daily in Ciudad Juarez, Chihuahua in crimes related to drugs. Drug lords send their gunmen to strategic places where innocent people that are in the wrong place at the wrong time are killed. Narco Lords like Vicente Carrillo Fuentes and Joaquin el Chapo Guzman, fight among themselves for the

Revenue is the total amount of income that is brought by a company, city or country. While the drug cartels average out about 22 billion dollars annually since the drug war began Mexico has lost an abundance of cash flow and customers due to the drug war. Despite the terror everyone around the country talks about they still venture into Mexico providing them with an astonishing 13.8 billion dollars from 2006 to 2008. It is clear to see that the total amount of money going both ways is staggering, but more money is flowing into the drug cartels hands. This money is being used to purchase drugs and weapons. CNN reporter states that that over 70% of the weapons that have been removed from cartels or found at crime scenes are traced back to the United States of America. With the cartels in possession of so much of the revenue that used

People who are illegal immigrants, travel distances and cross borders to seek a better life while they are desperately looking for a better opportunities, they are also running away from famine, wars or violence from their homeland. For example, Mexico and most central and South America countries unfortunately have a poor economic, environmental and life is not easy to live there. These countries also still engaged in a war with various reasons. Especially; Mexican drug cartels which kills more than 80,000 people in every year. Therefore, United States being the main country that so many immigrants attract as they try to cross the border illegally. As they looking a place that provides freedom of speech and religion, steady jobs, a safe environment, and benefits for the poor and unemployed. It has become a home for many of them. “In 2012, the population of immigrants in the United States illegally is estimated to 11.43 million, rough 3.7% of the entire US population. 59% of the immigrants in the country illegally are from Mexico”. 25% of all the immigrants in the country are illegally reside in California State. As the crossing the border and the journey is hard, in 2008, 53% out of all the immigrants are males which are younger than 40 years old. Some people believes that this people deserve a chance because most of them come with a good intentions. Specifically, they just want jobs where they can get decently paid so they can support them self and their family back home.

At first, Mexican drug cartels were structured just like family owned businesses. There would be a family member who was the main drug lord and cousins and uncles of the family would be the body guards and drug dealers. After the Institutional Revolutionary Party (PRI) lost their power within the Mexican government the structure of drug cartels became much more complex. A hierarchical diffusion is seen within the drug cartel system because the drugs spread from one important drug lord to another, and we generally see this happening in the urban part of Mexico, more than in the rural areas. A corporate structure began forming as hierarchies began developing under drug lords and more people got involved. Professor Guillermo Trejo of Notre Dame 's Kellogg Institute claims that once the PRI lost their power there was a rapid increase in violence. This is because of Mexico’s former President, Felipe Calderón, who politically associates with the National Action Party (PAN). In 2006 President Calderón declared war on the drug cartels. This milestone triggered a huge change within Mexico’s international relations, government, and culture.

President Calderon’s war against the cartels has led to the death of over 100,000 people. Drug cartels such as Los Zetas have increased their involvement in human smuggling using people as forced labor and demanding ransom money. Los Zetas’ 10,000 gunmen have engrossed the border as they drive 8,500 trucks into Texas on a daily basis. As of 2010, drug cartels have their hold on 1,286 U.S. cities. With a U.N. estimated narcotics market of $60 billion annually, the Mexican cartels profits on the U.S. are at $39 billion and

The U.S. should intervene and do the best possible to stop drug trafficking on both sides of the Mexican- American border, because it causes violence and brings fear to the community.

As stated by David Lunhow and José De Cordoba, in the year 2008, 6,000 people died in drug-related violence in Mexico, the U.S.’s second biggest trading partner. The cartels now operate in 230 cities and towns around Mexico, and commit crimes in the U.S. as well, such as in the case of Phoenix, where 370 kidnapping cases were reported in 2008 (De Cordoba & Lunhow). As many as 90% of the people killed in Mexico are said to be linked to trade in some way and in President Felipe Calderon’s six-year term, there were 153 fights

EQ: How have Mexican cartels changed life for the everyday person in Mexico and what can the government do to stop their influence for future generations?

The extent of drug cartel’s economic dependency on U.S. and other foreign buyers shields individual empires from oppression and the threat of rival groups. As the percent of cocaine being transported into the US raises from 77 percent to more than 90 percent, drug cartels are becoming stronger and more widespread (Lee n. pag.). With the rapidly escalating number of U.S. cocaine sales, Mexican mafias profit immensely. These cash profits fund all cartel activities including the

The violence that Mexican drug cartels impose has led to thousands of deaths and that is why it is the number one reason they are dangerous. a) According to the an article written in 2014 by Brianna Lee, called Mexico’s Drug War, from 2006 to 2012 there were around 120,000 total homicides and 26,000 people are still reported as missing. i. These homicides include deaths in standoffs between rival cartels and the Mexican military, bystanders, police and government officials. ii.

The Mexican cartels drug war have been an ongoing situation in Mexico’s society for years. The history behind the start of these cartels and how they affect society in Mexico is very important. The most prominent and influential Mexican cartels today are The Jalisco New Generation Cartel, Los Zetas Cartel, and the most powerful and notorious, The Sinaloa Cartel. Led by drug lords who themselves are ruthless and powerful, Cartels are very violent criminal organizations. Mexican cartels known for being some of the worst criminal organizations also do good things for society. Obviously doing them for the advantage for themselves there’s no reason for multiple sides in history.

The Mexican cartel is a ruthless crime origination. It controls Mexico through bribes and fear. There are many factions of the cartel, and they are at constant war with one another. They war over many reasons from drugs to human trafficking. These battles often spill out into the streets causing the loose of many innocent lives. The cartel has a strangle hold on the Mexican people.

A piece from a report based on Mexico’s Drug Trafficking Organizations: Source and Scope of the Rising Violence is presented. The spike in violence due to inter- and intra-cartel conflict over lucrative drug smuggling routes has been accompanied by an increase in kidnapping for ransom and other crimes.

The epic power of Latin American drug cartels is almost mythical. There is a history of influence, control, and supreme reign over many aspects of societies where they operate. Their power is fueled by a demand for a product that extends worldwide; thus ensuring their survival from government to government and indeed, generation to generation. The cartels breed corruption and unjust acts within the countries they operate in.

The Mexican drug cartels have been a cancer that has grown through out Mexico. Influenced by Colombian cartels, such as the Pablo Escobar’s Medellin and the Cali Cartel. In 2008, over 5,600 people were killed in Mexico; many were torture/or beheaded (Hixson, 2009). It has stretched from the border town of Tijuana all the way to the beaches of Cancun. Many people have been robbed, tortured, kidnapped, injured, and murdered through out the domestic drug war that is going on in Mexico. Police officers have been known to take bribes from different drug traffickers, which has given more power to the drug cartels. Even some politicians have been accused of being backed by particular cartels. Felipe Calderon, Mexico’s current President has taken