The Autodefensa Movement In Mexico

this section of CH 29 in the old book states that Americans were made to think that after the Mexican American war the United States had become a world power when in reality they did not but one thing that the war did bring to the United States was add more prestige to the nation in the eyes of the Europeans this gave America more respect in the world stage. Another thing that the chapter stated was that America did not enter the war with imperialistic motivations but eventually they fell into imperialism and that America's new friend the British were happy with their new friendship but America's rival Germany was jealous of the advances America was making and the South Americans were suspicious of the American advances. When America took the

Aguirre Ochoa, J. I., & Barbosa Muñoz, P. (2013). Violent subcultures and crime in Mexico. Journal of Alternative Perspectives in The Social Sciences, 5(3), 551-572.

In consideration of the possibility that the OAS(Organization of American States) might come to inspect the country, Trujillo was trying to release some prisoners he imprisoned or at least improve their living conditions to impress the OAS. As the plot progressed, the Mirabal sisters were released from prison, but three of were murdered by a group of people who were loyal to Trujillo. Their opposition toward the brutal Dictator and act of encouraging others to rebel lead to their death. After Trujillo was assassinated, the new president visited Dede and said that “All those properties they had stolen he was going to distribute among the poor. He was going to make us a nation proud of ourselves, not run by the Yanqui imperialists”(Alvarez 310). The Mirabals sisters died for a purpose and the only remaining Mirabal lives to tell the fascinating and terror some stories of the sisters.

Originating in the United States, ms-13 and similar gangs have had a devastating impact on central America. This article describes the origins from the United States and how through the Los Angeles Riots and other tough on crime policies had the effect of placing many immigrants and criminals back in their home country of central America. The deportees some of that might have been criminals and taken to the United States as children, united in desperation to become ms-13. The article further describes the brutality that the gangs have committed in the region. Through drug trade, smuggling and senseless murder, life in central America has been disturbed by gangs and have become a national security there. The dangers of gangs in central America

Escobar, sought to create patron-client followings in the cities by handing out cash to the poor,

More than 60,000 people have been killed in the ongoing drug war in Mexico. The fact that this violence has yet to reach its acme is quiet frightening. The freight instilled in the tourist that once found the many hotspots located in Mexico such as Acapulco and Cancun are now terrified to set foot in the land. Due to the fact that there is no safe or secure area where tourist can venture out for a good time. Due to violence Mexico has been affected with a lack of tourist, revenue and its acclaimed bad reputation.

The book chosen for this analytical report is A Glorious Defeat: Mexico and its War with the United States by Dr. Timothy J. Henderson. Dr. Henderson is currently the Department Chair, for the Department of History at Auburn University Montgomery. Dr. Henderson’s specialization is in Latin American History, concentrating heavily on Mexican and U.S. – Latin American relations. Dr. Henderson has majored in Latin American Studies for both his Master of Arts degree and Ph.D. studies, and has eight different awards and honors throughout his career. He has written over 10 publications, with his latest being released in 2011. Dr. Henderson is currently researching the several aspects of Mexican migration to the United States.

The Ms 13 gang is currently one of the most dangerous and powerful gangs in South America and the United States. As I dug into my research I discovered the reasons,strategies and cruelty of this gang.The majority of the members of this gang are people from Mexico,El Salvador,Honduras, Guatemala and some from Canada.Most of them are young men who grew up in a poor neighborhood and raised themselves in the streets watching the rest of the men in their family get killed or beaten up brutally because they were protecting their own.The gang was originally created in the ‘barrios” of Los Angeles in the 1980’s right after El salvador’s civil war. The name ‘ La Mara Salvatrucha 13 ‘ represents the clever salvadoran gang. The gang’s frightening motto is ‘Mata,Controla,Viola’( Kill,Control& Rape)This gang is made out of many smaller cliques the biggest one being the ‘surenos’.These gangs provide protection to each other and it facilitates their communication.By teaming up with other gangs they are able to manage easily other territories and mantain their power as one big union. Another way they’re gaining a lot of power is because they have formed an alliance with Los Zetas, who is one of the biggest and dangerous drug cartel in Mexico. Members of the gang are serving the Zetas as warriors for the gang which has made the Ms13 gain a lot more power.

The Mexican American war was a war over terrain. The Mexican government achieved its independence in 1821 so the country was very unstable and needed more money. Mexico was struggling to maintain control of the country. When mexico tried to maintain control they outlawed slavery. This caused outrage in the northern parts of mexico and a small part of mexico rebelled claiming it independence. This newly established country would become The Republic of Texas. Mexico did not however recognize Texas as a new country. Texas with a terrible economy could not stand on its own so the United States made Texas a new state. The United States in the 1800’s wanted trade routes in the pacific but mexico owned the pacific. So started border disputes on texas

Robbery and social crimes, such as drunkenness, lead to the imprisonment and shipment of lower class rateros (thieves) to work as hacienda slaves. Johns writes, “It also provided workers for hacienda owners … thousands of these mostly peasant migrants were sent back to the countryside as slave laborers on henequen estates in the Yucatan …” (70). Rurales left the countryside’s radicals dead, working, or subdued. However, city police, without all the gaucho flamboyance of the rurales, served as little more than a city joke: “The government and the police captains were as concerned with watching their own lawmen as they were with catching criminals” (72). This lack of discipline and respect further ripped apart the division in the classes. When little could be done to control the lower classes’ actions, Mexico City did not turn to the social programs installed by the very countries they tried to mirror. Instead, Diaz lead a strategy beginning in 1866 to pacify the masses with the allowance of social activities like the burning of the Judas’s bull fights or parades through West Mexico City. “Revenge on the act of betrayal,” Johns hypothesizes, “ answered a need deep in Mexican history” (84). These outlets for frustrations held by all pelados relieved tensions that would normally be satisfied in the form of rebellion or greater social deviance. Thus the upper crust of Mexico City continued prospering under Diaz, while avoiding direct confrontation from the masses and

The Cristero War began in the mid 19 century as liberal ideas were being included in the Constitution of 1857. From that came many disagreements between the religious beliefs of those in the country and the laws being put out which lead to the Revolution of 1910. In the year 1916 Venustiano Carranza and many other political leaders saw the Catholic Church as an obstacle in making social changes in Mexico. With this, they got together and made the Constitution of 1917 which reduced the social and economic power of the Catholic Church. This was a big deal especially since at the time 95% of Mexican citizens were Catholic.

Azuela’s novel started with a narrative of an upper class elite by the name of Don Monaco setting fire to the home of Demetrio. For the remainder of the novel, Azuela portrayed the wealthy similarly to the federales; a violent group of people whom only acted out of self-interest and hatred towards the lower-class, such as Don Monaco. The revolutionaries acted no more civilly than the wealthy, however, often pillaging and raiding homes in seatch of valuables, which they viewed as forms of payment. While these inter-class interactions were seemingly always negative in the novel, the historical context of the Mexican Revolution shows a different side of things. In the early stages of the Mexican Revolution, several small bands of revolutionaries fought for separate causes and with varying motivations.

Every day the U.S. border patrol has to constantly keep an eye out for the smuggling of drugs by Mexican Cartels. There has been much violence due to this drug problem that has left many people near the border killed and is allowing more criminals to obtain these weapons. A lot of this attention goes to the U.S. because many of the weapons utilized in the “drug war” are U.S. made and is interfering with trading relations amongst both the U.S. and Mexico. With this current violent situation in Mexico this has transformed the flow of weapons to an even larger scale.

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

The problem with surveillance and acquiring people’s personal information has been a raising issue, as the use of technology and technological development has never been so high. The article written by both Bernstein and Murray outlines Mexico’s plan, initiated by the government, to increase surveillance due to the extreme levels of crime rates in Mexico. This surveillance allows officials with access to private information, which many in the community argue can actually be harmful towards the Mexican society. This is due to the high levels of corruption in Mexico, as many politicians and police officials are paid-off by gangs and cartels to avoid imprisonment (Nagle, 96). From this, many in the community are against such surveillance measures