Vulliamy essay 2

“Organized crime had coopted practically all policing and spaces for the administration of justice” States Maldonado Aranda in Stories of Drugs in rural Mexico. The impact on the community is addiction rates are rising and rapes as well. AA groups have been taken over by the Cartel to help support themselves by recruitment for gunmen, also financially. (Maldonado Aranda, 2014) Young women are dragged by their own peers, then raped, again withthe silent violence they don’t have the agency to speak up about it. Who has stepped up to help is Dr. Jose Manuel Mireles Valverde, the founder of Autodefensas. Autodefensas is a militia in Mexico who fights the Knights of Templar Cartel in Michoacan.(Manzo, 2015) Dr. Valverde wanted to arm the citizens in small cities in Michoacan against the Cartels, I couldn't agree more. To find the perfect solution to helping the people, it’s needed to have field work completed then applied anthropology. I believe arming the citizens will give them more protection in day to day life. Arming the people can give them agency to start a civil war against the corrupt government controlled by the Cartel. I also believe the US government should get involved and have the freedom to expedite the Cartel leaders and gunmen to the states.I don’t think removing immigrants from their homes to the states will be effective. Removing the Cartels will let the people of

December 2008 marks the initial start to the devastating and gruesome cartel drug war in Mexico that has led to the deaths of over 80,000 people. In the midst of this war, violence has surged dramatically in Ciudad Juarez, Mexico, an area seen by many as a point of contention in the lucrative drug smuggling business that stems from Mexico and flows into the United States. As a result of the recent outbreak of violence, it has been difficult to accept the fact that my mother and sister cross the border every weekend from El Paso to Ciudad Juarez to go visit family knowing they are at risk of being taken hostage or even worse, getting killed by the cartel. My father has also experienced these life-threatening occurrences

An author, Francisco E. Gonzalez, discussed one incident that took place, “A grenade attack on September 15, 2008, left eight dead and more than one hundred injured on the central square in Morelia (the capital of the state of Michoacán), on a night Mexicans were celebrating the 198th anniversary of their country’s independence.” (Gonzalez 72). This incident shows that safety is never guaranteed with the cartel’s violent and erratic behavior.

On this week’s topic of global violence against women, Elvia R. Arriola authored the peer-reviewed article, “Accountability for Murder in the Mquiladoras: Linking Corporate Indifference to Gender Violence at the U.S. Mexico Border” (2007). Arriola depicts the treatment of girls and women on the Mexican border who are employed in the maquiladora are due to corporations that move over to the Mexican boarders because of the salary which is higher in this area due to the North American Free Trade Agreement (NAFTA) between Mexico, the United States, and Canada (1993). In fact, the frequency of domestic violence and femicide occurs more frequently regardless of policies and laws. Additionally, the maquiladora murders are a severe indication of Mexico’s

As Americans, we seem to embrace love for Mexican music, Mexican beaches, Mexican architecture, interior design, and Mexican films. However, we haven't really focused, and don't seem to much care about, the innocent victims killed every day in Mexico. Just in the past few years. 80,000 people were murdered directly by the Mexican Drug War. An ongoing low-intensity asymmetric war between the Mexican Government and various drug trafficking syndicates. Since 2006, when intervention with the Mexican military began, the government's principal goal has been to put down the drug-related violence. Additionally, the Mexican government has claimed that their primary focus is on dismantling the powerful drug cartels, rather than on preventing drug trafficking. One very brave journalist Anabel Hernandez, has uncovered exactly how deep the rot of corruption and dirty money has penetrated into every level of Mexican institutions. She is the author of the ground-breaking expose “Los Senored Del Narco”. Every day she lives under guard in a secret location, the threat

On the other hand, from 2000 to 2010, both countries faced similar conflicts but each with their own purpose and background. For example, in 2006 Mexico declared war against the 7 Mexican cartels. This war was the first time that Mexico declared war on drugs. In this war, approximately 164,000 people have been a victim of homicide due to drug conflict (Shirk, 2011). In 2007 according to U.S Government estimates, approximately 15,500 metric tons of marijuana and an unknown number of Methamphetamine were produced in 2007 and exported primarily to the United States (Schaefer, Bahney, Riley, 2009). Mexico in this war was experiencing one of the most horrible and bloody wars of its time. Mexico was fighting the drugs cartels that were strongly armed

Mexico is a very poor country with most of its people living in extreme poverty. Its police force is also paid a very poor wedge. They can make in one day as much as they make in a few months or more just to look the other way. Not to mention it is a much healthier choice for them to make; if they chose not to take

“Since former president Felipe Calderon launched an all-out war against the cartels in 2006, about 80,000 people have been killed,” (Dana). From 2007 to 2014 the crime affairs in Mexico have claimed more lives all together than the war that has been taking place in the Middle East with Iraq and Afghanistan. Not only has the number of casualties include cartel members themselves but also those numbers include young children, men and women of a variety of ages. More than 164,000 Mexicans have disappeared or been killed in the conflict, and the extreme and chronic violence, coupled with great poverty “Mother Jones”. As for the numbers keep growing, and as the years add up this The continuous war on drugs that has been going on for an extended amount of time may have some valuable lessons for the Middle East (Dana). In the years since the Calderóns administration, Mexico has undoubtedly seen a decrease in the number of gangland executions (the eerie way “progress” is measured in a country immersed in a drug-fueled Civil War). There are a couple of revealing situations that indicate an increase in the advancement of these cartels not only getting more violent but as well as gaining more territory. Such incidents include executions in non-metropolitan areas that have remained

The Mexican government released new data showing that between 2007 and 2014, a period that accounts for some of the bloodiest years of the nation’s war against the drug cartels more than 164,000 people were victims of homicide (PBS). Nearly 27,000 died at the peak of fighting in 2011 (PBS). Mexican drug cartels try to one-up each other in their quest to scare off rivals, authorities and would-be informers and still stun Mexicans increasingly numbed to the gory spectacles (nbc). “These gangs have to keep escalating because they want the shock value but the shock value wears off,” said Clark McCauley, a psychology professor at Bryn Mawr College in Pennsylvania and an expert on terrorism (nbc). “Now, to get a headline you have to get more heads, or more bodies or do something more horrific”. Residents in some cities caught in the bloody turf battles are already adapting to living with violence, said Dr. Oscar Galicia, a psychology professor who specializes in violent behavior at Iberoamerican University in Mexico City (nbc). In the northern city of Monterrey, where the Zetas drug cartel are fighting the Gulf drug cartel, many people don't go out at night in certain neighborhoods, they avoid night clubs and bars and have added extra locks to their doors at home. “What people are doing in Monterrey is adapting,” he said (nbc). The prolonged violence is creating a sense of helplessness among

There are signs in Mexico that say ’43 VIVOS’ which means forty three live. The families got together and rallied in Juarez, MX, El Paso, TX, and New York City. In these rallies, they could march, yelling “Alive they are taken, alive we want them back.” “What do we want? Justice!” In New York City Blanca Luz Nava says, “We won’t stop until we find them.” Nava also announces for the United States not to send Mexico anymore weapons. It is documented that since Obama has become president and has been helping out the Mexican government, there has been 135,000 murders in

The Mexican Drug war has been an ongoing conflict for several decades. Mexico is in an ideal location in a geographical sense because of its place in between the United States and Latin America. The cartels are able to smuggle large amounts of dangerous drugs across the borders, in turn generating large amounts of money. These acts of smuggling almost always produce large amounts of violence and bribery. It is important to look at this conflict not just for what it is right now in the present day, but also at the conflict’s core.

The trend in mortality during the drug war in Mexico follows a spatial theme. There was a dramatic rise in homicides throughout the country since the Calderon administration declared war on organized crime. From December of 2006 to 2010, 34,550 killings have resulted from organized crime, which is a major increase from the previous years (2000-2006) when only 8,901 homicides were related to organized crime. Rios reported 2,826 homicides in 2007 and by 2008, there were 6,837 killings. In 2009, the rates increased by more than 40%, reaching 9,614 victims. By 2010, these figures reached a massive 15,273 homicides (Rios, 4). An analysis by the University of San Diego's Transborder Institute (TBI), sheds light on those affected by crime from organized crime violence. The analysis reported 84% of Mexico's municipalities were affected in some form by organized crime violence in 2011 (Beittel, 24). A Transborder Institute report summarized the pace and sheer brutality of homicides committed by organized crime in 2011. According to the report: "On average, for every day of 2011, 47 people were killed, three of whom were tortured, one of whom was decapitated, two of whom were women and ten of whom were young people" lost their lives to organized crime-related violence (Beittel, 25). Also, TBI reports that between 2008 to 2012, 2,539 police officers and 204 military personnel were homicide victims from

Members of international institutions like the United Nations and the Inter-American Commission on Human Rights have urged Mexican authorities to do more to ensure that freedom of expression in the country is protected. It is important to understand the government’s involvement in the war on drugs and the role of the country’s legal system to understand how Mexico’s war on drugs has jeopardized the lives of hundreds of journalists.

Partlow, Joshua. "At Start of Mexico Tour, Pope Francis Addresses Drug Trafficking, Violence."Washington Post. N.p., 13 Feb. 2016. Web. 16 Feb. 2016.

In past years, Latin American countries have been arduously fighting against gangs and drugs, which are the main cause of armed conflicts. Mexico’s increasing rates of death are mostly centered in the big cities, where drug trafficking and consumption just keep growing. 15,000 people were killed in fights last year, according a survey studying armed conflicts directed by the London-based Institute for Strategic Study in 2015. Many victims affected were girls and women.