Drug cartel

borders which is drug smuggling. In the region of North America lies a state that faces struggles everyday with a organization called Sinaloa Cartel. They face battles against this organization for control of the drug market within the state. This cartel plays a huge role within the state by having a huge influence in power compared to other the organizations in the state. The Sinaloa cartel was founded in 1989 which have their base location in the city of Culiacán, Sinaloa. The cartel is considered

I told you the drug cartel violence in Mexico is still one of the largest drug distributions in the world. The drug cartel violences taking place in Mexico have been going on for many years now and nobody has really tried to put a stop to it. Although Mexican drug cartels have existed for several decades, their influences have increased. Mexican drug cartels now dominate the wholesale illegal drug market. Arrests of key cartel leaders have led to increasing drug violence as cartels fight for control

To inform my audience about the three major reasons why drug cartels are dangerous. Central Idea: The three major reasons why drug cartels are dangerous are their violent exploits, wealth, and power. Introduction I. Let’s say you’re with friends in Mexico on summer break and you’re staying in one of the many beautiful beaches but little do you know that the area that you’re visiting is controlled and monitored by a ruthless drug cartel. II. My name is Luis De La Cruz III. I am here today

payment for the protection of the woman's local business against the Juarez Cartel." (Lacey, M. 2010). Many critics are now making comparisons between the Mexican drug cartels, like the one mentioned above, and legitimate corporations like Netflix, or Google. There are currently seven major Mexican drug cartels. Although, the cartels may all come from different backgrounds and have different approaches towards trafficking drugs, they all share a similar business style structure to

It is no secret that drugs are prevalent in every nation in the world. However, how do these illegal drugs move throughout the world? Drug traffickers have gotten very creative in the methods they use to transport drugs across state line and country’s borders. Major drug cartels of Mexico recruit children with the promises of fast easy money and little risk of detection by police. They use children for several reasons; they are less suspicious, can travel on planes without adults, they create a “family”

During the last couple of decades, drug trafficking and organized has been a hot topic of discussion in the media. To make it even worse, the glorification of drug trafficking and organized crime has become an everyday normality in the Mexican/ Latin American culture. From Narco-Corridos (drug ballads) to the Narco-Novelas (drug soap operas), it seems to bring a normalcy around organized crime groups. It makes one wonder what is really going on in society in regards to these organized crime groups

Mexican drug cartels have been expanding its portfolios to include doing business in sex trafficking. The Zetas are the most feared drug cartel in Mexico’s drug, sex trafficking trade, and etc.; the Zetas are a criminal army made up of defectors from the Mexican military. Anybody who crosses them will more than likely get their heads chopped off or won’t live to see another day. What’s more these cartels’ will also use the kidnaped women and girls for their own personal use. Nevertheless, the spread

Odden Am/Lit December 18th, 2015 Drug Cartels Mexico is known for many things ranging from there beautiful coastlines to there ancient ruins and museums to the brutal war of drug trafficking. The drug war in Mexico is one of the biggest events in narcotics history. Drug trafficking was best known in Michoacan, Guanajuato and Guerrero but it has recently spread across all of Mexico. Michoacan was the first place where it erupted due to an organization of cartels known as La Familia. Mexico was once

The Uphill Battle Against Mexican Drug Cartels “Drugs continue to kill … 200,000 people a year, shattering families and bringing misery to thousands” states Yury Fedotov, the Executive Director of the UN Office on Drugs and Crime (UN 2012). A modern crisis, drug abuse takes the will and freedom of hundreds of thousands, plunging their lives into despair. But this is only one side of the coin; those who supply the hazardous euphoria of drugs build their own volatile empires on foundations of violence

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