Mexican Drug War

Mexico’s War on Drugs differs from many other wars since it isn’t a war between two parties but instead between the government and their own people. It is fueled by the United States’ desire for drugs, which allowed many Mexican cartels to prosper. Long before Felipe Calderon took office, the drug trade thrived without much opposition for the government. However, in 2006, Calderon mobilized troops to combat drug traffickers, thus sparking what is now known as the Mexican drug war("Mexico"). The

casualties of the Mexican War on Drugs are keen to blame Felipe Calderon’s administration (the Mexican government) for the escalation of conflict within the country starting in 2006; arguing that the fast militarization and the lack of the state’s strength augmented such conflict. In the article “Did the Military Interventions in the Mexican Drug War Increased Violence?” by Valeria Espinosa and Donald B Rubin; the statistics analysts, studied two articles from a leading Mexican magazine Nexos, both

The Mexican Drug War By: Blake Cohen INR2002 – Spring 2013 Jeff Hernden Word Count: 3800 Date: 4/22/13 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

Summary The Mexican War on Drugs is a conflict that has been raging since December 11th, 2006 when newly elected president, President Felipe Calderon, began to heavily crack down on drug trafficking and organized crime, sending 6500 troops to the Mexican state of Michoacán, with the hopes of ending drug violence in the region. Since then, the results have been bloody with over 160,000 casualties, including politicians, foreign journalists, and children. Furthermore, the government has had little

The war on drugs is a serious issue in today’s society. One of the main places that has to endure this is Mexico. All around Mexico’s states, there are constant drug wars among different powerful cartels and drug lords. Due to these organizations, there are many instances of violence and needless deaths. There are many different drug lords, and they have caused many issues throughout Mexico. The Mexican government has been fighting a war with drug traffickers since December 2006. At the time, drug

and sleep. “Drug-related violence in Mexico continues to rise. An estimated 7,000 people died in Mexico in 2009 as a result of the drug war significantly more than the 1,300 people who are believed to have died in 2005 before the war began. There were also an estimated 1,200 kidnappings in 2009. Paradoxically, Mexico’s strong stance against the cartels seems to be contributing to increased drug-related violence.”(Duff) Duff points out that the violence in Mexico keeps rising.” The Mexican government’s

Blomme Honors 1 28 September 2014 Mexico Drug War According to the FBI, there are more than seventy five open cases of Americans that are kidnapped in Mexico. That is just one of the effects caused by what is called The Mexico Drug War. People are oblivious to what the outcome of drugs, in general, can do. Many have disappeared or been killed, firearm trade from the U.S. has gone up, and the supply of drugs in the U.S has increased. The Mexico Drug war started in December of 2006 and is still lingering

The Mexican Drug War has cost not only human lives, but also the health of a country’s economy. A study done by Viridiana Rio, a Ph.D. in Government from Harvard University and an expert in regional economics and rule of law in Mexico, states that “increases in criminal presence and violent crime reduce economic diversification, increase sector concentration, and diminish economic complexity” (Ríos V). The direct relationship between violence and economic activity hopes to sharpen our understanding

The Mexican Drug War and Its Consequences Despite President Felipe Calderon’s good intentions and determination to eliminate the drug cartels in Mexico, the Mexican government has not been able to stop the drug cartel’s operations (smuggling drugs, people and weapons to and from the USA) for many reasons. The drug cartels have proven to be powerful, well connected politically, well trained, well- armed, and manipulation of the masses. Therefore, it has been impossible for the Mexican

For this week’s discussion, I have chosen the US involvement in the Mexican Drug War. The US has been deeply involved on the side of the Mexican Government since the election of Mexico’s President Felipe Caldron in 2006 (Mazzetti & Thompson, 2011). Since that time, The US government has reportedly provided over “$2 billion in military and police support, training to more than 16,000 Mexican security personnel, and over $4 billion worth of weapons” (LaSusa & Albaladejo, 2014, pp. 12). Considering