...Mexico. The drug cartels have taken over the city and have continued to control the city. The city officials have been defeated over and over again; hopeless they still search for new ways to win this ongoing war. Using technology in the United States has become a crucial part of it's survival, since our failure to use intelligence properly in the attack of nine-eleven. Mexico is now attempting to use use the same method in hope that they can be steps ahead of the cartel to ensure success. The Drug Cartels are very violent organizations in Mexico. Between December 2006 and December 2010, there were more than 30,000 deaths in the country. The Cartels in Mexico have become very powerful since the Colombian cocaine traffickers were prevented from transporting their drugs through the Caribbean into the United States. In the 1970 the Colombian cartels transported the cocaine shipment either by plane or by sea. The United States with the use of radar could easily track them and confiscate their shipment. In the drug cartel technology usage will be used in the measure intelligence it is “investigating illegal drug trafficking” . (Buckley, John (2013-10-30) In the late 1980’s the cartel had to ship large shipments. The Columbian Cartel would do their shipment through the Caribbean . In this book it states that it “was easy guarded with the use of radar and since all drugs shipments were made by air or sea“. (Meisenhalter 129) The Colombian cartel was forced to...
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...Mexican Drug Cartels Abstract Mexico has long been used as a transshipment point for narcotics and contraband between Latin America and United States markets. Over time, various organizations, also known as “Cartels” have become involved in the distribution, as well as transportation, of illegal drugs and firearms. The fight for power between these known cartels has led to many arrests and deaths of cartel leaders as well as their rivals. While many factors have contributed to the escalating violence, security analysts in Mexico City trace the rising scourge to the longtime implicit arrangement between narcotics traffickers and governments controlled by the Institutional Revolutionary Party (PRI), which lost its grip on political power in the late 1980s. There was a decrease in the fighting during the late 1990s but the violence steadily worsened after the 2000s. Origin Birth of all Mexican drug cartels is traced to former Mexican Judicial Federal Police agent Miguel Angel Felix Gallardo, also known as “The Godfather”. He founded the Guadalajara Cartel in 1980. He started off by smuggling marijuana and opium into the United States and was the first Mexican drug chief to link up with Colombia’s cocaine cartels, which were run by Pablo Escobar. At the time Felix Gallardo was considered the lord of all Mexican drug smugglers and was in charge of all operations; there was just him, his people, and the politicians who sold him protection. In 1985 the Guadalajara...
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...Mexican Drug Cartels The Mexican drug cartels have been a problem all throughout history. I believe that it is worse than most people realize, or want to admit. I think that Americans view it as long as the violence does not spill over onto our soil then we do not need to worry about it. The problem is that they are getting so bad that the government in Mexico cannot control them anymore. It is hard to get control of the cartels because they control most of the country in the aspect of small businesses. Because bank loans are expensive the cartels step in and will give a loan to a small business and in turn will control the business. The cartels are also extremely powerful in the aspect of weapons. Between March 2008 and August 2009 according to USA Today article there were 5 rocket launchers, 271 grenades, 2,932 assault rifles, a submarine loaded with cocaine, and an anti-aircraft gun were seized by Mexican authorities from the cartels. The statement in the article in the textbook was that the reason that the cartels were so bad was because of the demand of drugs in the USA. I agree that the cartels would more than likely not be so powerful and would not be fighting for boundary. One statistic that I saw was that the drug cartels in Mexico controls approximately 70% of all the foreign narcotics that flow into the United States, and the State Department estimates that 90% of the cocaine entering the United States transits Mexico-Colombia being the main cocaine producer in...
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...Mexico’s Drug Cartel Dilemma Mexico has a major problem in their country. The problem is drug cartels and the drugs they are carrying with them. Mexico’s drug cartels are the most dangerous and lethal cartels of all other countries. They will do anything to get money, even killing innocent people for just a few thousand dollars. The government is trying to stop or contain the drug cartels, but the cartels seem to be resisting. They have influenced some of the Government officials to turn a blind eye to what is happening. Sadly, with the drug cartels, there are some negative effects on the local people of Mexico: most of the locals are either ran out of their homes, have been captured or forced to become a member of their cartels. If the...
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...Mexican Drug Cartel’s didn’t one day decide to take over the failing country. It was a series of events that led up to the downfall of the government and the rise of a new age. That new age still exists today and is growing every second. The Cartel’s gained their power during the Cold War when Mexico’s government was focused on “internal enemies” when they were killing their own people thought to be in “guerilla groups”. These so called guerilla groups main intention was to protect themselves from the corrupt government but in time they evolved into what is now Mexican Drug Cartel’s. The main reason why the Mexican Drug Cartel’s exist today is because of Mexico’s corrupt government and how they handled the situation. The Mexican government has addressed this problem and has taken baby steps to their main goal and that is to stop these infamous drug cartels from whatever they are smuggling and what not. After World War II there was a slowing of economic growth in Mexico and at that very same time there was a large population growth. This did not go well for Mexico as they saw what little economy they had before slip away. The government still hasn’t rebounded and the economy is still as bad as it can be. Mexico has tried to seek aid from the U.S. but all we gave them was a little friendly advice which was to do what they did best, which basically is work hard get paid less. With little help from the United States, Mexico stands little chance in the war against drugs. A huge...
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...Abstract War on drugs has been a problem in the United States. The prospect then was that drug trafficking in the United States could be significantly reduced in a small amount of time through federal The amount has been enormous in times of lives, our money and the welfare of countless Americans, particularly the poor and less educated. By most accounts, the gains from the war have been modest at best. Identity one drug cartel, and explain The Zetas began out as an enforcer gang for the Gulf Cartel predominantly composed up of former Special Forces operatives. Their military education and uncontrolled cruelty showed an underworld match changer, with the US Drug Enforcement Administration (DEA) relating them as possibly "the most technologically...
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...Drug cartels have affected this world in many ways, such as drug trafficking between countries, drug cartel gangs, and the threat to many countries’ national security. Drug trafficking is a heated topic of this century and is mainly practiced in Central and South America. It is hard for the countries’ police forces to crack down on drug trafficking due to drug cartel gangs. Drug cartel gangs are spread out throughout the world. The gangs in Mexico have ties throughout the United States and many more countries. The drug cartel has gotten so powerful that it is considered a terrorist group by many countries. The main concern is members of the cartel spilling over into the United States of America. The drug cartels are responsible for overthrowing...
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...Mexican Drug Syndicates Week Four Assignment – Research Paper Instructor: 12/20/2015 Table of Contents 1. Cover Page------------------------------------------------------- 2. Table of Contents----------------------------------------------- 3. Abstract----------------------------------------------------------- 4-10. Body-------------------------------------------------------------- 8. Tables & Graphs-------------------------------------------------- 9. References---------------------------------------------------------- Abstract All over the southwest U.S there have been drug cartels which smuggle drugs and weapons from country to country illegally. More recently within the past few years Mexican and U.S. authorities have uncovered multiple tunnels from Mexico to the U.S. which link the two together. The tunnels are used to transport and smuggle these items from Mexico into the U.S. where cartel leaders and generals distribute them to their gangs throughout the country. Also contributing to the issue along our over 2,000 mile long border with Mexico between the United States and Mexico there are well over 7,000 gun dealers on the U.S. side. As we see the drugs moving north, most of the guns are heading south. The most serious issues in my opinion with the cartels are that innocent people are being killed every day due to the violence and greed of money. Mexican Drug Syndicate’s There...
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...Diego Bustos Prof. Imogene Lim GLST 490 9th December, 2014 The Mexican Dream: Drug Cartels The American dream, a dream that does not come true for every man or woman that is in search of it. According to Ellies, the American dream represent: “each person has the right to pursue happiness, and the freedom to strive for a better life through hard work and fair ambition.” But, would not that same dream be the dream for Germans, French, Spanish, Brazilians and every single country in the world? The truth is that according to the level of access a person has in order to pursue happiness and to strive for a better life has been indisputably the gap among developed and undeveloped countries for decades. However, hard work does not seem to be the key factor to achieve happiness and/or a better life. Then, what does? During the beginning of the 1980’s decade, Mexico among other Latin-American countries started to adopt Structural Adjustment Programs (SAP) sponsored by the International Monetary Fund (IMF) and the World Bank (WB) in response to the neo-liberal ideology that was starting to spread around the world as the avenue for global well-being. The World Health Organization states that Structural Adjustment Programs: “were economic policies for developing countries that have been promoted by the WB and IMF since the early 1980s by the provision of loans conditional on the adoption of such policies.” The economic policies promoted by the IMF and WB were meant to encourage the...
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...1) What countries are involved in the drug trade of the Americas? How does each country contribute to the trade? According to the Drug Policy Alliance, “the Andean countries of Colombia, Peru and Bolivia are the world’s main cocaine producers, while Central America, Mexico and the Caribbean have become the principal corridors for transporting drugs into the United States and Europe.” Colombia is the country that exports the most cocaine, Peru and Bolivia being the second and third, and Mexico is mostly responsible for drugs entering the United States (Smith). Reportedly, “ninety percent of the cocaine that enters the U.S. transits through Mexico.” (CNN) 2) Provide some statistics surrounding death tolls in Latin America due to the activity of Drug Cartels. How do these statistics measure up to other world events attributed to high death tolls? In Venezuela 75% of murders are cartel or gang related (Mennem). Meanwhile, in El Salvador, there is an average of 16 murders a day (Mennem). These statistics are alarmingly high, and can easily be compared to the fight against terrorism and the war in Iraq. According to a recent UN report, nearly “9,000 civilians have been killed and...
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...Determine the group’s national and multinational structure and operating methods, pertaining to the drug business and other illegal activities The Lucchese family was the smallest organized crime family of the five in New York City. The structure of the Lucchese family was operated on a strict hierarchical structure. The members consist of members that are headed up by three high positions. These position are headed up by the capo regime (captain) and the captain leads a crew of soldiers and associates. When the captain makes a decision it is pass down to other through the chain of command. This is done so the lower level members are arrested or under investigation it keeps the law from getting to the higher levels in command. The boss is the head of the family. The boss is voted by the captain of the family. The underboss is appointed by the boss and is second in command. The underboss runs the day-to-day operations. The consigliere is the boss's right hand man. He is the person who mediates disputes and aides in meetings with other families. The capo regime is the person in charge of a crew usually 10-20 guys. If there is a task to be done the capo regime make sure it get done. A soldier is a member of the family or have to be at least half Italian descent on father's side. They are the main workers of the family. An associate is not a member of mafia, but do some errands for the family. This is the person who can start out and prove to the family that they can become...
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...The Catnip Cartel When you think of the word “Cartel”, typically it is associated with drugs, criminal organizations that traffic drugs, and of course, illegal activity. How is it possible that catnip and cartel are associated? The possession of catnip is not illegal or is it? Let me paint the picture of “The Catnip Cartel” as all may not be as it seems. It was a very warm and far too humid day in July of 1979. One of those Roanoke, Virginia summer days that you need to be lounging by a refreshing pool, but no pool for my sister, Debbie and me. We were stuck at the house with our mother and bored out of our minds. I had shortly returned from residing in Florida and was living with my mother, Sylvia, my stepfather, my younger sister, Debbie,...
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...The Catnip Cartel When you think of the word “Cartel”, typically it is associated with drugs, criminal organizations that traffic drugs, and of course, illegal activity. How is it possible that catnip and cartel are associated? The possession of catnip is not illegal or is it? Let me paint the picture of “The Catnip Cartel” as all may not be as it seems and jumping to conclusions can be very serious. It was a very warm and far too humid day in July of 1979. One of those Roanoke, Virginia summer days that you need to be lounging by a refreshing pool, but there was no pool for us. We were stuck in the house with our mother and bored out of our minds. I had shortly returned from residing in Florida and was living with my mother, Sylvia, my stepfather,...
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...A. Sherman Act (1890) is meant to prevent activities that a business may do that the federal government regulators believe to be anticompetitive. The Act maintains that the federal government is to examine and track trusts, companies, and organizations suspected of being in violation. It was the first federal statute to limit cartels and monopolies. (Sherman Antitrust Act, 2014) Clayton Act provides clarification to the Sherman Act of 1890. It is meant to encourage competition with businesses within the United States, discourage formation of monopolies, and prohibit price discrimination, price fixing and unfair business practices. (Clayton Antitrust Act, 2014) Robinson-Patman Act (1936) prohibits a business from selling the same item to one company for a different price while selling the same item to another company for a different price. This protects smaller businesses by limiting the large company's ability to command discriminatory discounts through its purchasing power. (Robinson-Patman Act, 2014) Federal Trade Commission Act enforces the other three antitrust laws by preventing unfair competition and deceptive practices. This act discourages businesses from entering into unlawful competition. B1. Industrial regulation deals with the government regulation of a business pricing in certain markets. It helps to decrease the control of oligopolies, prevent conspiracy and increase competition among companies. This regulation helps the consumer know that oligopoly...
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...NAME: EZIMAH CHIDINMA MATRIC NO: 10/SMS01/020 QUESTION: DISCUSS OPEC AS A COLLUSION MARKET STRUCTURE OPEC AS A COLLUSION MARKET STRUCTRE Collusion is a characteristic trait of oligopolistic industries. Intense competition and interdependent decision making encourages oligopolistic firms to cooperate. One way to lessen the competition among an oligopolistic rival is to join forces through collusion. In general, collusion among oligopolistic firms means that two or more firms decide to act like a monopoly rather than maximizing profit for each individual firm, the firms maximize total industry profit just as if a monopoly controlled the industry. Collusion can take one of two forms: explicit collusion and implicit collusion. * Explicit collusion: it is also called overt collusion. This occurs when two or more firms in the same industry formally agree to control the market. Admittedly, because collusion in the United States and most industrialized countries is illegal, such a formal agreement is likely to be highly secret and unlikely to be documented in any way. It might involve nothing more than a casual lunch among company presidents or company decision makers skulking around back alleys in the dead of the night discussing price changes. * Implicit collusion: also termed tacit collusion. This occurs when two or more firms in the same industry informally agree to control the market, often through nothing more than interdependent actions. A prime example of implicit collusion...
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