War on Drugs in Mexico In Monterrey, Mexico lives Sister Consuela Martinez, a nun, and one of the few people not afraid to speak up against the violence caused by the drug cartels. Fourteen years ago, she came home to find cats on her front porch, all with slit throats, and a little message saying that she would be next. But surprisingly, she is still well and alive today. Most people who speak against the cartels do not live long. When issues are brought to public eye, cartels tend to lose profit
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What is the impact of Mexican drug cartels in the United States? Andres F Urueta Dr. Maugh LIB-495-GS001 December 5, 2014 Abstract This research paper examines the impact of Mexican drug cartels in the United States. Most Americans are not aware of how far reaching these cartels are in the United States. Their power has an influence in our government and communities. This project examines who the Mexican Drug cartels are, what their purpose is, where they have influences, and when did they
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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
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Ciudad Juarez is known as one of the most violent cities in 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
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Jesus Olive CJ: 209 El Chapo Guzman and the Sinaloa Cartel Joaquín Archivaldo Guzmán Loera also known as El Chapo Guzman was born December 25, 1954. He is known to be Mexico`s most wanted man and participates in organized crime with several other underworld organizations. El Chapo is also a Mexican drug lord who is head of the Sinaloa Cartel. Joaquin Archivaldo Guzman has done many illegal and extreme things to get where he is now. As a child Joaquin came from a very poor family and had to do something
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the safety of Miguel and his family. Enrique is a Municipal president, which is the chief of government of municipios in Mexico. The two meet late at night in Miguel’s town which is on the outskirts of the city, in a rural village affected heavily by poverty. Miguel: Quickly come in before anyone notices, we don’t need another politician’s blood on the hands of the drug war. Enrique: These meetings are getting more and more dangerous every month. Especially with fear and violence heightened because
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The Mexican drug war is a threat to the United States. Mexican cartels are warring with one another for dominance over smuggling routes along the border. Bordering states are facing a ominous threat of being caught the cross hair of drug violence. Neither the United States nor Mexico authorities have been able to stop the bloodshed and prevent the import of illegal drugs. The outdated drug polices of the United States have failed to successfully stop the usage of illegal substances among its citizens
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around 60,000 people have deceased in the Mexican drug war since 2006-2012(CNN). This is due largely to the steady flow of illicit narcotics in to the United States, the cache of weapons and ammunition that the United States is supplying Mexico, as well as the corruption on both sides of the border. The Mexican Drug War initially began about 2006 during the Felipe Calderon administration, with a short, but gruesome history to include death, drugs, weapons, trafficking and corruption. Police corruption
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"Guns: The U.S. Threat To Mexican National Security. (Cover Story)." NACLA Report On The Americas 41.2 (2008): 21-26. Academic Search Premier. Web. 10 Apr. 2012. THE VIOLENT STRUGGLE BETWEEN MEXICAN Drug cartels for supremacy over the multibillion-dollar narcotics trade is starting to look like a real war. With local police outgunned, President Felipe Calderón began his term in the final days of 2006 by' deploying the army to fight the cartels The violence, simmering for more than a decade, exploded
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to transport drugs within the slum and caught up in many robberies. After living in this area for 16 years, my father found a job in the city and my family was lucky enough to have enough money to move out and into a district on the outskirts of Mexico City called Coyoácan. I could barely read or write so my father organised private lessons to make sure I could read and write. Once I had completed these lessons I visited the library most days and gained some general knowledge on Mexico and its problems
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