Mexican cartels don’t just hurt Mexico. They hurt the United States, Canada, Europe, and Africa. We need to help Mexico stop the cartels. When the cartels bring drugs to our country, more and more people become addicted. Cartels are the suppliers of drugs to gangs in and out of prison.
Paul. S (2011) pg 23. How can we win a war on drugs when the officials are corrupt and helping the same criminals we are so desperately trying to stop. In order to stop drug trafficking the United States needs to join forces with Mexico to help re build and reform law enforcement to protect the borders. Violence is increasingly directed toward the government.
English 015 9:00 22 May 2012 Mexican Drug Cartels Mexican drug cartel: large gangs in Mexico who control shipments, manufacturing, and transportation of narcotics. Also corrupts political officials, Army and Navy persons, police of all kinds including federal, municipal, and also judges. I would like to show you how the Mexican drug cartels got created, who they are, who is in control, and why and what they are so gruesomely fighting for. Also is the President of Mexico to blame for an uprising in violence when the head of a cartel is either captured or arrested? The first drug cartel to be in Mexico was controlled by Miguel Angel Felix Gallardo.
Traffic (2000) Steven Soderbergh Soderbergh’s directing and cinematography of the movie Traffic is exceptional. The movie is a thought-provoking film that depicts how cops, victims, politicians and the government are all somehow involved in the drug world. The film captures the heartache and malicious destruction that the world of drugs can do to not only your family, but the government. Soderbergh intertwines three unique stories that all have something in common, drugs. The first story revolves around the Mexican police and how some of them are corrupt and either turn their head to the drug lords or are stand up citizens that want drugs off the streets.
The power of this organized crime group is legendary and the impact on American life tragic. Learning their history enables present governments to learn effective means of combating the success of future cartel organizations. History The history of the Juarez Cartel can be traced back as far as early as the 1980’s (LaFranchi, 1999). Cocaine use and demand had peaked and suddenly, the Columbian Cartels found themselves in the middle of a major crackdown from U.S. and Mexican authorities (LaFranchi, 1999). Amado Carrillo Fuentes took advantage of the Columbian trade’s inability to move narcotics as freely as they were once able and began amassing his own empire.
The character in the movie with the DSM-IV-TR diagnoses is Tony Montana. Montana is Latino male, who is in his late twenties early thirties. Tony was a man that was involved in criminal activities his mother knew about and did not support it at all. He also had a younger sister, Gina (Mary Elizabeth Mastrantonio), of whom he is fiercely protective. Tony Montana was a person of criminal business always involve in some type of activity.
Officials said the coordinated drug bust extended to 10 of Colombia's 31 states, called departments, and also involved traffickers in neighboring Venezuela. It was an international organization dedicated to drug trafficking along the Colombia-Venezuela-US corridor”(Yahoo, paragraph 1) This represents evidence of how media is constantly illustrating the type of news which contributes to the negative image Americans create on their mind when thinking of Colombians and by doing this the prejudice they have among themselves is never going to
I had multiple pages pop up of what was advertised to be reliable. While most did not have the type of information I was particularly looking for, I was able to find one. (Points of View Reference Center) The article reports on the growth of drug violence involving gang members in Mexico in October 2010. According to the article, the drug gang members are controlled by seven drug cartels which transfer drugs into the U.S. and many of this drug-related violence is brought by the fight to control territory. Felipe Calderon, the president of Mexico, also emphasizes that the drug violence in the country would not be stopped as long as the U.S. continues to consume drugs (Points of View Reference Center).
The criminal activities of the Mexican Mafia increased during the 1980s and 1990s. By the 21st century, the Mexican Mafia established itself as a dominant gang throughout Southern California, particularly in Los Angeles and San Diego. The gang maintains is dominance through the use of violence, including murder or threats of murder. At present, it is estimated that the Mexican Mafia maintains
The U.S. Border Patrol Abstract The Mexican border poses a significant threat to the United States from international terrorism, drug and gun smuggling, and undocumented aliens. With the high number of drugs being smuggled from Mexico into the United States Law Enforcement Agencies throughout the United States are maxed out with the use of their resources to interdict the drugs before they are sold or used on the streets. The drugs that are interdicted are just a fraction of what actually makes it across the border. One specific threat is the profits from drug sales end up funding or supporting terror groups or individuals. Another issue that is very alarming is the Jihadist materials found along the Mexico/U.S.