Drug Cartels In Mexico

The genesis of all drug cartels in Mexico trace to a Mexican Judicial Federal Police agent Miguel Ángel Félix Gallardo also known as "The Godfather". He was the founder of the “Guadalajara Cartel”, which controlled all illegal drug trade in and around Mexico’s border in 1980. Since 2006, the Mexican military have intervened with a goal of stopping all drug-related violence consisting inside Mexico’s borders, leaving drug trafficking a problem to the United States. The ongoing fight against drug cartels has been hampered by rampant corruption among local and federal police and politicians, some of whom have actively worked with cartels for their own benefit.₁ Recently, Mexico’s continuation of drug trafficking to the United States has been increasing drug use for minors and has caused more violence. According to the National Survey on Drug Use and Health (NSDUH), an estimated 20 million Americans aged 12 or older used an illegal drug in the past 30 days.₂ As the United States of America is the world 's largest consumer of cocaine, as well as of other illegal drugs,their demand is what motivates the drug business, and the main goal of Mexican Drug Cartels is to introduce narcotics into the US.₃ It has been estimated by analysts that anywhere from $13.6 billion to $49.4 billion is being earned by Mexico’s drug trade annually.

One of the biggest problems for Mexico has been its ineffective …show more content…
It is possible that within the next few years the drug trafficking will slow down with help from other nations support. One of the ways other nations can help slow down drug trafficking is by adding more border patrol at major trade areas, causing drug cartels problems. Firstly, Since it will be harder to traffic drugs, prices will go up causing people living in poverty to not be able to afford drugs. Secondly, some operations that work in the new guarded areas will be shut down due to intimidation of being