A drug is a medicine or other substance which has a physiological effect when ingested or otherwise introduced into the body. A cartel is an association of manufacturers or suppliers with the purpose of maintaining prices at a high level and restricting competition. A drug cartel is any criminal organization developed with the primary purpose of promoting and controlling drug trafficking operations. They range from loosely managed agreements among various drug traffickers to formalized commercial enterprises.
There are many different drug cartels in many different places. They’re all over the world. The most prominent drug cartels are the ones in Mexico and Columbia. The fight for control over the drug trafficking in Mexico has led to the …show more content…
This is a vast difference. Decisions for the group are made by a board of director mechanism and not by one person (a single leader) unlike most cartels. This gives the operation flexibility to continue to thrive despite several setbacks. For example, in 2008 a piece of the Sinaloa cartel broke off into the Beltran Leyva Organization (BLO) and started to wage war with it’s father cartel. Also, in 2014, Chapo Guzman, a multibillion dollar architect and criminal business visionary was arrested in Mazatlan. Despite these major setbacks, Sinaloa made new alliances and expanded even further. The Sinaloa are now active in seventeen Mexican states and throughout parts of the United States. They also have connections all the way in Australia. It is rumoured that the Sinaloa’s success is due in part to the organization's history of preferential treatment by the United State’s Drug Enforcement Administration and the Mexicans, who are accused of using the Sinaloa cartel as a source of information against other notorious cartels and their …show more content…
They were founded in 2010 by Servando Gomez Martinez. Martinez is an ex-high-ranking member of the nearly extinct La Familia Michoacana, but he left the organization after its leader was killed. As a splinter group of the La Familia, the Knights Templar employ similar strategies and trappings. They are a “self-defense” movement against the other cartels on behalf of the indigenous population of Michoacana state. The Knights Templar has also made use of ritualistic killings and the dismemberment of its enemies in an effort to stop resistance.
However, their methods have backfired. This is because these methods were brutal. A popular vigilante revolt, sanctioned by the Mexican government, effectively pushed the Knights Templar from areas across the state. Rival cartels joined in the effort eager for a chance to help eliminate of the their rivals.
The Gulf Cartel was founded in the region of eastern Mexico along the Gulf coast states, and started receiving considerable success and infamy in 1984 when it associated with the Colombian Cali cartel. Once the Gulf had enough money, it became one of the first drug cartels to turn into a mega-operation with a dedicated military wing that eventually mutated into Los Zetas. Which is now one of the most violent criminal groups in the western
There are many different drug cartels in many different places. They’re all over the world. The most prominent drug cartels are the ones in Mexico and Columbia. The fight for control over the drug trafficking in Mexico has led to the …show more content…
This is a vast difference. Decisions for the group are made by a board of director mechanism and not by one person (a single leader) unlike most cartels. This gives the operation flexibility to continue to thrive despite several setbacks. For example, in 2008 a piece of the Sinaloa cartel broke off into the Beltran Leyva Organization (BLO) and started to wage war with it’s father cartel. Also, in 2014, Chapo Guzman, a multibillion dollar architect and criminal business visionary was arrested in Mazatlan. Despite these major setbacks, Sinaloa made new alliances and expanded even further. The Sinaloa are now active in seventeen Mexican states and throughout parts of the United States. They also have connections all the way in Australia. It is rumoured that the Sinaloa’s success is due in part to the organization's history of preferential treatment by the United State’s Drug Enforcement Administration and the Mexicans, who are accused of using the Sinaloa cartel as a source of information against other notorious cartels and their …show more content…
They were founded in 2010 by Servando Gomez Martinez. Martinez is an ex-high-ranking member of the nearly extinct La Familia Michoacana, but he left the organization after its leader was killed. As a splinter group of the La Familia, the Knights Templar employ similar strategies and trappings. They are a “self-defense” movement against the other cartels on behalf of the indigenous population of Michoacana state. The Knights Templar has also made use of ritualistic killings and the dismemberment of its enemies in an effort to stop resistance.
However, their methods have backfired. This is because these methods were brutal. A popular vigilante revolt, sanctioned by the Mexican government, effectively pushed the Knights Templar from areas across the state. Rival cartels joined in the effort eager for a chance to help eliminate of the their rivals.
The Gulf Cartel was founded in the region of eastern Mexico along the Gulf coast states, and started receiving considerable success and infamy in 1984 when it associated with the Colombian Cali cartel. Once the Gulf had enough money, it became one of the first drug cartels to turn into a mega-operation with a dedicated military wing that eventually mutated into Los Zetas. Which is now one of the most violent criminal groups in the western