Mexican Drug Cartels
"When we are good nobody remembers us, but when we are bad nobody forgets us". This quote comes from the most infamous drug lords ever known as Joaquin "El chapo" Guzman, and, because of his heinous crimes he will forever be remembered. In the quote he refers to the fact The Mexican drug cartel has caused many problems because of the violent and brutal killings, drug trafficking, and the gained power over the decades. The cartels strike fear into the eyes of the people of Mexico and also the government . there are hundreds of cartels located through out Mexico but there are about 7 major cartels. The Beltran, Gulf, Juarez , La Familia, Los Zetas , Sinaloa and the Tijuana cartels are the most known in mexico. Many of americas drugs are brought over from mexico from cocaine , meth, marijuana and even psp can be shipped over the border. although most cartels are joined together one is always more powerful then the other. the drugs keep flowing. Seizures at the U.S.-Mexico border indicate that marijuana and heroin are moving north unchecked, although in a rare piece of good news, cocaine sales in the United States appear to be down. And the death toll in Mexico continues to mount. …show more content…
The government released a tally of "deaths due to criminal rivalry" late last year, a total of 34,612. Despite promises of updates, it has been silent since. Newspaper tallies, estimates by academics and testimony by U.S. anti-narcotics officials put the current toll somewhere between 45,000 and 60,000. Calderon argues, correctly, that the homicide rates in many countries are much higher than Mexico's. But it is impossible to overstate the extent, and barbarity, of the violence here. In Mexico, a mutilated woman hung from a bridge in the border city of Nuevo Laredo is a one-day story, quickly forgotten. (Booth, drugs still raging ,11 Dec.
"When we are good nobody remembers us, but when we are bad nobody forgets us". This quote comes from the most infamous drug lords ever known as Joaquin "El chapo" Guzman, and, because of his heinous crimes he will forever be remembered. In the quote he refers to the fact The Mexican drug cartel has caused many problems because of the violent and brutal killings, drug trafficking, and the gained power over the decades. The cartels strike fear into the eyes of the people of Mexico and also the government . there are hundreds of cartels located through out Mexico but there are about 7 major cartels. The Beltran, Gulf, Juarez , La Familia, Los Zetas , Sinaloa and the Tijuana cartels are the most known in mexico. Many of americas drugs are brought over from mexico from cocaine , meth, marijuana and even psp can be shipped over the border. although most cartels are joined together one is always more powerful then the other. the drugs keep flowing. Seizures at the U.S.-Mexico border indicate that marijuana and heroin are moving north unchecked, although in a rare piece of good news, cocaine sales in the United States appear to be down. And the death toll in Mexico continues to mount. …show more content…
The government released a tally of "deaths due to criminal rivalry" late last year, a total of 34,612. Despite promises of updates, it has been silent since. Newspaper tallies, estimates by academics and testimony by U.S. anti-narcotics officials put the current toll somewhere between 45,000 and 60,000. Calderon argues, correctly, that the homicide rates in many countries are much higher than Mexico's. But it is impossible to overstate the extent, and barbarity, of the violence here. In Mexico, a mutilated woman hung from a bridge in the border city of Nuevo Laredo is a one-day story, quickly forgotten. (Booth, drugs still raging ,11 Dec.