Essay On Mexican Drug Violence

Mexico and Drug Violence Imagine having rights you take for granted taken away. Think about not being able to live comfortable in your own neighborhood or even having the your right to stay alive. There are growing Mexican cartels invading manys’ lives in and surrounding the Mexico area. The cartels, as of 2006, are murdering while distributing drugs among many other countries and the issue has been growing. If they are not stopped, they will grow and become more powerful as territory is gained. Serious human rights issues are being violated such as the right of a free life, right to live, and right to be free from cruel and unusual punishment (Weekly Reader 1). Because of this, United States and other developed nations should intervene in the conflict in Mexican drug and criminal violence, as much as they can to stop the problem of innocent people having their human rights taken away, and in hopes of the problem ending so it does not spread. The United States and other countries should intervene with Mexico’s drug violence because more people will escape Mexico and go into the United States to cause illegal immigration to go up. A researcher, Sorrento, mentions people “[Leaving] to escape extreme poverty and violent crimes committed by gangs” (1). This shows that the citizens that feel threatened by the violence …show more content…
Cartels are scaring citizens and causing chaos in Mexico and surrounding countries. Human rights such as the right of a free life, right to live, right to be free from cruel and unusual punishment, and the right to asylum and being take away from citizens. Other developed countries should intervene with Mexico 's drug violence so that these innocent citizens will have their human rights given back to