Sinaloa Cartel: A Case Study

The Sinaloa Cartel has fought brutally for increased control of routes through Chihuahua and Baja California with the goal of becoming the dominant drug trafficking organization in the country and more decentralized structure of loosely linked smaller organization. (Beittel, 2013) Began in 2008, Bush as President of United State and Calderon as President of Mexico agreed to development effort transforming the bilateral relationship by a security agreement package of United States assistance called The Mérida Initiative as a new security cooperation initiative to combat drugs trafficking and disrupt organized crime (U.S. Department of State, n.d.) to produce more secure hemisphere and prevent the spread of illicit drug also transnational threats. According official website U.S Department of State, the implementation of comprehensive Merida …show more content…
In 2012, Pena Nieto said “Calderon drug war caused an unprecedented amount of cartel violence and he pledged to move away from using the military to pursue drug lords, and instead work on curbing daily crimes such as kidnapping, extortion and murders against Mexican civilians.” (Llenas, 2015) Under Pena Nieto presidency, the policy reverts from cross-border policing and capturing the cartel leader and instead focuses on suppressing violence and protecting civilians to reach his objectives which are more proactive than reactive as they aim to encompass the economic and social issues that encourage drug trafficking in the first place. (Matsangou, 2013) It means, President Nieto in drug war strategy targets underdevelopment and civilian protection rather than border control and capturing cartel