War On Drugs Essay

against products, production processes, and services that are hazardous to health or life." [CI] Forty-four years, eight months, and 26 days later, Mexico 's Drug War bypassed our right as consumers to be secure in our surroundings, services, and products and made the whole country uncertain of the events to come. Since 2006, the Mexican Drug Cartels ' (Los Zetas ') attacks have become Organized Crime. No one is Mexico is safe, and now neither is anyone in America. These organizations, both big…

soft drinks. Very close with his mother a very hard worker… she worked a lot. They grew corn and beans. From a poor humble family he became responsible to the age of 15 he grew up in a ranch called, La Tuna he turned the coin around and went to the drugs he grew poppy and marijuana he began to grow it, to harvest and to sell it. At the age of 18 to Culiacan, then after to Guadalajara never without visiting his ranch, even until today… because his mom, thanks to God, is still alive, out there at…

have their land be repurposed to harvest certain crops. The people of Mexico formed rebellions in order to fight off this agreement. On January 1st 1994, a primarily indigenous rebel group, the Zapatista National Liberation Army, or EZLN, declared war on the Mexican government. The EZLN discussed demands amongst their people and the Mexican government, demands that included fair democratic elections, subsidization of Chiapas for all of its resources and a revision of NAFTA. While certain demands…

Mexico in recent years has become increasingly more violent. However, this seems to be a contradiction to an established theory that through democratization there is less violence. This seems to be an interesting development to Mexico’s recent democratization. So the question remains, did the institutional changes that led to democracy in Mexico result in more violence? My answer to this question is that the democratization of Mexico has resulted in more violence because the PRI allowed for the…

Colorblindness, that the impact of the drug war has been astounding. In the last few decades, the U.S. population of incarcerated citizens exploded from around 300,000 to more than 2 million, with drug convictions accounting for a majority of the increase. The War on Drugs functions more realistically as…

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…

Since the Mexican Drug War began in 2006 between the Mexican Government and the Drug Cartels, there has been a minimum of 47,000 people killed from December 2006 to September 2011 (CNN Library, 2014). Because of the drug-related violence, there’s been an increase number of women and children entering the United States undocumented. However, due to the effects of the United States’ immigration laws to deport large numbers of undocumented immigrants without a proper hearing, children are now…

The country of Mexico is not what it used to be. Mexico has become one of the highest money making countries. Not because of factory jobs, but because of the cartels and their way of moving money. In past years there would be millions of tourists going on a daily basis. Now not so many people go, because of all of the crime that has surrounded Mexico. This country is best known for its criminals and all of the cartels. The cartels have taken over Mexico terrorizing the people that live there and…

In every novel or series, the important characters will have a rite of passage. This is an event that will mark an important time in someone’s life. In the novel No Country for Old Men by Cormac McCarthy one of the main characters, Llewelyn Moss, experiences his rite of passage. Through his choices, mistakes and adventures within the novel Llewelyn Moss proves himself as an all American outlaw hero. One of the most important characters in No Country for Old Men is Llewelyn Moss. Moss is a…

City of God tells the story of Rocket, a young Brazilian boy who aspires to become a photographer and Lil Ze, a gangster who grew up with Rocket. The film details their lives and the ensuing gang war within the slum known as Cidade de Deus. The film has garnered a massive reputation as one the premier foreign films of the last twenty years. Rocket’s character type is the main protagonist while Lil Ze portrays the film’s main antagonist. The juxtaposition of personalities Rocket and Lil Ze have…