Cali Cartel

the Merida Initiative, which provides the Mexican government with US security forces along with high-end military equipment, ranging from helicopters to surveillance technology (Quinones, 2009; 18). However, even with aid provided by the US, the cartels still outgunned the Mexican Army—a response to Calderon’s war with extreme savagery. “The problem isn’t individuals; it’s systematic” (Quinones, 2009; 18). The Mexican government failed in its…

Whenever you ask anyone to name a drug lord they are more likely to name El Chapo Guzman, Pablo Escobar, Frank Lucas, or Ismael Zambada. People often fail to mention the Black Widow, no I am not speaking about the spider, I am referring to Griselda Blanco. She is the drug trafficking queen from Colombia who trafficked cocaine and killed her enemies and husbands for power and revenge. In order to better understand Blanco it is important to know more about her childhood and find out what led her…

The terms “War on drugs” was coined by U.S President Richard Nixon on June 18, 1971 to refer to the campaign for the prohibition of drugs, military intervention and military aid all aimed at not only defining but also reducing the trade of illegal drugs. The initiative has for decades included setting drug policies intended to discourage the production, he distribution as well as the consumption of drugs of what the United Nations and participating government’s term as psychoactive drugs. The…

the addict, but for the future of America. Certainly, the money invested in the current drug enforcement policies, do not indicate an acceptable return on results or a clear path for resolution. As a result; escalating prison populations, swelling cartel profits, and civil liberty violations dominate urban landscapes. Undoubtedly, any dialogue centering on legalization, must include healthcare reforms and positive social engagement for youth Political scare tactics, skyrocketed non-violent…

Donald Trump said, “I will build a great, great wall on our southern border, and I will make Mexico pay for that wall. Mark my words.” (Trump, 2015) Well to a large group of people this idea seems simply impractical to many people in this day and age, especially due to the size Trump claims that his wall will be. Trump states that the wall will be somewhere between 30 and 50 feet high, and this number will be set by the size of the precast planks being used to build this wall. (Bump par.5) These…

Legalization of Marijuana With so many controversial topics in the world today, to determine who is right and who is wrong in the case of marijuana; Sometimes it’s just too hard to say what should be legal and what should not be legal. For example, the legalization of marijuana. This can be a touchy subject, and some have very strong views. I believe that the United States should legalize marijuana. By just decriminalizing it, as states recently such as California, Nevada, Maine, and…

any kind of boundaries. In the Cocaine Cowboys, it started off with two Latina men being shot dead in a liquor store due to cartel activities and everyone knew it was the cocaine boys. Drugs and crime goes hand in hand as explained by John Roberts in the documentary. John Roberts was a coke trafficker and distributed over two billion dollars’ worth of coke for the Medellin Cartel. Roberts explains that he went to Miami when he was 25 years old with only 652 dollars in his pocket. He started…

Cocaine: A Free Trade Commodity According to Rachman, over the last thirty years the world has embraced globalization. Merriam Webster dictionary defines globalization as “the development of an increasingly integrated global economy marked especially by free trade, free flow of capital, and the tapping of cheaper foreign labor markets”. However, globalization has many benefits unassociated with trade and economics, such as advancing the use of the Internet and promoting of education and…

winning the War on Drugs? Most opinions are split 50/50 on this question. One thing is for certain, Mexico is the biggest exporter of drugs into the United States. This epidemic has created wide-spread problems for both countries; the Mexican drug cartel has crippled their country with violence and political corruption and it has affected the United States in a social-economic way. First, let me give some reasons and history around the U.S./Mexican “Drug War”. The two major reasons…

Drugs have a huge impact on international and domestic crime. Regarding the article “Drug trafficking and organized crime: connected but different”, “Drug trafficking has been the origin and is still the main source of income for many of the criminal organizations operating in the region” (Calderon). Selling drugs is way more than just finding a customer and taking payment. It’s controlling territories that have been marked already, and sabotaging others and taking it as your own. This causes…