Cartel

Pablo Escobar, born in December of 1949, was the leader Columbian Medellin Cartel, controlling vast empire of drugs and murders internationally. Escobar was accepted into provincial university, but soon dropped out due to finical inability, eventually turning to crimes such as car theft and later marijuana growth. After partnering with Joe Ochoa, their profits from the distribution of marijuana quickly rose, and the duo expanded into the new cocaine business. Escobar soon established himself as…

struggle of power between the different cartels that have fragmented over time, causing ever more bloodshed. The smuggling began in earnest during the long reign of the Institutional Revolutionary Party, but it was just that – smuggling. Most of the drugs coming through Mexico were actually from Columbia, Peru, and other more southern countries. However, more recently, since the US broke up cocaine smuggling networks in the Caribbean in the 1980s, Mexican cartels have taken on a much larger role…

No one can keep track of all the drug trafficking organizations that Mexico has. There some that are high profile and known all around the world. There are some that just getting started as we speak and of the course the ones that have lots of influence but doesn’t want any publicity or attention. There operations are running smoother not worrying about getting busted by what’s left of the authorities that they have. These organizations have enough influence to build their own government and…

Colombia was the country that was colonized. You can not forget the history of violence and difficult landscape that has caused the country to be unable to fully unite. Leaders have come up to help the people but instead of help they created a drug cartel. Instead of treating it like a problem of just one type of people it is something that is universal. Addiction is something that can be passed down from your parents just like eye coloring and should be treated as a health problem instead of…

Principally, over 47000 people have been killed with an approximately 70000 displaced as a result of the criminal violence in Mexico which began in 2007. Analysts claim that as of 2012 more people have been left homeless due to the hard stand taken by the government on the war on drugs campaign. Drug lords who have felt threatened by the Mexican government’s clean-up process have opted to retaliate in the only way known to them which is violence (Watt & Zepeda 2012). Arguably, critics explain…

El Chapo. Drug lord. Mafioso. Sinaloa cartel. Worldwide drug-trafficking operation. El Chapo is the head of arguably the most notorious drug-trafficking operation. Joaquin Guzman Loera, dubbed as El Chapo for his shortness, was born in Mexico to Emilio Guzman Bustillos and Maria Consuelo Loera Pérez. He is known for founding and operating Sinaloa cartel. Eventually, he had built it into a huge global drug-trafficking operation. The exact date of Joaquin's birth is unknown, but it is speculated…

Current Event In 2012, peace talks began to bring a bilateral peace agreement between the Colombian government and the Revolutionary Armed Forces of Colombia (FARC). These talks have been a move towards a conclusion, although with many set backs from both parties (Colombia Country Profile, 2015). The Colombian government and the FARC agreed to a cease-fire in December 2014. In 2013, the Colombian government used a provisional, partial agreement on land reform and political participation with…

government, it is probably fair to say that so far, the cartels have managed to take the lead in a physiological war against the Mexican Government” (Gonzales, 2008, p. 72). Drug organisations in Mexico were referred to as DTO’S (Drug Trafficking Organisations) or drug cartels. These were groups of people who were ultimately fighting control over the drug trade and routes to export drugs out of Mexico into the United States. The rivalry between drug cartels created mass violence which impacted…

country and the whole Colombian ethnic group each have a slew of stereotypes to conquer when dealing with other culture groups. One of the more popular and beautiful cities, Medellin, is often portrayed as a dangerous place to visit—full of drug cartels, kidnappings, and homicides. The popularity of cocaine and the illegal drug trade have both left the uninformed public with the opinion that the citizens of Colombia are all drug fanatics and/or murderers. While strong, united family values exist…

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…