Bluthund is an anthology that includes two psychological thrillers written by the author recently, sharing, albeit partially, their characters. The two books are separate pieces and can be read in any order, although the author prefers given in the book. The synopsis of the works are as follows. I Ching- Ten Wings: An old Chinese scholar living in Buenos Aires instructs a young niece and her boyfriend to interpret the I Ching (the Chinese oracle and book of wisdom). In China a powerful drug…
The U.S. has done quite a lot to stop drug cartels in Latin America. Since the 1970s, the U.S. spent one trillion dollars or more, trying their best to dismantle drug cartels. U.S. troops, pilots, and ships have been constantly deployed to track down drug smugglers. The U.S. has not only trained their units, but militaries and law enforcement agents in Latin American countries as well. The Fourth Fleet is in the Caribbean, the Marines in Guatemala, and the National Guard in Honduras. The U.S.…
Catastrophically, there are so many dangerous gangs, cartels, and terrorist groups in our society today that it is hard to narrow down which group is the most dangerous. Despondently, they all play a part in terrorizing our nation. Furthermore, the association amongst drug trafficking activity, violent crimes, and gang affiliation are highly documented. Moreover, gang members that sell drugs are considerably more violent than those that do not sell drugs (Levinthal, 2012). However, if I were to…
like Juarez, where the drug cartels have city officials in the palms of their hands, border violence is rampant. In Laredo, Texas, my hometown, violence has not reached that level of intensity, but with its status as the largest land port in the country, drug cartels have focused most of their efforts on pushing drugs through its borders. There has even been an increased amount of Border Patrol activity in the surrounding area. What has seen the brunt of the drug cartel violence has been Nuevo…
Dumitru Popescu the Romanian Chief Executive Officer (CEO) of Las Cruces based aerospace company Arca was detained in Georgia and then sent to Doña Ana County. Popescu was finally thrown into the Doña Ana County Detention Center with his bond set at $40,000. Mr. Popescu has been charged with over a dozen counts of fraud including embezzlement and misleading filings. The charges he currently faces are the outcome of an investigation by the New Mexico Securities Division. First, the formal…
The drug war in Mexico has been an everlasting crisis that has not been resolved just yet. In the documentary, “Cartel Land”, it goes deeper than what you hear on the surface. Many people do not even have an idea close to what is happening in Mexico. Directed by Matthew Heineman, he gathered the idea from the Arizona Border Recon in a Rolling Stone article. He also received an article on Jose Manuel Mireles and the Autodefensas in Michoacán. The director found this interesting and wanted to…
important role. There are seven main drug cartels: Beltran-Leyva, Gulf, Juarez, La Familia Michoacana, Los Zetas, Sinaloa, and Tijuana/Arellano Felix. Each cartel maintains its own territory, and some areas are disputed among cartels. For example, Los Zetas controls the Central North and some of the Southeast coast, and the Gulf Cartel reins the Northeast coast. However, both cartels dispute over Zacatecas, a region in central Mexico. Although each cartel upholds its main territory, many have…
Mexican drug cartels represent the most exponential threat. In many regards the cartels are being compared to foreign terror organizations such as Hezbollah, and Hamas. This assimilation means that they are not only representative of a criminal enterprise but that of a sophisticated,…
At his height, Pablo Escobar, leader of the Medellin cartel, was making $420 million per week through the importing of over fifteen tons of cocaine daily into the United States. Although the number of people killed during Escobar’s leading of the Medellin Cartel (1975-1993) is unknown, one of Escobar’s hitman has been linked to over three hundred murders and ordered over three thousand murders. Escobar’s constant cash flow and notorious murder record made him one of the richest, ruthless and…
record of cocaine exports from Colombia dates back far past the time of Pablo Escobar, he is one of, if not the most, successful Drug Kingpin of all time, and is responsible for implementing a drug empire that stretched from his small hometown of Medellín, Colombia into the United States, to Europe, and even to as far as Asia. He made a fortune which allowed him to corrupt and influence Governments and Officials into following his every wish or…