Medellín Cartel

ethnicity. In most cultures, the national religion is Roman Catholic with the national language being Spanish. Considered as a republic that follows a democratic structure; though, the governments known to be corrupt from the influence of the drug cartels that essentially control the elections. In this essay, I will discuss the population. Specifically, how the people handle the economy; survive the environment; and deal with their government. With this, I hope to gain insight, understanding,…

looking up some characters/events online and seeing whether or not it is fictional or real. From watching the episode you can connect him to the famous Mexican drug lord Joaquín Guzmán better known as el chapo who has created his own cartel in Mexico known as the Sinaloa cartel, him and Pablo Escobar came from the same backgrounds. This makes the viewers imagining what it is like for a child to grow up in the streets of Columbia or Mexico and trying to make it to the top by drug distribution but…

began his life in the cocaine trade. Through the leadership of Escobar, large amounts of coca paste were brought in from Peru and Bolivia and proceed in Colombia and sent and sold in the United States. Escobar partnered with other drug lords from the Medellin. In addition he profited from the business of other dealers who used the infrastructure made by Escobar and his partners. Later on in his life, Escobar seems to have removed himself from direct involvement in drug trafficking. Instead he…

glue, after which she hallucinates seeing her grandmother as some sort of saint who is coming to take her. Marijuana is another drug whose consumption is evident in the movie. The chief source of these drugs is the streets here, there are different cartels running the drugs. It can be noticed that the street kid are also involved in selling the drugs. This implies that there is no shortage of the drugs…

United States has the world largest prison populations Most of the inmates are not rapist murders or robbers but are drug addicts and sellers. Every year thousands of inmates are sentence to long prison terms for a variety of drug crimes. Most of the inmates are getting mandatory sentences because of laws that been put in place to curtail the use of drugs but they are not working and more and more people are going to prison for long term. The sale of illegal drugs in the US is extremely…

For many Americans, the economic, social and political trends of the 60s and 70s ranging from crime and racial polarization in many urban centers, to the economic downturn and inflation of the Carter years created a mood of disillusionment. It also helped solidify the suspicion of government and its ability to deal effectively with the country’s deep-rooted social and political problems. Conservatives having the minority power at the national level were well positioned to take advantage of the…

shifted violence from the rural regions to urban cities. The FARC started a campaign of assassinations, bombings, and kidnappings of officials in order to grow their terror fueled sphere of influence. The transition from a Marxist insurgency to a drug cartel and indiscriminate attacks on civilians led to a retraction of popular support throughout Colombia. The FARC 's use of violence and inability to translate regional power to political power led many core supporters to revoke support. The FARC…

In her article Why Mass Incarceration Matters; Rethinking Crisis, Decline, and Transformation in Postwar American History, Heather Thompson discusses how mass incarceration lead to the decline of poor African American’s economic and social standing, in some cases took jobs from white rural areas, raised profits of businesses in the prison industry, and increased the amount of prisoners performing full time labor. She argues that the greater increase of disparity between African…