Medellín Cartel

Introduction Both Colombia as a 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…

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…

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…

This paper analyzes the organizational structure of the Sinola Federation and Zeta drug cartels. The drug kingpins governor these illegal business in the same manner as fortune five hundred companies, strategically managing these outlawed business as legal corporations. The Cartels define strategic choices which gives their organizations direction guided by strategy. Furthermore, they closely resemble the Porter’s five Framework, organizing themselves effectively in a cut throat market…

December 1, 1949 was a Colombian drug lord and drug trafficker. His cartel, at the height of his career, supplied an estimated 80% of the cocaine smuggled into the United States, turning over US $21.9 billion a year in personal income. Often called "The King of Cocaine", he was the wealthiest criminal in history, with an estimated known net worth of US $30 billion by the early 1990s.His criminal activities began on the streets of Medellin in his teens when he used to steal gravestones and sell…

While the United States must take action against Mexican drug cartels, the solution must come from Mexico because the U.S has to ensure its own safety, Mexico has to regain stability, and the heart of drug trafficking operations is the land of Mexico. Mexico has become the focus of a great deal of attention in the United States in the early twenty-first century, primarily due to two major issues. One concern is the issue of illegal immigration and the building of a fence from Texas to…

Pablo Escobar was a famous figure in the drug trade which was why show runners were excited to get the greenlight for Narcos Season 2. However, this could be the last time Escobar will grace the television screens. Wagner Moura who stars as Pablo Escobar in Narcos Season 2 explains that this could be the last show ever. While being interviewed by Chelsea Handler on the show Chelsea, the lead actor revealed that the Netflix drama that Escobar’s story may be over. "It's all about Pablo on the…

government, he could build his own prison. He handpicked his guards and his prison had a casino, spa, and a nightclub. It was not long after that, Escobar escaped prison while he was being moved to a regular prison. This was around the time the Medellin Cartel crumbled. Escobar was said to be killed by the Columbia police in December 1993. His family was placed under police…

City of God is a thrilling action film set in the oppressive margins of a favela in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil. Directed by Fernando Meirelles, the film portrays life in the City of God, a favela that began in the 1960s as a new housing project. Its main characters were children and petty thieves who lived a life surrounded by violence and drug turfs. Narrated by Rocket, a boy who dreams of becoming a photographer, the story focuses on the escalating battle between rival gangs led by the murderous…

maybe that life is about “being at the right place at the right time”? Or have you ever heard about the cartels and their crimes down in Mexico? Murders, kidnapping, drug trafficking, and lots of partying goes on every day by every cartel and by every drug lord south of the border. Unfortunately, these two topics have much in common in Mexico. Civilians that do not have anything to do with the cartels get caught up in these kind of events like partying with them, then, unexpectedly local police,…