Medellín Cartel

Originating in Los Angeles, California, America's most dangerous gang is thus far is Mara Salvatrucha (MS-13). What started out as a small, tight-knit group of friends going to rock concerts, turned into an army of terrifying, rigid gang members. Now with over 100,000 active members across the world, the gang has made a reputation as the most dangerous gang. MS-13, in a nutshell, is a profit making mafia. What brings in the big bucks for them primarily is large-scale drug trafficking. From…

The Mara Salvatrucha, or MS13, is perhaps the most prominent street gang in the western hemisphere. While their origins start in the poor, refugee-laden areas of 1980s Los Angeles, the gang's reach now extends from the Central American nations like El Salvador, through Mexico, the United States, and into Canada. MS 13 was founded in the 1980’s in the barrios of Los Angeles. During this time there was a civil war going on between El Salvador, Guatemala, and Nicaragua, so the refugees traveled…

three bodies on the side of the streets of Guerrero. The two bodies identified were the body of Dr, Reyes and Dr, Jamie. Both said that Carrillo's death was a respiratory fault but many say they killed him on purpose. When Amado family members and cartel heard they blamed the doctors. ("Botched plastic surgery on drug lord has the fatal outcome, for doctors [Physicians who operated on patient Amado Carrillo Fuentes who died, found dead beside Mexican…

In cataloging the forensic evidence found in the Camaren”s case, I will trace the steps that investigators followed and attempt to discover any faults that done and what I believe would be the correct way to process this scene by the criminal justice systems procedure. On February 7, 1985 Special Agent Enrique Camarena and Captain Alfredo Zavala from the DEA, were abducted. Special Agent Enrique Camarena was reported by a witness to have been forced into a light colored small car in front of the…

widespread illegal drug trafficking. They produce and export the greatest amount of illegal drugs — marijuana, cocaine, and heroin — and distribute these illegal narcotics worldwide. These countries also contain the most violent and powerful drug cartels who play prevalent roles in drug trafficking in their countries. Consequently, these nations’ relations with other nations worldwide have shifted due to rampant drug trafficking. Drug trafficking has significantly impacted both Colombia’s and…

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…

The Sinaloa Cartel has fought brutally for increased control of routes through Chihuahua and Baja California with the goal of becoming the dominant drug trafficking organization in the country and more decentralized structure of loosely linked smaller organization. (Beittel, 2013) Began in 2008, Bush as President of United State and Calderon as President of Mexico agreed to development effort transforming the bilateral relationship by a security agreement package of United States assistance…

CIA Drug Controversy 1986 The United States said to been dealing with illegal drugs and selling them as Crack-cocaine and Heroin. The CIA has tried everything to avoid questions, but they’ve gotten answers from Representatives and CIA officers. May 1, 2003 The Heroin Of politics by Alfred W. McCoy gave all evidence that the CIA’s drug trafficking did become a fact. A quote from the book “Over the past thirty years, the U.S. and UN prohibition has simply served to push production and processing…

Of Mainwaring and Scully’s eight lessons, creating an effective state through economic regulations, would be most relevant for Venezuela to combat drug trafficking and crime in the region. “The Venezuelan government can no longer afford to provide even rudimentary law and order, making Caracas one of the most murderous cities in the world. Drug traffickers run large sections of the countryside. Prison gang leaders keep military-style weapons on hand, while grenade attacks still make the news”…

Joaquin "El Chapo" Guzman is known to be the most wanted drug lord in the United States, as well in Mexico. He is the head of the Sinaloa Cartel, which is a criminal organization named after the Mexican coast state of Sinaloa where it was initiated. Guzman was previously taken to jail but escaped in the month of July. This was due to an underground tunnel that was located under his cell, where he was being imprisoned, at the Altiplano Federal Prison. Since his escape, he has been in the run from…