Mexican War of Independence

Our group chose the Spanish movie “Sin Nombre.” This movie is related to gangs located mainly in Mexico and El Salvador. The main gang in the movie is called Mara Salvatrucha or MS-13. This gang is strongly known for their violence and popularity. One of the main characters in the movie, EL Casper, is a member of MS-13 and is highly respected by the other gang members. In today’s society, MS-13 is an organized gang that is both dangerous and powerful. The Mara Salvatrucha gang has around 10,000…

Currently the Sinaloa Cartel are the most powerful and the most dangerous cartel of the bunch in Mexico. Earning more than $3 billion per year and controlling a majority of the drug routes on the Mexican-United States border. It is believed the Sinaloa have a presence in all major cities in the United States as well. Operating mainly in Chicago because 70 percent of the United States population lives in areas that have freeways and railroads intersecting with Chicago. Chicago is also one of the…

billionaires list. On the same year, El Chapo and other cartel leaders are indicated on charges conspiring to import more than 264,000 pounds of cocaine into the United States between 1990 and 2005. On August 2011, El Chapo's wife Emma who has dual US/Mexican citizenship gives birth to twin girls in a hospital outside of Los Angeles. In 2012, the US department uses the foreign narcotics kingpin designation act to freeze the US assets of his…

According to what I have seen of the Milagro Bean War film thus far, I believe that the main/core issue present throughout the film is land ownership. Even though water diversion is the conflict that is depicted in a more direct manner, and which is affecting character Jose Mondragon, the water diversion is an effect of a deeper issue, that of land ownership. For sakes of clarity, it can be said that both issues are crucial to the plot of the film. For instance, land ownership affects both…

Both having such dark childhoods, they seeked for power and money at a very young age. It led to them getting involved in the biggest cartels of history. With their massive amount of money, power, and connections, Griselda Blanco and Joaquin Guzman have made such a big impact on the illegal activities that have been going on through decades in America. Their creativity allowed them to smuggle all sorts of illegal drugs to various countries. Unlike Griselda, Joaquin Guzman invaded countries with…

The antiwar opponents with the Mexican-American War, were on one side, Polk accused those who doubted him of treason. On the other side of the isle, Abraham Lincoln and other members of Congress strongly condemned Polk’s war with Mexico. It all started when Polk ran for office, he ran as the pro-annexation candidate (Regent, Word Doc). Exclaiming that he would annex Texas into the Union and buy California from Mexico. But, when Mexico refused to hold talks with a U.S. diplomat over the sale of…

Ciudad Juarez area. In this paper I will discuss how the Justice Department categorizes gangs and organizations, putting emphasis on prison gangs, how these organizations are formed and interact with one another. I will give a brief overview on the war on drugs in both Mexico and the United States, how the area affected Barrio Azteca and vice versa. I will then go into discussing the Barrio Azteca; their history, organization, tattoos, violence, and how they…

The Mexican-American War killed thousands of American and Mexican soldiers. This War marked the first U.S. armed conflict chiefly fought on foreign soil. (Mexican-American War).The war was over the fact that America annexed Texas while it was independent of Mexico. The Rio Grande also had a very big part of the war because it is where some the first battles began. In 1821 Mexico became independent from Spain, Mexico at the time owned Texas and California, but in 1836 Texas became independent and…

Since 2006, at least 80,000 people have been killed due to in organized crime in Mexico and over 26,000 people have gone missing in Mexico over the past six years (CNN) The drug crisis in Mexico has claimed more than just the lives of thousands, it has torn apart families, it cost the government millions, and it has remained as much a problem as it was 20 years ago. To summarise, American foreign policy can be categorized as a partial success in Mexico. The United States must continue and…

the focus of a great attention due to the concern of violence related to drug trafficking. Since the mexican president Felipe Calderon declared “war” on drug traffickers, an estimated of 22,000 people have died in drug-related violence. In the early twenty-first century, the mexican government attempt to stop the activity of drug cartels, but the result has been an uncontrolled violence. The mexican government remains impotent to fight the violence. The United States think that they should…