Sinaloa

In September 2013 members of the United States Senate met to discuss mandatory minimum prison terms and during the hearings someone asked about the definition of a Kingpin. There exists no legal definition of a Kingpin in the United States. There exists no definition that explains how much drugs must be sold or managed before a person is called a Kingpin. There exist no specific dollar amount of drugs to be sold or a specified period of time before a person is called a Kingpin. So what makes…

Sharing our feelings, likes, or dislikes on social media is quite the thing for many nowadays. Many individuals expose a certain personality throughout sites or apps such as Facebook, Twitter, Instagram, Snapchat, and many more. For some, it is much easier to express emotion when they are behind screens. For others, there are simply boundaries or different personalities within real life and a cyber community. “We engage in impression management to present an ideal self to others” (Durden 2016).…

TERRORISM First of all, we all know that terrorism have existed for many years. I believe that terrorism has been operated in many countries decades ago. So what is terrorism? One definition of terrorism is: "the use of violence for political ends". Another is “defined as the use of violence to physically and psychologically terrorize a population by an individual or group in order to draw attention to a cause, enact political change, or gain political power”. In addition, terrorists often…

The Mexican Drug War: Is It Their War or Ours? A common news headline in any newspaper or on any news channel these days mentions the “Mexican drug war”. It has become common along the U. S./Mexico border to hear people talking about it at schools, work places and in their own neighborhoods - coworkers, classmates and neighbors whom are involved in some way or know someone that is. Violence is seen and heard of on the U.S. side of the border quite frequently which raises the questions, is…

After El Chapo's 3rd jailbreak he went into hiding for roughly 2 years.(“Escape” 2) He was hiding in his safe house located in Sinaloa. On January 7th El Chapo had one of his many servants get a car and help him go somewhere. That’s when police officials decided to try and capture him. But this failed kind of because it turned into a bloody gunfight in the middle of a highway…

A person isn’t born evil but it’s the circumstances that one grows up in that creates one’s identity. People tend to do everything in their will to get out of hardship and find a better life for themselves. Although the process of achieving that comfort is controversial; some people take the hard and long way whereas others prefer to take the quick and short way of success. Especially in a world where we want everything quick and fast, the later way is preferred by most. Such is the case of…

In comptent of, nowadays countless words are used in many different ways to detriment people and not to comfort them. Equivalent to what Gloria Naylor expressed in her essay, “The Meanings of Words,” she states, “Words themselves are innocuous;it is the consensus that gives them true power”(118). For instance, the word that identified her and several African Americans was the “n” word and for me the word that identifies with my group is Oaxacan yet, both these words are used within the same…

to obtain food, clothes and shelter which are vital necessities for living. This uncomforting and jobless life was the life of my great grandpa, Pancho who was living with his family (his mother-in-law, father-in-law and his wife) somewhere in Sinaloa around 1940s without any luck. As he was searching for a job one day around 1942 he overheard someone talking about this Bracero program which intrigued him. He found out that it was a program where he could be immigrated out to work in the…

author of “Cantar a los Narcos", said the Altered Movement is a result of the offensive administration of Mexican President Felipe Calderon against drug trafficking, which has caused 40,000 deaths in Mexico. This cultural trend had its origins in Sinaloa, Mexico and identifies its members as "bukanos" (bushings) part of the mix of English and Spanish and celebrates the violent part of drug trafficking, extolling beheadings, murders, bullets and luxury SUVs. The popularity of the music is…

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 ending up…