Tijuana Cartel

Some may call him the Colombian Robin Hood. Others call him El zar de cocaina (The tzar of cocaine). Either way, Pablo Escobar was a wealthy drug lord who affected Colombia in both positive and negative ways. It is undeniable that Pablo for better or worse changed Colombia. It is up to the people to decide whether he is the Colombian Robin Hood or the world's greatest outlaw. Pablo knew what it was like to be poor, unable to buy something as necessary as shoes. This allowed him to be able…

Escobar and his Medellin Cartel. George made millions off these operations being only the middle man. It was not uncommon that he made 15 million dollar a run. George, the former high school football star from Weymouth, Massachusetts, became the Medellin Cartel's U.S. contact. Almost 80% of the cocaine that was smuggled into the U.S. came from George. Escobar sat at the head of the one of the most expansive criminal empires the world has ever seen. At its peak in the 1980s, his cartel…

had attempted to move his to a more conditional prison facility. With his escape came a 16-month man hunt for the drug lord. As Pablo was in prison and on the run for those short 16 month the Medellin Cartel had started to crumble when other leaders of the cartel were also murdered. That cause the cartel to quickly deteriorate to no longer have any hold anywhere with any drugs. By the time of his death on December 2, 1993 he was known as a very bad man but also a very good man at the same time.…

Current Event In 2012, peace talks began to bring a bilateral peace agreement between the Colombian government and the Revolutionary Armed Forces of Colombia (FARC). These talks have been a move towards a conclusion, although with many set backs from both parties (Colombia Country Profile, 2015). The Colombian government and the FARC agreed to a cease-fire in December 2014. In 2013, the Colombian government used a provisional, partial agreement on land reform and political participation with…

But like I said before, the things people do for quick cash. They don’t care about the dangers of what they are putting into their body, they just want money. What I still cannot believe is how drug dealers are always finding new ways to smuggle. Cartels have been using drones for surveillance on the customers and their “delivery men”. Their ultimate goal is to flood the United States with as much drugs a possible and to make enough money to have a wealthy life. The next goal…

(Daved Luhnow, 2006) reported that he U.S president Richard Nixon confirmed ‘war on drugs’ on Mexican drug cartels however, ‘the supply and use of drugs has not changed in any fundamental way’. A Mexican official spent years combating drug trafficking he stated that ‘This war is not winnable’ (The Wall Street Journal, 26th December 2009). Various economic factors contribute towards the continuing existence of the MCs. Drug trafficking is a global illicit trades that includes, agriculture,…

Major companies in many different sectors all support, and spend money lobbying for, the continued criminalization of drugs. The continued criminalization of drugs is critical to the drug war, and includes strict punishments and sentences for those convicted of crimes involving drugs. It has been shown that groups such as private prisons, and prison guard unions lobby for strict punishments to increase incarceration, and reap the profits. These company’s contributions promote the war on drugs,…

One of the main contributions to the incarceration rate per capital is the current laws on illegal substance in America. During the presidency of Ronald Reagan, “Federal mandatory minimums were incorporated in the 1986 Anti-Drug Abuse Act” (Seigel 162). regarding sentences both for dealers and users. These restrictions and rules are far from perfect; Unreasonable laws only serve as a catalyst to problems worsening. The idea of decriminalizing drugs to most is questionable. Far often people are…

According to a study done by the United Nations, Latin America is considered the most violent region in the world. It accounts for every 1 in 3 deaths worldwide. As a whole, Latin America's homicide rate is 23 deaths for every 100,000 people, nearly double the rate in Africa, which is sometimes mistakenly believed to be the most violent continent. Most of the time the crime, violence, and murder take place in Northern South America and Central America. I have a friend who emigrated here from El…

contraband. His relationship with cocaine first began with him personally smuggling the substance from Colombia to Panama; within seven years he was in control of the world’s largest, wealthiest, and most violent cartel. Its closest rival, the quieter and more sophisticated Cali cartel, run by the Orejuela brothers, paled in comparison—but together, they accounted for eighty percent of the world’s cocaine by the mid 1990s. Despite the success of the booming drug industry itself, the economy of…