Cartel

A drug cartel is a criminal organization developed with the purpose of promoting and controlling drug trafficking operations. They range from loosely managed agreements among various drug traffickers to formalized commercial enterprises. Up until the early 1900s, the use of opium, cocaine, marijuana, and alcohol were legal in the United States and could be purchased at pharmacies and stores. “Chinese merchants brought opium to Sinaloa back in the late 1800’s...and since then, Sinaloa has been full of opium”(Saviano). A steady series of laws passed in the United States made all drug use illegal. The Mexican Drug Cartels have a lot more power than people think. “The DEA claims the following cartels are currently in active in the United States:…

just yet. In the documentary, “Cartel Land”, it goes deeper than what you hear on the surface. Many people do not even have an idea close to what is happening in Mexico. Directed by Matthew Heineman, he gathered the idea from the Arizona Border Recon in a Rolling Stone article. He also received an article on Jose Manuel Mireles and the Autodefensas in Michoacán. The director found this interesting and wanted to capture what happens on both sides of the border when government institutions fall.…

The genesis of all drug cartels in Mexico trace to a Mexican Judicial Federal Police agent Miguel Ángel Félix Gallardo also known as "The Godfather". He was the founder of the “Guadalajara Cartel”, which controlled all illegal drug trade in and around Mexico’s border in 1980. Since 2006, the Mexican military have intervened with a goal of stopping all drug-related violence consisting inside Mexico’s borders, leaving drug trafficking a problem to the United States. The ongoing fight against drug…

Several groups/gangs and narco-terrorism mentioned in the study concerning drug trafficking. However, today’s societies consist of several different gangs that feel they are the rough and tough living. All groups and gangs are a danger to society because they are street smart and manipulative when it comes to the sale of cocaine and other drugs. Nevertheless, after all, consideration, the Cartel-Medellin Cartel appears to be the most dangerous efficiently this gang was a ruthless, highly…

In border towns like Juarez, where the drug cartels have city officials in the palms of their hands, border violence is rampant. In Laredo, Texas, my hometown, violence has not reached that level of intensity, but with its status as the largest land port in the country, drug cartels have focused most of their efforts on pushing drugs through its borders. There has even been an increased amount of Border Patrol activity in the surrounding area. What has seen the brunt of the drug cartel violence…

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, manufactures,…

There are many drug cartels throughout the world. One of the most well known and feared is the Sinaloa Cartel. The most notorious member is a man named Joaquín Guzmán, also known as El Chapo made himself a legend in the drug distribution business. Joaquin Guzman, or El Chapo is the name most people think of when talking about drug lords or cartels . El Chapo was born in a small town name Sinaloa, Mexico. When He was young he worked bringing oranges to markets to help out his family until later…

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…

directly tied to the Mexican political system (Navarro & Vivas, 2012). Drug cartels start off by taking over small and local businesses, then progress to larger ones, and eventually having some sort of power or influence over high-ranking and government officials. Cartels contribute to local and regional political campaigns, bribe officials, and much more to assure the need to extract favors and permissions from the officeholders…

him operate his drug cartel anyway he pleased (Bowden 24). Pablo was now thinking big. Pablo and his cartel pioneered the act of moving enormous quantities of cocaine with boats and planes through Mexico and to the United States (Drug). Escobar enlisted the help of Carlos Ledher. Carlos Ledher first approached Pablo because he felt the business needed him. He told Escobar that they needed to make cocaine the leading drug of the 1980s. He also said they needed to get a stronghold on the entire…