partner‚ Manolo‚ stop a drug transport and arrest the couriers. Their arrest is interrupted by General Salazar (Milian)‚ a high-ranking Mexican official. The general decides to hire Javier and instructs him to locate and apprehend Frankie Flowers (Collins‚ Jr.) a notorious hit man for the Tijuana Obregón Drug Cartel. Meanwhile‚ Robert Wakefield (Douglas)‚ a conservative Ohio Judge‚ is appointed to be head of the President’s Office of National Drug Control‚ taking the title of Drug Czar. Wakefield is
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at the ranch. With such a rich supply of ammunition and a massacre of men and women with their hands and feet tied‚ the question remains‚ how have the Los Zetas become so powerful? Los Zeta’s was originally founded by a group of highly trained Mexican Army Special Forces deserters and has expanded to include corrupted former federal‚ state‚ and local police officers hired by Mexico’s Gulf Cartel (Los Zetas‚ 2010‚ November 22). The group originally consisted of 31 members with the first leader‚
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Analysis of “La Reyna del Inframundo” The notorious drug war and wanton violence is taking over Mexico. The government and police seem to have no control over the situation as the drug cartels have the most power out of anyone in the country. However‚ there are a few who attempt to denounce the violence of the drug cartels that spreads across the country like a bloody wildfire through poetry‚ music‚ and painting. Javier Sicilia‚ a poet‚ denounces the drug violence that killed his son through his last poem
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Mexico and Its Political System Mexico’s current President Enrique Pena Nieto has proposed laws to fight crime in Mexico; unfortunately‚ this is not enough for the people. Mexico’s most controversial issues are government corruption‚ the ongoing drug war and the economy. Corruption has been in Mexico for many years‚ this is because Mexico’s Institutional Revolutionary Party (PRI) has ruled for the past 70 years. As stated in Envio magazine‚ “…is loyal to only two concepts: corruption and impunity”
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Drug trafficking‚ violence‚ murder‚ Joaquin Guzman Loera‚ known as El Chapo‚ is the Chief Executive Officer of the Mexican Sinaloa Drug Cartel. This cartel specially stands out among the others because it supplies more heroin‚ methamphetamine‚ cocaine and marijuana than any other cartel or crime syndicate in the world‚ controlling 80% of drugs brought into the United States. El Chapo started selling drugs as a teenager‚ in Badiguarato‚ Mexico‚ where he was born. He founded the Sinaloa Drug Cartel
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Territory Mexico: Tijuana‚ Baja California United States: California Ethnicity Mexican Criminal activities Drug trafficking‚ money laundering‚People smuggling‚ murder‚ arms trafficking‚ bribery[2] Allies Juárez Cartel‚ Los Zetas‚[3] Oaxaca Cartel Rivals Sinaloa Cartel‚ Gulf Cartel[3] The Tijuana Cartel (Spanish: Cártel de Tijuana or Arellano-Félix Organization or Cártel Arellano Félix - CAF) is a Mexican drug cartelbased in Tijuana. The cartel was described as "one of the biggest and
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still seems to be war‚ it still seems to be a mess. As Zambada‚ one of the biggest cartel leaders said in an interview: “The government arrived late to the (drug) fight. Nobody can solve in days problems that took years to develop. Corruption infiltrated the system from the bottom and it climbed to the top along the years. Also‚ the President’s collaborators lie to him continuously by pretending that they make progress‚ which does not happen in this lost war.” All of the Mexican governments tried
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The purpose of this paper will be to make a comparison between the Colombian drug cartels at the turn of the century with the mexican cartels today. The object of this comparison will be to determine the effectiveness of large scale millitary intervention against drug cartels.I will assess weather this comparison is not only justified but in any way usefull in understanding how fight a well funded well armed non-state enemy. This is a response to public comments by high ranking United States officials
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at one point‚ to compose letters to his mistress. • Began his career in the drug trade as an apprentice of "El Padrino" (Godfather) Miguel Angel Felix Gallardo‚ who once headed Mexico’s most powerful drug cartel. Guzman founded his own cartel in 1980‚ quickly establishing posts in 17 Mexican states. Sinaloa‚ his organization‚ takes its name from a Mexican state along the Pacific coast long known as a hotbed for drug trafficking. After Gallardo’s arrest in 1989‚ Guzman inherited some of his territory
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Narcotics has for the most part have always been an occurring issue in Mexico. Drug cartels used Mexico as a focus for conducting their narcotics operations. However‚ for the past decade‚ the drug war has spiraled out of control. Thousands of people are killed each year‚ including innocent civilians who are not involved in drugs‚ as a result of the Mexican drug crisis. One of the key factors that created Mexico’s current drug crisis is Mexico’s democratic transition. Mexico started to transition from
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