Godfather. The most powerful drug lord in Mexico Joaquin Guzman Loera also known as El Chapo for his short‚ stocky frame‚ Guzmán is 58. He is an emblematic figure in Mexico‚ he is subject to countless “corridos”‚ who has outlived enemies and accomplices alike‚ defying the implicit bargain of a life in the drug trade: that careers are brilliant but short and always end in prison or in death. According to the Drug Enforcement Administration‚ Chapo Guzman sells more drugs today than Pablo Escobar did
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of the most infamous drug cartels in the world (Penn 2016). He is also one of the most wanted men in America due to the excessive amounts of cocaine‚ heroin‚ methamphetamine‚ and marijuana from his drug cartels and come into the United States. El Chapo‚ despite being wanted by the Mexican government‚ did an exclusive interview with Sean Penn as a part of Rolling Stone magazine (Penn 2016). In this interview‚ he expressed his life and his opinions on his drug business and drug problem in Mexico. Probably
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antagonist‚ from the terror of drug cartels‚ to the health effects of the drug itself. Discussions about legalization of cannabis use‚ and moral justification resurface time and time again‚ prompting people to wonder: Would legalization solve these issues‚ or continue to hurt society? One reoccurring social issue in the U.S. is the rate at which jails and prisons are filling up. A large percentage of inmates have been convicted for possession of marijuana‚ but if the drug was made legal‚ fewer convicts
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trial at a United States Federal Courthouse positioned geographically less than one hundred and fifty yards from the Mexican border can be a challenge. When that trial entails dealing with one of the most powerful and influential drug cartels on the southern border known as Los Zetas‚ the challenges become critical. The Mexican drug cartel Los Zetas is comprised of former Mexican military soldiers who were originally hired
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The Los Zetas is a Mexican transnational criminal organization specializing in drug and human trafficking that has extended across the Texas and Arizona borders with recent expansion in the South and Midwest. They are a paramilitary group specializing in violent behavior that has crossed the Mexican/American border to include recruitment of United States young citizens. Because it is not a matter of when the Zetas will breach our border areas but how forcefully and repeatedly‚ a Red Cell analysis
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Born in Badiraguato‚ Mexico‚ Joaquín Guzmán Loera entered the drug trade as a teenager. Nicknamed "El Chapo"‚ he established the Sinaloa cartel in 1989‚ after some time building it into a tremendously gainful worldwide drug-trafficking operation. Known for his violent activities and powerful influence‚ Guzmán has effectively arranged daring escapes from maximum-security penitentiaries in his own country‚ he turned into Mexico’s top drug kingpin in 2003 after the capture of his opponent Osiel Cárdenas
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Shwirian English 101 11-4-115 This paper will examine the negative impact narcocorridos have had on the increased violence in Mexico. These ballads have contributed to the increase in crime in certain parts of Mexico because they glorify they lives of drug lords and their actions. People of low socio economic status‚ who are typically most at risk for entering into a life of violence and gangs‚ look upon these songs as a way to escape the pressures of reality. These songs evoke a mood of violence inspiring
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According to the Huffington Post‚ El Salvador‚ Guatemala‚ and Honduras - where most of these immigrants come from - are all in the top five countries with the highest homicide rates‚ so if the United States is a country of diversity‚ liberty‚ and freedom‚ why build a wall to block out those who want a chance of decent life? During our current president Trump’s candidacy‚ he proposed the idea of building a border wall between the United States and Mexico. As a majority of the population has obviously
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Pedro Avilés Pérez‚ Joaquin Guzmán’s uncle. Aviles was a key player in the Sinaloa drug business‚ seen as a pioneer for finding new methods of transporting the rural produce to urban areas for shipment by way of airplanes. He is reportedly the first to use airplanes to smuggle cocaine to the United States. By the time Guzmán was in his 20s‚ his connection to Aviles would be his window of opportunity to start in the drug business and make his fortune. In the late 1970s‚ Héctor "El Güero" Luis Palma
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After the abduction‚ torment‚ and horrendous murder of DEA‚ Drug Enforcement Administration‚ Agent Camarena in 1985‚ Red Ribbon Week began in 1988. Camarena had been involved privately in Guadalajara‚ Mexico for four plus years. The strive he put in led to a reorient that resulted in the revelation of a multi-million dollar insane manufacturing business in Mexico. The destroying of this and more drug businesses enraged bosses of several drug groups who searched for revenge. They murdered key informers
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