Mexican War And Drug Violence
Mexico is currently experiencing distorted violence caused by regional narcotic wars and global drug trafficking.
The epidemic of drug trafficking and violence has resulted in a war between Mexico’s government and the Narcos who instigate these acts of violence. There has been an ongoing fight between the Mexican Government and Narcos as far back as 2006. Before a fight erupted between the Mexican government and the Narcos, war brewed among several drug cartels. As violence and competition only made tension among drug cartel worse, violence began to be noted as a widely talked about phenomenon that swarmed the streets of Mexico city. This event is notoriously regarded as the Mexican War and Drug Violence.
Although the Mexican Government have …show more content…
The main reason of the increase of violence in many regions of Mexican territory is directly associated with gang confrontations and government authorities during mass trafficking of a variety of drugs, this including: marijuana, cocaine, heroin, oxycodone, and methamphetamine, which are smuggled into the United States from the border of Mexico and back. Cities close to the Mexican border, such as Chihuahua, Acapulco, Ciudad Victoria, and Ciudad Juarez experience some of the highest crime rates due to their location. Beheadings, disappearances, public killings and decapitations point to a rise in gruesome attacks. More than 160,000 people had died in drug-related violence since 2006 and the fast rate of increase has been unstoppable. This increase in violence also points to a level of instability among authorities not being able to manage territories where the most trafficking of drugs and weapons occur. On August, 2010, 72 migrants were found brutally murdered for refusing to work for narcotic groups. No less than four years later, 43 male college students went missing in Iguala, Mexico and have yet to be found. President Calderon’s orders on the mass execution of drug traffickers has only lead to mass explosion of violence between cartels, gangs, and the Mexican army. Nevertheless, the exposure of violence to the mexican public has …show more content…
For Mexico, fighting against narcotic groups costed them 172.7 billion dollars, Mexico’s efforts to reduce violence have been proven unsuccessful and is only increasing their government’s debt. Mexico, as compared to Syria, Iraq, and Libya, is among one of the least peaceful countries whose attempts to stop violence is only hurting their economy. With a debt of 73.5 billion, the amount of money Mexico exerts in trying to preserve peace is twice the amount of their economy’s debt (Estevez 2014). Ever since the presidency of Felipe Calderon, their economy has depleted as violence only rose. Due to the lack of improvements seen between Mexican authority and narcotic groups, addressing corruption would prove to be fruitless (Estevez 2014). More cities everyday are turning into war zones between Mexico’s government and narcotic
The epidemic of drug trafficking and violence has resulted in a war between Mexico’s government and the Narcos who instigate these acts of violence. There has been an ongoing fight between the Mexican Government and Narcos as far back as 2006. Before a fight erupted between the Mexican government and the Narcos, war brewed among several drug cartels. As violence and competition only made tension among drug cartel worse, violence began to be noted as a widely talked about phenomenon that swarmed the streets of Mexico city. This event is notoriously regarded as the Mexican War and Drug Violence.
Although the Mexican Government have …show more content…
The main reason of the increase of violence in many regions of Mexican territory is directly associated with gang confrontations and government authorities during mass trafficking of a variety of drugs, this including: marijuana, cocaine, heroin, oxycodone, and methamphetamine, which are smuggled into the United States from the border of Mexico and back. Cities close to the Mexican border, such as Chihuahua, Acapulco, Ciudad Victoria, and Ciudad Juarez experience some of the highest crime rates due to their location. Beheadings, disappearances, public killings and decapitations point to a rise in gruesome attacks. More than 160,000 people had died in drug-related violence since 2006 and the fast rate of increase has been unstoppable. This increase in violence also points to a level of instability among authorities not being able to manage territories where the most trafficking of drugs and weapons occur. On August, 2010, 72 migrants were found brutally murdered for refusing to work for narcotic groups. No less than four years later, 43 male college students went missing in Iguala, Mexico and have yet to be found. President Calderon’s orders on the mass execution of drug traffickers has only lead to mass explosion of violence between cartels, gangs, and the Mexican army. Nevertheless, the exposure of violence to the mexican public has …show more content…
For Mexico, fighting against narcotic groups costed them 172.7 billion dollars, Mexico’s efforts to reduce violence have been proven unsuccessful and is only increasing their government’s debt. Mexico, as compared to Syria, Iraq, and Libya, is among one of the least peaceful countries whose attempts to stop violence is only hurting their economy. With a debt of 73.5 billion, the amount of money Mexico exerts in trying to preserve peace is twice the amount of their economy’s debt (Estevez 2014). Ever since the presidency of Felipe Calderon, their economy has depleted as violence only rose. Due to the lack of improvements seen between Mexican authority and narcotic groups, addressing corruption would prove to be fruitless (Estevez 2014). More cities everyday are turning into war zones between Mexico’s government and narcotic