Mexico's War On Drugs: Sinaloa Cartel

Mexico’s War on Drugs
Sinaloa is the hometown of the “Sinaloa Cartel” ran by Joaquin “El Chapo” Guzman it’s labeled as the biggest as well as the most powerfullest cartel. Sinaloa is known as the “The Drug Capital of Mexico.” Not only is it just the Sinaloa Cartel there are other major cartels involved in the War on Drugs. And other trafficking methods are convoluted.
Joaquin “El Chapo” Guzman the head of the Sinaloa Drug Cartel was born in Badiraguato Mexico. His life was shaped by his family's hardship, and his abusive father who was also involved in the drug trade. He entered the drug trade when he was a teenager, he was kicked out of his home and had to make a living on his own. Guzman had little schooling so he followed his father's
Joaquin El Chapo Loera was brought in the business by his father's friend Pedro Aviles. This cartel is connected through blood, marriage and regional relationships. The sinaloa group has its origins in the state of Sinaloa, on Mexico’s northwest Pacific coast. The Sinaloa Cartel is “responsible for as much as half of the illegal narcotics imported into the United States from Mexico each year.” This cartel uses thousands of semi-trucks, planes, tunnels to transport drugs. Yet the sinaloa cartel is also known for giving back to the community. Some call him “Sinaloa’s Robin Hood” or the “Modern day Pablo Escobar”. Guzman provided work for farmers, sent food to the elderly, gave toys to children on holidays. “He has given money, brought jobs. He helps more than the
Although the Sinaloa Cartel is ranked number one does not necessarily there aren't other cartels involved in these crimes, for example The Beltran Leyva Organization, The Juarez Cartel, The Knights Templar, The Gulf Cartel, Los Zetas, and The Tijuana Cartel which each of these organizations are somehow linked to one another. The Beltran Leyva Organization also known as The BLO was originally formed by four brothers once part of the Sinaloa Cartel, they were the “muscle” for Sinaloa against the Gulf Cartel and Los Zetas. But in 2008 sinaloa and BLO brutally separated, the instability led the BLO to become alliances with Los Zetas, the Knights Templar, and Juarez Cartel in order to “strike back at Sinaloa.” The Juarez Cartel is one of the oldest organizations in Mexico. Originally one of the “most powerful cartels” and was the “Murder Capital of the world for years straight” but that was all before the drug trade was under the control of Sinaloa. In effort to win back “former zones of control” this cartel aligned itself with Los Zetas and the BLO. The Knights Templar are rather a “new group”, they were formed in 2010. “The model themselves as a self-defence movement against other cartels.” Their brutal methods of ritualistic killings and dismemberment of rivals backfired and pushed the Knights from areas across the state. Then there’s the Gulf Cartel which once had powerful funds and were once bonded with Los Zetas but later had broken