getting kidnapped or murdered by any cartel affiliated member. Of course‚ the violence between and within the various cartel organizations receives much of the spotlight and therefore frightens the public. Truth is‚ the majority of the Mexican cartels are not out hunting to harm tourists or even the locals; their primary focus is the economics and well-being of their drug business. Even though Mexican cartels are depicted as being violent and prone to crimes‚ their cartel behavior indicates the “business-like”
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Anti trust laws and cartels. Competition in economics is rivalry in supplying or acquiring an economic service or good. Sellers compete with other sellers‚ and buyers with other buyers. In its perfect form‚ there is competition among many small buyers and sellers‚ none of whom is too large to affect the market as a whole; in practice‚ competition is often reduced by a great variety of limitations‚ including monopolies. The monopoly‚ a limit on competition‚ is an example of market failure. Competition
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organizations. However‚ a close examination of Sinaloa’s evolution demonstrates the group is hardly the hallmark of civility. In fact‚ the history of Mexico’s cartel wars over the past decade reveals that Guzman‚ his Sinaloa Federation and the various cartels with which they partner have been more territorially aggressive than any other Mexican cartel. Expansion and Escalation Sinaloa incursions upset the balance of power that Miguel Angel “El Padrino” Felix Gallardo established in the late 1980s when
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By Munoz Gomez‚ Rafael Purpose: To lead an appropriate analysis‚ understanding‚ comprehension; and find real solutions to the Mexican Cartels‚ and influences inside our borders; from a natural and objective point of view. Violence and drugs are problems severely connected with each other‚ during the last twenty years these two complex concerns have been increasing in the neighboring country‚ which is also our responsibility‚ and consequently affect the U.S. directly; while the U.S. Department
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The international issue of drug cartels and the threats posed by drugs has been approached in many ways and have altered throughout its history. Its deleterious effects on citizens and national governments have been most brutally evident in Latin America. The expansion of drug cartels and their increasing authority and influence in Latin America posses various national and international threats. Additionally‚ the contradicting notions on the root of the conflict in Latin America have stalled and
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CASE STUDY: HARD CORE CARTELS Cartel refers to a group of firms producing substitute goods that collude or conspire to increase prices and its own profits‚ by lowering production and/or sharing markets or customers. Figure 1 below shows examples of recent price fixing cases from various countries. (Figure 1) These industries either have a market structure in which a small number of inter-dependent firms dominating the industry‚ that of a oligopoly‚ or are firms
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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
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A cartel is an organisation of producers grouped together for their own benefit. The most well known cartel in existence today is OPEC‚ Organisation of Petroleum Exporting Countries. Its members are some (but not all) of the most important oil producing countries including Saudi Arabia and Mexico. Most cartels try to raise prices at the expense of consumers. The aim of this essay is to determine whether OPEC has been a successful cartel‚ this will mean I have to examine the strengths and weaknesses
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Running head: DRUG CARTEL VIOLENCE Drug Cartel Violence Coming Soon to America Kyle R. Malin Southern New Hampshire University Abstract Drug Cartel Violence is seen nationwide on a daily basis. The gorilla like warfare has had some spill over into the United States. Due to the high demand of illicit drugs by Americans and immigrants living in America the cartels will continue to make money and do whatever it takes to get their drugs into the US. Americans will continue
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got out of the red truck with guns and started shooting at the white truck. The men inside the truck were trying to get cover‚ but they were not so innocent because they had guns and were trying to kill their cartel rivals as well. They kept firing back and forth and soon three of the same cartel survived and left the scene before any police showed up. Many people might have thought I got this scene from a movie‚ but Joaquin is my uncle and he witnessed all that violence while he was trying to get his
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