Narcocorridos: Giving Mexican-American Youth a Sense of Cultural Identity in the US Victor Guzman Psych 141-1979 Con cuernos de chivo y basuca en la nuca/ Equipped with guns and bazookas Volando cabezas al que se atraviesa/ Heads fly of those who stand in the way Somos sanguinarios locos bien ondeados /we shed blood‚ crazy in the head Nos gusta matar / we like to kill Pa dar levantotes somos los mejores /we’re the
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Do you ever wonder how drug dealers do their business? Well‚ Griselda Blanco (The Godmother) and Joaquin Guzman (El Chapo) are both known for transporting drugs and money. They also do different procedures of running their businesses and they also have similarities. Griselda started in the Medellin Cartel in the mid-1970’s in her 30’s. Joaquin started his cartel called the Sinaloa Cartel in 1989. Griselda Blanco and Joaquin Guzman have the comparison and are individuals that have committed similar
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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 of the Gulf Cartel‚ and is viewed as the
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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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The ongoing Mexican Drug War has led to acts of brutality on both sides of the equation. While drug cartels are rightly condemned to their reckless disregard for human rights‚ there have been numerous incidents of Mexican police forces acting in much the same way. Further heightening the situation‚ corruption has led to some police forces acting against the public’s best interest. In Mexico‚ police brutality is focused around their corruption as well as dealing with drug cartels. Police brutality
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Columbian Drug Cartel * Title: The Columbian Drug Cartel * General Purpose: To inform * Specific Purpose: To inform the audience on the major aspects of the Columbian Drug Cartel by focusing on the two larges Cartels in Columbia—Medellin Cartel and Cali Cartel. * Central Idea: By first focusing on the generalized synopsis of how the Columbian Drug Cartels function‚ I will then be able to give a more detailed account of the two larges Cartels from Columbia—Medellin Cartel and the Cali
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Americans spend more on illegal drugs than on cigarettes. The American economy has been suffering a downturn‚ while in the shadow economy of the underground world there are high levels of success‚ mimicking the prohibition period of alcohol‚ which fueled the illegal markets in the 20’s and 30s. No aspect of farming has grown faster in the US over the past three decades than marijuana‚ with one-third of the public over the age of 12 having used the drug. It is estimated that marijuana
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immigration is a huge problem for the United States. The country`s economy is severely hurt by the millions of illegal immigrants that enter the country every year. People pass the border and start living there without paying taxes. (wvwnews Para 1) Mexicans that live illegally in the United States send billions of dollars out of the country and into Mexico. (wvwnews Para #3) Also‚ it is estimated that U.S taxpayers spend over $12‚000‚000‚000 every year on primary and secondary education for the children
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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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disease however; in the mid 1980’s this term was attached to crack cocaine. The crack cocaine epidemic described the impact of a newly created drug on most U.S. cities in the northeast and Mid Atlantic. Washington‚ D.C. provided the perfect setting for crack cocaine to flourish. Plenty of low-income inner city housing projects complete with open air drug markets labeled D.C. as a leading U.S. city with a major crack cocaine problem. As crack cocaine became a national talking point the federal government
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