Mexican Drug War Research Paper

Written and published in 2008 by Paul Gootenberg, History professor and Latin American studies at University of New York at Stony Brook, “Andean Cocaine: The Making of a Global drug” retraces the pivotal stages of the illicit cocaine trafficking, starting from the boundless coca fields in Latin America to the chemistry laboratories in Europe up until the streets of U.S. cities. The aim of this book review is to provide the reader with a short but detailed insight of what is the main content of the book, by paying particular attention to its structure, objectivity and style.

The Mexican cartel first started in the 60s and 70s with the Guadalajara cartel. The Guadalajara cartel got into some issue in the mid-1980s by kidnapping, torturing and murdering a U.S DEA agent Enrique Camarena. This event made the U.S government energized and focused on the Guadalajara cartel, which then led them to arrest and break up the Guadalajara cartel after the U.S government broke up the Guadalajara cartels leader Miguel Angel Felix Gallardo aka El Padrino or The Godfather divided his turf and fiefdom into various sectors. In 1989 Seven months after taking office veteran drug warrior George H.W. Bush made his first televised addressed to the nation “All of us agree that the gravest domestic threat facing our nation today is drugs”.

According to Brianna Lee in Mexico’s Drug War, “more than 90 percent of cocaine now travels through Mexico into the United States, up from 77 percent in 2003.” Therefore, drug trafficking is at a higher

When Mexico gained its independence from Spain in 1821, a string of ruthless dictators and weak presidents made Mexico an easy target for its powerful neighbor, the United States. The US swooped in to expand its territory and its popular institution of slavery. By doing so, the US started a war with Mexico that was justified for illegitimate reasons. The Mexican-American War was not justified because the US took Mexico’s land for the expansion of slavery, and justified their taking advantage of Mexico when it was politically weak by hiding behind Manifest Destiny.

Conflict between Mexico and the United States began when Texas, previously part of Mexico, became part of the United States. The Mexican government believed that the border between Mexico and America

The Mexican-American War marked an enormous symbolic impact for both nations which changed people’s lives. There’s many similarities and differences between these two countries, the combat that began during 1846 between Mexicans and Americans has brought catastrophe and teared many families apart. The war commenced because Mexico claimed the Nueces River and its northeastern boarder while Americans demanded the Rio Grande River. Overall they had problems with land property, Mexico started the battle first and launch fire on April 25, 1846. This is when all the problems and fight’s begin and how Mexican’s and American’s became great enemies that can’t stand each other.

The United States war with Mexico continues to be a divisive topic due to the unjust and just reasons being argued. The Mexican & American War was the war between Mexico and the United States began because of disputed territory and Mexico shedding “American blood upon the American soil” although “American blood” wasn’t actually shed on “American soil.” The disputed territory was the area between the Nueces River and the Rio Grande that Mexico and the United States both claimed. It was also the area where 16 American soldiers were killed sparking the idea of the Declaration of War. The war against Mexico was unjustifiable because it went against the constitution, Texas was in the wrong, and the war was based on false pretense.

The purpose of this research is to draw a connection between a history of gang violence in Central America and drug trafficking in Mexico and Central American and Mexican migration patterns to the U.S. Beyond that, this paper highlights U.S. involvement in the increase of gang violence specifically in Honduras and El Salvador, and how the U.S. demand for narcotics has fueled the Drug War throughout Latin America but mostly in Mexico. This paper also shows how U.S. policies on the legalization of certain drugs and criminal justice reforms can decrease illegal immigration and improve the lives of people seeking to migrate north.

The Sinaloa drug Cartel, is the largest and most powerful drug trafficking organization in the Western Hemisphere. The Sinaloa drug Cartel was founded in the Mid-1980’s and its membership; operatives in seventeen Mexican states and as many as fifty countries with criminal activities like drug trafficking and money laundering. It has grown its reach far beyond the Mexican border and is now believed to be the most powerful and widest-reaching drug importer in the United States. The coalition 's members rely on connections at the highest levels and is led by Mexico 's most powerful drug lord Joaquin Guzman alias “El Chapo” who recently escaped from a maximum security prison in Mexico. The state of Sinaloa has long been a center for contraband

Mexico has been fighting a bloody war against drugs for a very long time. Mainly focusing in the drug trafficking organizations that inhabit the cities of Mexico, which are also known as cartels. One of the biggest drug cartels that resides and haunts Mexico is the Juarez drug cartel which is based in the state of Chihuahua, focusing in the city of Juarez. The cartel has made the city of Juarez one of the most violent places in the world. It is famous for smuggling tons of narcotics from Mexico to the United States. In addition, the cartel also participates in crimes of human trafficking, kidnapping, local drug distribution, extortion, and is responsible for many deaths. The Juarez Cartel, also known as the Vicente Carillo Fuentes Organization named after its current leader is one of the oldest and most powerful criminal organizations in Mexico which can be traced back to the late 1900’s. The Juarez Cartel was founded by Rafael Aguilar Guajardo and Amado Carillo Fuentes. Guajardo was considered by most the true official founder of the cartel. He was a former federal police officer who had

Currently, the impact of the illegal drug business can be felt all over the country; in employment, income inequality, landownership and money laundering. Despite the high income the drug business generates, it does not encourage economic development. A very large part of the Colombian economy, including most modern enterprises, have been rather insulated from the illegal industry. The illicit drug business in many ways even has a negative and destabilizing impact on the economy as it reduces legitimate investments and the investments that are made by drug-traffickers typically are in non-productive sectors. Money laundering is one example for how drug money has a primarily negative impact on the domestic economy. Contraband is widely used to launder drug money. Consumer goods such as household appliances, clothes, textiles, footwear, liquor and cigarettes are purchased abroad, smuggled into Colombia and sold under market price. This undercuts legitimate businesses who produce or import the same goods, but cannot compete with the low prices. Landownership as a means of money laundering is another example where the negative influence of the drug business is visible. As much as approximately 30 percent of Colombia’s agricultural land is owned by persons affiliated with drug cartels. Most of this land is used for cattle or horse ranches, which have a low level of productivity and low labor intensity. This further aggravates the already high levels of inequality in income and land distribution. The large drug-related crime rate, violence and corruption the illicit drug industry engenders, along with the deterioration of political stability and security, additionally counteract economic progress. In the past years, however, the relative importance of the illegal industry in the Colombian economy

According to the World Bank, Economic performance, coca cultivation and violence all correlated with each other’s trends. (See Figure 1) People used to argue that illegal drug distribution benefited the economy however, that was all left back in the 80s. Drug trade helped stabilized the Colombian economy during the Latin American debt crisis. As beneficial as it may sound, it was estimated that 7% of GDP and 70% of exports during the 1980s came from drugs. The drug trade created other issues besides violence. Drug trade also imposed high costs such as an increase in security costs. Economic, political and social uncertainty rose. There were increases in smuggling and deterrents to both foreign and domestic investment. The government used its resources to fight this problem but so many people were involved in the drug cartel due to poverty and inequality, that it was difficult for the government to stop the war on drugs. The question that rose from drug trade was whether poverty drove people to produce drugs. Usually those in high need are willing to do whatever it takes to progress and have the necessary income to support their families. There is high correlation between illegal drugs and sociopolitical instability and an unequal and negative relationship between education, healthy and poverty levels.The main departments that are producing drugs in Colombia are Caqueta, Guaviare and

The drug use in Mexico is a topic that has been really analyzed and discussed lately. A lot of people are against and a lot of people support them. It is a complicated topic due that in Mexico the drug war and the drug cartels are present in our cities. Since the legalization of cannabis in some states of the US, this topic has risen in Mexico. Drug dealing in Mexico has been present in our society from long time ago, and trafficking between the US and Mexico has been risen a lot. Also, blood, violence and deaths are present in Mexico due to all the drug dealers that fight and kill other people for payments or anything related to this problem.

The Illicit Drug Trade is one of the largest issues all around the world. A lot of effort goes into tackling illegal drugs, but there are some legal drugs that also affect people worldwide which are far more than dangerous illegal drugs, such as tobacco and alcohol (Shah 2008). Illicit drugs have significantly played a negative role in contemporary society. People who use illicit drugs to cost a large amount of money to support themselves due to their urge of illicit drugs.It is fact that, many families have broken, because some members of the families addicted to illicit drugs and spend untold number of wealth on using it. When it comes to the effects of government policy on illicit drug use, two countries, China and the USA will be discussed

Drug trafficking is the mass-production of drugs in one country distributed to another for expected profit. The notorious bosses of the drug trafficking at the time were the infamous Pablo Escobar, Carlos Lehder, and Griselda Blanco. The two main smuggled drugs were cocaine and marijuana. They were smuggled by plane, boat, and human mules. To hide the abundant profits they’d money launder, hide money in safe, and even went to the extent of having their money built into house walls just to avoid the law. The violence in Florida increased to mass murders. Colombian cartels have controlled the producing, buying, and selling of drugs for many years on. During the 1970’s and 1980’s, the drug lords had increased profits from thousands to billions of dollars yearly. The drug traffickers had made high connections with better intel for the time. It was in the last few years of the 1980’s when the United States