Cartel Essays

The Medellin Cartel was founded in Medellin, Colombia. It’s main operations were conducted in Colombia, but the cartel had connections with other organizations located in Bolivia, Peru and Central America. The cartel was led by Pablo Escobar and the Ochoa brothers, Jorge Luis, Juan David and Fabio. Before becoming drug traffickers the Ochoa brothers were respected ranchers and Escobar was a street thief. The men then joined forces with marijuana smuggler Carlos Lehder to learn how to produce and

Mexican Cartels have run rampant throughout South and Central America, specifically in Mexico. The cartels have groomed an environment of drug addiction, violent shootouts, and corruption to allow themselves to thrive. While the Mexican Government is the entity with the most on its hands, the United States and United Nations have been directly involved with the issue. Also, cartels are not one entity but many different groups which shape the violence into an even greater complex issue. Currently

Sinaloa Cartel was founded in the 1980s by Joaquín Guzmán, Juan José Esparragoza Moreno, Ismael Zambada García, and Héctor Luis Palma Salazar. They are located in Culiacán, Sinaloa state, Mexico, and primarily sell Narcotics. They are mostly known for selling illegal drugs, Smuggly drugs to the U.S., and disrupting Narcotics through Mexico/United States. We will see how the Sinaloa Cartel operates throughout the United States. Sinaloa Cartel operates by creating and selling drugs such as Cocaine

The Mexican cartels have impacted the society by violating many rights that human have and that are protected. The Cartels are causing too much trouble to the world especially in Mexico and its neighboring countries. They have trafficking tons and tons of drugs to world and spread its violence to nation that live in peace. The cartels have been operating for while and keep growing becoming more powerful each day and nothing has stopped them yet. The Mexican cartels have constructed their empires

Mexico’s drug cartels are the worst they have been in years, and all the problems stem from a lack of proper decision making from the government at every level . Since Colombia was taken away from the drug scene, Mexico’s cartels have made up for the slack and then some. Subsequently, cartels in Mexico also began to flourish at a time when Mexico was in the process of instituting a new form of government. Not only is Mexico trying to work out the kinks of their new democracy, but the cartels are pushing

Mexican drug cartels are carving out new territory in northern Guatemala, adding another layer of violence and crime to a country with one of the highest murder rates in the hemisphere. In December the Guatemalan government declared a two-month state of siege in the rural province of Alta Verapaz, bordering Mexico, in order to crack down on the growing influence of the notorious Mexico-based Los Zetas cartel. “Drug traffickers have us cornered,” Guatemalan President Alvaro Colom told the country’s

In the 1980’s the Guadalajara cartel emerged as the premier Mexican drug trafficking organization (DTO). Since that time the Mexican Transnational Criminal Organizations (MTCO) have expanded their drug trafficking networks internationally. Throughout the 1980’s and early 1990’s several organizations, such as the Gulf Cartel, began to emerge however, the majority of the Mexican drug trade was controlled by Juan Garcia Abrego and several other “Capos”. The vertical hierarchy facilitated law enforcement

In 1976, the Republic of Colombia saw the rise of the Medellín Cartel, an organization that not only drastically transformed cocaine production but also redefined the standard of a successful narco-trafficking group. Formed by the Ochoa Vázquez brothers Jorge Luis, Juan David, and Fabio, jointly with Jose Gonzalo Rodriguez Gacha, Carlos Lehder and most famous of all Pablo Emilio Escobar Gaviria, the Medellin Cartel reigned as the kings of cocaine until 1993. Taking the name of the city where the

The Sinaloa Cartel is currently considered a transnational criminal organization that has a reach far beyond their local area of operations in Mexico. The Sinaloa Cartel has operations throughout the globe and are currently suspected to have active operations in over 52 countries world-wide and because of this they are considered one of the most infamous cartels known world-wide. There are not many years, months or even weeks that can go by without the Sinaloa Cartel making international headlines

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

The Mexican cartel problem is a pressing issue that has wide-ranging impacts on both Mexico and the United States. The drug cartels operating in Mexico, such as the Gulf Cartel and the Jalisco New Generation Cartel, engage in various criminal activities, including drug trafficking, violence, corruption, and human rights abuses. This essay explores the history and impact of the Mexican cartel, and outlines the actions taken by the United States to address the issue, and argues that America can have

There are many Drug Lord’s all over the world but none as infamous as the notorious most wanted, Joaquín ‘El Chapo’ Guzmán. Chapo is known for the building of the Sinaloa cartel, the most powerful organized crime institution across the world, mainly notorious for drug trafficking. Mostly marijuana, heroin, methamphetamines, and cocaine are smuggled across other countries, mainly to the United States. Chapo is also well known for escaping custody ten times easier than it takes for him to actually

Mexican Special Forces conducted a raid against the Sinaloa Cartel, one of the most deadly organizations, on a ranch in northern Mexico. Cartels are not necessarily terrorist groups but a lot of their focuses are similar to those of terrorist organizations. This cartel specifically turned some areas of Mexico into a virtual shell state. A state in which the countries own government cannot effectively rule. Another similarity is that cartels also use the same underground networks terrorist groups do

Who are the cartels?The cartels are organization you don 't want to mess with.These type of gangs are nothing to take lightly.If you mess with these groups they will find you and do something to you that you might regret messing with them.The top three cartels are The Sinaloa cartel, The Juarez cartel, The Tijuana cartel and are the most dangerous groups out there. The cartels were started when Miguel Angel Felix Gallardo was arrested for murder a DEA Agent in 1989.Later more cartels were formed

Violence Due to Drug Cartel Just because you don’t see something doesn’t mean it isn’t happening. There’s a lot going on around the world and even more conflicts. Some main conflicts are poverty, politics, resources, governance, and etc. A few minor conflicts are drugs, medicine, technology, and more. Drugs are everywhere and there’s no way to stop having them around. Territory is something everybody wants but can’t have it all. Well, in Mexico territory is a huge thing that their people are willing

One of the largest drug trafficking organizations of the 1980s, the Medellín Cartel is largely remembered for its violence towards the Colombian government in a malicious revolt against the Extradition Treaty. However, Pablo Escobar wasn’t seen as a villain by everyone in Colombia. Escobar understood the plight of the poor in Colombia

The drug cartels in countries such as Columbia and other South American countries had a significant impact on soccer in the 1990s when it came to the financials of the soccer teams. As a matter of fact, during that time the drug cartels were particularly helpful to the communities in the lower class, in which the cartel would build schools, soccer fields and other important buildings such as hospitals, while also being extremely generous to the soccer teams and players. It is for this reason that

The mexican government has been fighting a war with the drug cartel since december 2006. At the same time, drug cartels have fought each other for control of territory. More than 60,000 people have been killed from 2006 to 2012 due to violence related to the drug cartel.The mexican drug cartels also take in between 19 and 29 billion annually from united states drug sales.The mexican government primary focus is on taking down the drug cartel rather than on preventing trafficking which is left to the

Back in the 1980’s, the drug cartels of Colombia were the cause of chaos all over the world – especially in the United States. In fact, at the height of their power, the Bogotá cartel supplied ninety per cent of Uncle Sam’s cocaine. The cartel was barbaric; assassinating anyone who stood in their way. To add to this, they also had the majority of the law enforcement system on their payroll. And, of course, at the heart of all of this was drug lord Carlos Ruiz and his loyal vice, Pablo Álvarez. The

Introduction The CJNG, which stands for Cartel de Jalisco Nueva Generacion or the New Generation of the Jalisco Cartel is considered by US and Mexican officials as one of the most powerful and dangerous cartels in the world. CJNG have quickly expanded their operations in the last 5 years since they first proclaimed their existence via YouTube claiming to be the Mata-Zetas (Killer of Zetas) and protectors of kidnappers and murders in the state of Jalisco. The rise of CJNG in part can be credited