The Battle of Culiacan The Battle of Culiacan marked a turning point in Mexico's war on drugs, illustrating the influence of drug cartels on national security. Further, this event displayed the reality of the brutal reality of cartels internationally. The group responsible for this event is known as *Cartel de Sinaloa* or the Sinaloa Cartel, which is the most powerful criminal group in Mexico and in some parts of the U.S. The battle of Culiacan was devastating for Mexico. That is a fact and is widely known however the cause and events leading to the battle are much less known.To put this into in order these are the events leading up to the battle of Culiacan. Multi billionaire drug lord and the leader of the Sinaloa cartel *El Chapo * (the …show more content…
Furthermore, the Sinaloa Cartel is one of the only international cartels out there with reach from North America all the way to Asia. Culiacan is a very corrupt city due to the fact the Sinaloa cartel practically owns that city and the cartel buys and steals from the military for their weapons and gear. The once safe city has turned into a war zone and the battle had two police officers killed,four civilians killed with twenty one injured,and eight military personnel killed.However this event changed Mexico's policies drastically by making police salaries higher to make them less likely to accept bribes,you can be arrested for having gang tattoos,and they increased the sentence for drug smuggling.The citizens of Mexico will never forget the crisis that occurred here.Further this event will mark a new point in history of Mexico's war on drugs. Mexico has always been infested with crime since the day it became independent and it has influence on new cartels.also the cartels originated from the bandits of the most famous man in mexico’s history Pancho Villa a general that almost single handedly took back california and texas then after the war he became a fugitive who took from the rich and gave the poor and ill then burned down debt papers freeing people of debt now he is known as the crime god.Now as this essay comes to a close and happened in the
With only one hundred eighty-seven soldiers and fifteen civilians the Texans were able to hold off the two thousand Mexicans for thirteen days before the Mexican army finally defeated the small Texan force at the Alamo. Even though Texas had lost the Battle of the Alamo, this was just a stepping stone for Texas to be able to gain its independence from Mexico. The state of Texas came under Mexican control after Mexico acquired its freedom from Spain. (www.History.com) A man by the name of Moses Austin, an American business man, met with the Spanish authorities in San Antonio to convince them to allow three hundred Anglo-American families to start an American colony in Texas. After being granted permission to bring three hundred families into
The Los Zetas cartel consists of some of the most deadly men in Mexico. Comprised and founded by rogue Mexican Special Ops soldiers they branched off from their former employers (The Gulf cartel) and are now fighting for their territory. Based in Matamoros the Gulf Cartel was the original heavy hitter of Mexico's cartels. Currently the Gulf Cartel is in an ongoing war with the Los Zetas. Lead by El Chapo the Sinaloa Cartel is the current leader of the drug trade in all of Mexico. The cartels are fighting the Mexican government for power over the country. Federal agents target cartels and are able to weaken them but just before the agents can take over a rival cartel comes in and takes the territory starting the whole process over again. The cartels act like a Hydra Kill one Head and two will take its
In the Ted talk called, The Deadly Genius of Drug Cartels, with the speaker Rodrigo Canales, he talks about the following; the violence of the drug cartels, the financial businesses of the drug cartels, and how they're successful with the U.S is involved. First, in the Ted Talk, Rodrigo Canales speaks about the violence of Mexico from the past six years which is caused by the drug dealers. The violence is caused by the drug dealers because it's key to them to have good brand management and having a strong group organization, therefore causing them to be violent. Also, the amount of violence in Mexico was caused by the drug dealers causing 100,000 innocent casualties, which is more deaths than the Iraq war. Next, in this Ted Talk, the speaker Rodrigo Canales explains the financial businesses of the drug cartels and how they're successful and how the U.S is involved with the drug cartels to make the cartels financially stable.
The Chichimeca Wars have been a major role in the Spanish conquest of the Aztecs. The wars or mini battles between the two sides occurred 1550-1590, after much of the new colony of Mexico had already been established. The Spanish ended up engaging in the longest and most expensive conflict they ever had with Indigenous people. The wars started after the land in which the tribe lived was found to be abundant in silver ore and led to the Spanish establishing mines. The Spanish government adopted a policy of “War of Fire and Blood” which meant the death and enslavement, as well as mutilation of the Chichimeca people. The policy had no effect and failed, instead they decided to make peace with the natives was a better option. The Spanish called this process “peace by purchase”. The Spanish learned from the Chichimeca Wars how to effectively deal with native populations that are resistant to the Spanish settling in the future. This stand by the Chicimeca people is significant to the conquering of the Aztecs as it was one of the last attempts made by a native group to stand up against the invaders that were the Spanish colonizing Mexico.
...ation in a 10-vehicle convoy in July, sprayed it with hundreds of rounds of gunfire and then lobbed grenades at it. Rosas Perez survived.” This quote shows just how reckless and violent the cartel is. It also shows how they can have an affect on politics.
As can be seen, the author teaches the readers that gang violence and the pressure to fit in will lead nowhere but trouble within yourself and others.In the article Gang Violence by Gale student resources and content they state that gang violence in the United States has gone up since the mid 1980s and 1990s.“I had certain yearnings at the time, which a lot of us had, to acquire authority in our own lives in the face of police, joblessness and powerlessness.Las Lomas was our path to that, but i was frustrated because i felt the violence was eating us alive.” pg 113. The author shows us how by acquiring authority he loses his self morals, and in that moment in his life he feels powerless and feeling as if he had no choice but to follow in the violent paths.It is important we read fiction because the
II. Main Point 1: The Sinaloa Drug Cartel was created when a previous powerful drug cartel failed due to the arrest of its leader
Our team presentation focused on three Latino gangs, MS-13 (Mara Salvatrucha), the Mexican Mafia and the Los Surenos gang. My part of the presentation was to provide information on the type of crime these three gangs are known to commit. The crimes committed by the MS-13 gang are varied, violent, and take place all over the country. The FBI even put together a task force called the MS-13 National Gang Task Force in December of 2004 to try to put a stop to this gang’s activities. (www.fbi.gov). Los Surenos or Sur-13, originally based in Los Angeles, has also branched out from turf wars with rival gangs to “for profit”, violent crimes across the country. The Mexican Mafia has a similar story to tell as well in regards to gang crimes, which again range from respect crimes, and retaliatory violence to crimes for profit.
People do not want to travel to the beautiful country of Mexico anymore because of this danger. Mexican citizens fear easy things like going grocery shopping because they do not want to be involved in a confrontation between cartels. The young generation gets manipulated by the narcocorrido lyrics. All they see are the riches, but what they do not see is the violence. They can be living in paradise
For the 71 years that the Institutional Revolutionary Party (PRI) was in power, Mexico saw great political, social and economic upheaval. This can be seen in the evolution of the PRI party, whose reign over Mexican society came at the expense of true democracy. “A party designed for power, the PRI's mechanisms for success involved a combination of repressive measures. The party professed no specific ideology, enabling it to adapt to changing social, economic and political forces over time. It attached itself virtually all aspects of civil society, and in this way, it become the political extension and tool of the government.” In 2000, however, the PRI’s loss of its monopoly on political power and institutional corruption gave rise to inter-cartel violence that was created in the political void left after the PAN won the national presidential election. These conditions gave rise to the Zetas: a new type of cartel that changed the operational structure of previous drug cartels. The Zetas operate in a new militant structure associated with a higher brand of violence, which has led it to branch out beyond a traditional drug smuggling enterprise common under the PRI government. Simply put, the electoral defeat of the PRI in 2000 was supposed to usher in a more democratic era in Mexican politics. Instead, the PRI party’s defeat created a state of chaos that gave rise to inter-cartel violence and the birth of the Zetas cartel.
The power that the drug cartels have over the Mexican government and civilians has risen, terrorizing the country as a whole. With the fear the cartels have drilled in the civilians in Mexico, the United States has taken action to aid its neighboring country. In many cases Mexican civilians have had to move for their safety; “people move after their source of income has declined or become less sustainable as a result…of violence [from the cartels] and insecurity” (Albuja 29.) The Mexican military and the United States marines have come together to create safety to the civilians in Mexico. Both the Marines and the military govern over the streets of specific parts of the th...
Mexico has a long history of cartels the deaths, drugs and weapon trafficking is in all time high increasing year by year. “Mexico's gangs have flourished since the late 19th century, mostly in the north due to their proximity to towns along the U.S.-Mexico border. But it was the American appetite for cocaine in the 1970s that gave Mexican drug cartels immense power to manufacture and transport drugs across the border. Early Mexican gangs were primarily situated in border towns where prostitution, drug use, bootlegging and extortion flourished” (Wagner). They keep themselves armed and ready with gun supplies shipped from the U.S, taking control of the drug trades. The violence is spilling so out of control that they overthrew the Mexican government.
Led by the Arellano Felix brothers, the nephews of Miguel, and later their own nephew, Luis Fernando Sanchez Arellano, the Tijuana Cartel suffered through many deaths and arrests, which made the group smaller, yet still influential. Another cartel, the... ... middle of paper ... ... they continue to send troops to regain control of towns and prevent violence and crime in an attempt to make drugs a less prominent factor in their society.
"For the commercial insurgency, border controls are perfunctory in "free trade" areas, and there is still a great demand for goods that are linked to smuggling" (PRISM Issue No 3). President Calderon's term in office has seen numerous arrests and significant cooperation with U.S. law enforcement, and intelligence activities, which has negated the freedom of movement the cartels once enjoyed. It has also prompted them to seek other venues to keep their revenue flowing. The arrests aren't without criticisms. Due to recent arrests of ...
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