Violence in Sinaloa

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With the world we live in today it’s difficult to get away from all of the crime and violence that occurs everyday. Some places more than others and a great example of that if one was to compare a place like Hawaii to a place infested with violence like Sinaloa a state in Mexico. This is home to one of the most dangerous and powerful drug trafficking cartels the world has seen up to date. The state has been known for long time as a state that is the heart of the contraband trading in Mexico. This region lies in the Northwestern part of Mexico and basically borders the Gulf Of California. They have been accounted to have spread out to near by states on the West Coast to all of the Southern States and spanning all to way up to Chicago.
The cartel all started with small families that farmed went from being in the contraband trade to being involved into the trafficking of drugs. In the late 1960s moving in the 1970s, the trafficking of marijuana in bulk had begun. This was the beginning of what was going to become Mexico’s most powerful gang and cartel. It is all looked over by one man, who goes by the name of “El Chapo” Guzman. Who is considered the most wanted man on the planet by the U.S. government and they have placed a $5 million reward for a lead to his arrest. As anyone would assume just from reading on how wanted their leader is, this cartel is a force to be reckoned with.Most of their murders either involve the beheading of the people they intend to murder of placing the bodies in acid to leave no evidence at all. In recent memory, they have had a lot of bloodshed over the control of territory of Ciudad Juarez against the Juárez Cartel.
They have not only gotten stronger and more powerful over the years, but they have gro...

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...overnment. the victim to the massive amount of money going to this so called “War on Drugs” is our own economy. The money could easily be spent somewhere else, but the U.S. continues to spend more in hopes of winning this war.
Remember the name of this cartel as I will once again repeat their name, the Sinaloa Cartel for they are considered the most powerful cartel in the Western Hemisphere. They control almost if not all of the marijuana and other illicit drugs heading into the U.S. via Mexico. The strategy of the cartel is to “bribe over bullet” in other words, use money to get what they want over using violence. This has proven to work out extremely well, for they have infiltrated the Mexican Government, police, and military with their ways. All overlooked and masterminded by one man “El Chapo” Guzman, who is the most wanted man by the U.S. authorities.

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