has been fighting drug cartels and their violence since December of 2006, since then, the activity between these organizations and crimes have been on the rise. In Mexico, over 70,000 people have lost their lives in crimes and violence associated with the leading cartels of Mexico. These leading cartels include: The Beltran Leyva, Gulf Cartel, Juarez Cartel, La Familia Michoacana, Los Zetas and the Tijuana/Arellano Felix Cartel. One of the most important effects of these cartels is in the social life
in charge of a city (Los Zetas, n.d.) The Zetas TCO first commander, while under the Gulf Cartel, was Arturo Guzmán Decena, whose radio call sign was “Z1”. After Guzmán Decena (Z1) was killed in November of 2002 in Matamoros, Tamaulipas by members of the Mexican Military, Heriberto Lazcano (Z3) took over the paramilitary group; Lazcano remained in control of the group through its split from the Gulf Cartel in February 2010 and to become its own TCO until his death in October of 2012 (“El origen
Colombian cartels. But since the Colombian cartels in 1990s were dismantled Mexico then took over the wholesale of illicit drug market. The Drug cartel conflict started in December 2006 when Mexico’s former President Felipe Calderon took office. President Caldron declared war over all drug cartels, and dismissed many corrupted police officers that participated in organized crimes. Roughly around 3,200 officers were fired and in replace Calderon added 50,000 troops to help combat the cartels. By 2007
When the Mexican drug cartel first started out in the 1950’s and 60’s there were not many cartels, but since then there has been a dramatic increase in the number of cartels and the cartels have had a significant impact on the U.S. Throughout the drug cartels’ existence, an estimated 60,000 drug cartel members have been killed fighting other drug cartels for territory. Mexico is a main supplier of marijuana and methamphetamine in the U.S. and nearly 90% of the cocaine that enters the U.S. transits
once dominant Juarez Cartel and the current reigning rival Sinaloa Cartel spurred the homicide rate in this crucial drug trafficking route. Recent speculations are that the Sinaloa Cartel led by Joaquin “El Chapo” Guzman Loera has surpassed the waning Juarez Cartel and taken control of Ciudad Juarez’s territory (Shoichet). Just like both groups are to blame for the colossal amount of murders
central and southern states of Mexico. Major actors involved in the conflict: The major players involved in the conflict are the main drug cartel groups that occupy different regions of Mexico (some of which are: La Familia Michoacán, the Gulf Cartel, Los Zetas, the Beltrán-Leyva Organization, the Sinaloa Cartel, the Tijuana Cartel, and the Juárez Cartel) that cause most of the criminal violence in Mexico. Other key players include the institutions of the Mexican and U.S. government that oppose
The Sinaloa Cartel Joaquin El Chapo Guzmán has been one of the most persecuted drug traffickers, both by Mexican and American authorities. For years he has remained at the head of the Sinaloa cartel, one of the most controlled criminal organizations in drug trafficking. The Sinaloa cartel is located in the town of Culiacan, in the northern state of Sinaloa. Its main leaders are Joaquin El Chapo Guzman and Ismael Zambada García alias El Mayo. He competes for the territory with other cartels like Los
By definition drug cartels are consider as any organization that promotes, controls, or is significantly involved in drug trafficking. But most of the drug cartel, also traffic other artifices. The first cartels to appeared and to smuggled drug in the United States were the Columbian cartels. Then, the Mexican cartel learn from them and then overpower them. Now, they control drug market and its transportation through the border between Mexico and the United States (a 1,900 miles long border). Cocaine
for Mexican Drug cartels role in organized crime. Throughout the last few years laws regarding Marijuana in the United States have become more lenient. These laws are paving the way for Marijuana to be sold legally in shops and fade away from the black market. Prior to this transition, the Mexican Drug Cartels sold cannabis in large amounts to dealers in the United States. Despite the large amounts of Marijuana that Border Protection seized frequently at the border, the cartels would still profit
Organized crime in South America has been the top most dangerous organized crime groups in history. South America is made up of Colombia, El Salvador, Guatemala, Peru, Honduras, Bolivia, Venezuela and more. In my own opinion these countries are beyond dangerous, looking back to 2006-2007, Mexico was a beautiful place for tourists from all around the world that wanted to come and explore there beaches, ruins, culture and more. But nowadays not only Mexico but all of these countries are threats to
Mexican Cartels Mexican Cartel’s beginnings have a interesting story. Mexican Cartels came to be when Pablo Escobar, the most powerful drug lord, started expanding even farther than just Colombia. He needed a quicker and more efficient way to get the product to the people who actually bought them. Mexico was a perfect spot to transport all the merchandise to United States. The gangs that distributed these products made a deal with Pablo Escobar and received some share of the merchandise for their
This paper attempts to examine the characteristics of the Sinaloa Cartel, which is revered as one of the most well established criminal organizations in Latin America having been quoted by Columbian newspaper El Tiempo, as controlling 35% of the cocaine exported from Columbia. Columbia itself is regarded as the largest producer of cocaine in the world. They have long been known to exploit transnational commerce and communications to protect and guide their illicit, profit driven activities. The
The Zetas can trace their origin back to the year 1999, while during an intense war the new head of the Gulf Cartel a man by the name of Osiel Cárdenas Guillén recruited the aid of the retired army officer, mentioned above, Arturo Guzmán Decena with the hopes of maintaining order in the turmoil of his current conflict. Once Decena became established as a high ranking member of the Gulf Cartel, using the promise of greater pay and more liberty, he was able to bring over thirty deserters from the Mexican
The arrest of Joaquin ‘El Chapo’ Guzman was a victorious circumstance for the Mexican government, who have been closing down on his presence for the recent past years. Mexican authorities began taking down high ranked members of the Sinaloa Cartel including two of Guzman’s main associates. On February 22, 2014, the world’s most wanted man had also been captured. Although the biggest drug lord has been captured, the crime and violence left behind cannot be forgotten. Joaquin "El Chapo" Guzman Loera
very high economic and human cost, the war against drug-traffickers was highly successful in terms of killing and capturing top cartel leaders. Unfortunately the usual effect of a captured cartel leader is not the disappearance of his organization but the inner fighting among it in order to split and establish smaller less organized and disciplined gangs. These smaller cartels and gangs don’t have the economic power to directly confront the Mexican state. That is the reason why they increasingly try