Mexican War Essay

the U.S. is to blame for the Mexican Drug War. The Ted talk focused on the business aspect of drug cartels, which is something that I don’t hear very often. The debate video was two teams debating to sway the audience’s opinion on whether the U.S. is to blame for the Mexican Drug Wars. While each person had their own unique ideas, it seemed likely most or all of them agreed on one point, and that was that the U.S. did share some of the responsibility for the drug war. In both videos, they discussed

Kevin Holcomb Pepe Zerda PSC 201-B01 22 September 2014 Traffic: The Post-Modern Civil War Traffic is a film written by Simon Moore and Stephen Gaghan, directed by Steven Soderbergh, and released in 2000 by USA Films. The movie tells three different stories. The first story is of two Mexican police officers, which become entangled in the Mexican cartel war, during a drug bust of one of the cartels. The second story in the movie is about a conservative federal judge in Ohio who has been appointed

for years now. The Mexican Drug War is one that has existed for decades which the government’s goal has been to get rid of the drug violence but there hasn’t been any solution to solve this illegal issue. “Under the Presidency of Felipe Calderón (2007–2012) the Mexican government has made an effort to stop their operations using crackdowns. As a result, more than 50,000 people have died in the last six years and drug traffic has not declined” (González, 1). “Although the Mexican government has been

widely propagated myth would have us believe that Mexican drug lord Joaquin "El Chapo" Guzman Loera and his Sinaloa Federation are less violent than many of their competitors. Statements from journalists and analysts allege that Sinaloa is more businesslike than Los Zetas, whose reputation for brutality is well-documented, and that this business savvy somehow renders the group relatively benign. In turn, this has led many to believe that the Mexican government could broker a deal with the leader of

of our populous. I have taken this stance because of the benefits that would arise from legalization. Marijuana has been criminalized for private citizens since 1930’s bringing over 80 years of undue turmoil. The criminalization of marijuana and the war

solve the whole problem, and that in order to end the war on drugs, we simply need to carefully analyze the finances of each political candidate, and eliminate any candidate that is funded by drug money. The problem is, drug cartels are smart; they funnel their money very cleverly in order to not get caught. Often times, politicians will own businesses that will suddenly ‘boom’ due to drug cartel influence. For years, Mexico has been at war with drug cartels, and both sides have been learning and

keep buying more different and more expensive drugs. But if the minimum wage goes down, so would a lot of other laws that are keeping everything even and the laws staying together. “Virtually the entire US illicit-drug market is controlled by seven Mexican cartels, according to the US Drug Enforcement Administration 's 2015 National Drug Threat Assessment Summary” (Bender 1). In Mexico, the drug cartels are a big problem for the U.S. because when the cartel people get arrested they get sent up here

1917, establish ties with NAFTA, and having top racking schools (Meyer & Beezley, 292). Mexico has been successful, but continues to strive to form a consolidated democracy that can solve its current issues. One issue is street crime, being the drug wars where the government has no control of and has its citizens terrorized. Furthermore they are dealing with an economy that is not working for the benefit of its citizens, even though it has potential. Corruption in Mexico is the bluntest issue they

it worked alongside with the Colombian cartel to contraband marijuana, cocaine, and poppy cultivation. (Llana, 2011). The Colombian organized crime group was one of the most powerful groups operating in the 70’s; therefore, they needed to find a Mexican cartel to distribute their goods into the U.S. This is where the Sinaloa cartel became associated with the Colombians and worked together using the Sinaloa’s routes and territories to cross their goods. Correspondingly, you have probably noticed the

elementary school in Acapulco which is really jacked up. Just imagine a little mexican kid walking down the street eating a taco and seeing five heads just in a sack by his school. Today, Mexico is a major supplier of heroin to the U.S. market, and the largest foreign supplier of methamphetamine and marijuana. Mexican production of all three of these drugs has increased since 2005. Which is not a good thing. The drug war has been going on forever. During the 1970s and early 1980s, Colombia's Pablo