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    Drug Cartels In Mexico

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    established its presidency. Under the PRI political rule, drug cartels thrived and eventually became unstable. Until in December 2006, PAN party presidential representative Felipe Calderón rose to power with an established nationalistic political goal to end drug cartels. Ten days later after entering office, marked the first day of large scale operations to send troops against the narco-mafias. Subsequently, murder rates and international drug trafficking have only increased every year since then.

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    Purpose: To inform my audience about the three major reasons why drug cartels are dangerous. Central Idea: The three major reasons why drug cartels are dangerous are their violent exploits, wealth, and power. Introduction I. Let’s say you’re with friends in Mexico on summer break and you’re staying in one of the many beautiful beaches but little do you know that the area that you’re visiting is controlled and monitored by a ruthless drug cartel. II. My name is Luis De La Cruz III. I am here today

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    Introduction: The War On Drugs has been an incredibly long, ineffective and costly initiative aimed at stemming the flow of illegal drugs into the United States with a specific focus on the well-worn trafficking paths snaking inward from south of the Mexican border. The failure of the War is perhaps best reflected in the incredible carnage and violence which continue to grip key border regions like Juarez. This territory, controlled by the notorious Juarez cartel, is the site of ongoing turf wars with rival

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    The major conflict in Colombia is the civil war with insurgent groups, as time went the conflict worsens and new issues were added a result to the civil war in Colombian such as drug traffic, paramilitaries, common crime, poverty, and unemployment. However, the civil war in Colombia affects directly the U.S government interest; as a consequence, that, the insurgent groups in Colombia have as a major financial resource the drug traffic. Therefore, the high position of Colombia in the global production

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    Mexican drug trafficking. This issue is quietly growing more and more dangerous and is prompting policymakers and leaders in Mexico and the U.S. scrambling for a solution. While there are a handful of potential actions to be taken to make headway on the issue, The best way for to address this “drug war” is to decriminalize drugs in the United States, thereby eliminating the market for cartels while simultaneously generating profit and many other benefits for the U.S. America, Mexico, and drugs have

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    Essay On Mexican Cartels

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    Strategies mean nothing in the war on Mexican cartels if the U.S. Government does not get to the root of the issue. As long as there is a demand for drugs in the United States, the cartels will find a way around any security measure. Border protection agents are seeing a steep decline in the trafficking of marijuana since the U.S. legalized the drug. Many think that ending prohibition of illicit drugs is the answer. Right now, America is not winning the war on drugs. The cost involved with prohibition

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    Mexican Drug Cartels

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    Cartels are a big problem in Mexico and are ruining the country; they are a serious mater in the world we live in today. The cartels are formed in groups and structures to control the production and distribution of narcotic drugs. They are criminal groups that develop and control drug trafficking operations. Mexico, the state that is right now is a very heavy situation that is difficult to control. Cartels range from wacky managed agreements and work separately and have rivals they are to dodge. The Country

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    analysis and evaluation of the effects that wars leave on business. Examples of these include embassies that prohibit their citizens to visit those countries in war. If these countries at war base their economy in tourism this will result them to not be economically stable since there is a ban in visiting their countries. Since there is no tourism and no business to survive on, the citizens of these countries may resort to drug business to feed themselves. Wars can impact economic effects and make

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    Essay on The Effects of Cartels in Mexico

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    who were killed before December 2006, the War on Drugs, over ten years, will be fifteen times deadlier than the War on Terror. The level of violence near the border is unacceptable and the United States must share the blame. The rising death toll serves as the proof of what certain people have been saying for years: both the Mexican and American governments need to change their strategy in order to minimize the presence of drug cartels and to

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    Mexican Drug Trade

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    When former Mexican President Felipe Calderón took power in 2006, he vowed to combat Mexico’s drug trafficking problem and to help end the Mexican drug cartel’s influence on Mexico. Calderón quickly began to militarize Mexico’s so-called “War on Drugs,” deploying military personnel and federal police forces; in fact, “the use of military for counternarcotic initiatives increased by 133 percent” (Rosen and Zepeda 24). The result, however, has been more than 175,000 deaths in the past ten years,

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