Drug cartel

As informed on a television show Primer Impacto during a special report on the drug war in Mexico, they discussed the different methods these criminals use to recruit young teenagers into their cartels. Often times, they take advantage of the misfortune of some of these kids, whether they are just really poor, or their parents died, these people look for the weaker ones. These criminals hand all kinds of weapons to the lonely kids in despair; the most popular weapons often include AR 15 rifles, Uzi

first major cocaine cartels emerged in Medellin cartel and Cali cartel in southwest. (PBS.org, n.d.). Colombia became one of the sophisticated drug trafficking organization and most violent country in globe. It all started with the small cocaine smuggling business and it grew

government. However, the word narco-terrorism has more than just one definition. According to the DEA, narco-terrorism is defined as, “participation of groups or associated individuals in taxing, providing security for, otherwise aiding or abetting drug trafficking endeavors in an effort to further, or fund, terrorist activities.” However, the latest definition of the term

It has been known that poor and corrupt countries are a fertile ground for drugs. They pass by us almost naturally. In the original Netflix series, “Narcos”, is not different. It takes place in Colombia, in the late 70’s to early 90’s. Cocaine had just arrived to the country from a chilean man, bringing with itself a trace of money and death. As a consequence, many people thought it was a good idea to sell that new product. Pablo Escobar was one of the first to do that. Then, huge manufacturing labs

The Columbian group FARC started in the 60s with Manuel Marulanda and Jacobo Arenas. However, its origins can trace back to the civil war when the members of the Columbian Communist Party were dissatisfied with the government. Eventually, when communities were being built. In Marquetalia, Tolima Marulanda built his community. In 1964 it was attacked by the military, which eventually lead to guerrilla warfare. Those who fought back eventually named themselves FARC. After FARC was formed it would

as it is, has a huge issue with the illegal drug market. The Black Market for drugs is so bad in Mexico that millions of people have tried flee the country due constant conflicts between mexican drug cartels. Often, outside of major mexican cities, lands are controlled by different cartels. The activity of these cartels is a huge reason why the United States claims to have an immigration problem with Mexico. As these black market drug cartels smuggle drugs into the United States, they use the profits

(Buehring) One reason that the United States’ “War on Drugs” hurt Latin and South American countries was that it strengthened alliances between rural coca farmers, particularly in Peru, and the drug cartels that generated money for them against local and American governments, who attacked and destroyed the farmers’ way of making money, coca. At the heart of the “War on Drugs” was cocaine. The cocaine business was and still is Latin America’s multinational industry, and ever since its’ establishment

States has been involving itself in foreign policies and issues concerning drug trade, violence and war in developing countries. For example, when overdoses in cocaine started to arise across the country, the U.S. began to suspect issues. Now at this time Pablo Escobar and the Medellin Cartel were creating an international cartel with its basis in Colombia. Now the when we got involved a number of issues arose. These cartels and other groups begin to revolt, causing chaos and in attempt to take over

When actress Kate Del Castillo helped Sean Penn and Rolling Stone Magazine arrange the interview with drug kingpin Joaquin "El Chapo" Guzman, she had plans of making a movie based on his life as the leader of one of the biggest criminal lords in Mexico. However, instead of making money out in the form of a film, she was instead accused of being in cahoots with El Chapo, and an investigation was filed against her. Still, that did not stop the actress from going on with her original plans. Fox News

Located in Colombia, the city of Medellin was one of the biggest drug trafficking organizations in the world since the 1970’s. During the early 1970s the demand for cocaine spreads rapidly in the United States, the limited raw supplies produced in Colombia were build up with coca paste imported from Bolivia and Peru, refined in "kitchen laboratories" in Colombia, and smuggled into the United States. Medellín criminal networks during the mid-1970s transform the cocaine transportation system from petite