Mexican Drug Violence

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"Our excessive use of drugs indicates a deep despair in the country. Drug problems are just bringing us that message. When despair is greatest, drug use is greatest: the very poor and the very rich. Barrios and boredom produce a need to escape. What to do about barrios and boredom? Killing the messenger (jailing drug users) has only made the problem worse. It is easier to declare war on the messenger than to do something about the message” (Peter McWilliams “Ain’t Nobody’s Business If You Do: The Absurdity of Consensual Crimes in a Free Society). The Mexican Drug War is a monstrous, armed conflict among drug cartels who fight each the for regional control, and is also among the Mexican government attempting to control drug trafficking. Mexico’s drug cartels are among the most powerful in the world. These cartels are constantly impacting both Mexico and the United States with violence and drugs. Although it might be difficult to consider a Mexican drug cartel a monster, in reality it is because it fit’s the characteristics common to many fictional monsters.

A cartel, a consortium of independent organizations formed to limit competition by controlling the production and distribution of a product or service, like a monster, always has a motive. According to Martinez and others, the drug cartels main motivation is greed. Cartels have greed when they achieve high levels of power, according to Duff and Rygler. Another characteristic of greed that drives the cartel’s motivation is their want to gain more land and knowledge of their power by other cartels, according to BBC News: Latin America & Caribbean. Drug cartels are made up of the most greedy, monstrous people who that care not for who they hurt as long as they get wh...

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...er. Imagine what the world would be like if homes, schools, work places, and communities would be taken over by these monstrous drug cartels.

Works Cited

BBC News: Latin America & Caribbean. “Q & A Mexico’s Drug Related Violence.” BBC News. 26. Aug. 2011. Web. 28 Sept. 2011.

Delsol, Christine. “Drug Violence in Mexico: Are Tourist Zones the Latest Victims?’ SFGate. 6 Apr. 2011. Web. 28 Sept. 2011.

Duff, Devon and Jon Rygler. “Drug Trafficking, Violence, and Mexico’s Economic Future.” Knowledge@Wharton. 26 Jan. 2011. Web. 28 Sept. 2011.

Forsythe, Clara. “Woman Targeted by Mexico Drug Violence.” Insight. 5 Aug. 2011. Web. 28 Sept. 2011.

Martinez, Michael and et al. “52 Killed In Attack at Mexican Casino.” CNN World. 26 Aug. 2011. Web. 9 Oct. 2011.

Public Broadcasting System. “Mexico’s Youth Slips Into Drug Violence.” PBS. 16 Aug. 2011. Web. 28 Sept. 2011.

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