Mexican Drug Cartel Satire

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Alecx Cardinez
Mr. Sandquist
English 4
18 April 2018

Mexican Drug Cartel Many teenagers in Mexico are being recruited to be a part of drug cartels. They are blackmailed or forced to become part of crimes. Some teenagers are part of drug cartels because of poverty. With this current issue, teenagers are being killed and arrested every day for smuggling drugs and weapons across the border in the United States. Drug cartels started in 1980 led by Federal Police agent Miguel Angel Felix Gallardo also known as “The Godfather”. Miguel Angel Felix Gallardo increased his power by affiliating with the Colombian cartels in the 1980s, he hid out in his hometown with his family as his partners in crime however, his family was arrested for murdering …show more content…

Rehabilitation should also be implemented in helping those teens who are affiliated with drug cartels cope up with a normal life not including drugs, weeds or cocaine that destroys their life. This would also help them find a better job and career that does not involve illegal smuggling that can risk their lives. Teenagers who are affiliated with drug cartels should receive help to get them out of their current situations. Teenagers aren’t that good in making decisions which is why they should be more educated to help them realize and learn that selling and smuggling drugs isn’t the only solution to getting out poverty, there is much more out in the drug world that is a far more better opportunity for them than dealing with drug …show more content…

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