Mexico's Drug War

In this essay, the author

• Analyzes how the illicit drug trade has transformed itself into a self-sufficient global economy in the united states' ongoing "war on drugs".
• Explains that the current power struggles and war on drugs in mexico is reshaping long-held law enforcement policy in the united states.
• Explains that the mexican drug war started with operation michoacan in 2006, but the seeds of the current war were sowed decades earlier.

• Analyzes how the illicit drug trade has transformed itself into a self-sufficient global economy in the united states' ongoing "war on drugs".
• Explains that the current power struggles and war on drugs in mexico is reshaping long-held law enforcement policy in the united states.
• Explains that the mexican drug war started with operation michoacan in 2006, but the seeds of the current war were sowed decades earlier.
• Explains that the dadeland mall massacre of 1979 was the beginning of the new era in cocaine trafficking and gratuitous violence in the united states.
• Explains that while the medellin and cali cartels were two distinct groups, they can be effectively combined into the larger grouping of columbian drug traffickers.
• Describes how the nydetf, and lead investigator kenneth robinson, unraveled the reality of the cali cartel in new york city in the late summer of 1979.
• Explains how columbian authorities and the search bloc were able to substantially dismantle the colombian cocaine traffic of the cali and medellin cartels.
• Explains that 32 local and state law enforcement officers complete ice immigration enforcement training officers graduate after rigorous four-week training.
• Explains alvarado, francisco, and miami new times. miami: see it like a drug dealer.
• States that associated press has confirmed the death of zetas boss heriberto lazcano.
• Explains bates, theunis, "a mexican drug cartel's rise to dominance." the week, january 25, 2014.
• Cites berger, judson, and fox news' article, "cartel connection? senator presses agency on mexico military's incursion into us."
• Opines that the u.s. to embed agents in mexican law enforcement units battling cartels in juarez.
• Analyzes branson's "war on drugs a trillion-dollar failure." cnn.
• States capps, randolph, "the role of local police - appendix f." police foundation.
• Explains that chepesiuk, ron, authored the bullet or the bribe: taking down colombia's cali drug cartel.
• Opines that chepesiuk, ron, "the fall of the cali cartel." crime magazine, october 21, 2006.
• Explains that drug enforcement administration. major traffickers. schaffer library of drug policy.
• Explains that estevez, dolia, is of "mexican drug kingpin el chapo guzmán's fairy tale: i'm innocent and just a farmer."
• Cites grillo, ioan's article, "mexico cracks down on violence." seattle post-intellegencer.
• Cites human rights watch's world report 2012: mexico, which is available at http://www.hrw.org.
• Cites iaconangelo's article, "el chapo guzmán captured; how did he escape from jail in 2001?" latin times.
• States that jones, steven t., “what does the drug war cost?” media awareness project, june 24, 1999.
• Explains that border patrol report describes 29 armed mexican incursions into us.
• Explains that the number of mexicans killed in the drug war surpasses that of yanks in vietnam.
• Narrates how the mexican army invaded pot plantations. usa today, december 21, 2006. accessed april 9, 2014.
• Analyzes luhnow, david, and jose de cordoba's article, "the drug lord who got away mexican capo unleashes mayhem on u.s. border; the making of a legend."
• Explains malloy, molly, "the mexican undead: toward a new history of the "drug war" killing fields." small wars journal.
• Cites marosi, richard, “anti-drug general ousted.” los angeles times, august 09, 2008.
• Cites marosi, richard, and the los angeles times.
• Explains mccoy, alfred w., the politics of heroin: cia complicity in the global drug trade.
• Explains that mexican troops cross border, hold border agent. newsmax, august 06, 2008.
• Explains miller, todd, mexico's emerging narco-state. north american congress on latin america.
• Opines that sen. coburn's report on mexican military incursions into us territory is not rare.
• Cites reuters' article, “u.s. border agent kills mexican teen.” toronto sun, june 08, 2010.
• Explains that after years on run, sinaloa cartel chief 'el chapo' guzman arrested.
• Opines that mexico is transit for 90 percent of cocaine; corruption hinders war on drugs.