Main Point 1: The Sinaloa Drug Cartel was created when a previous powerful drug cartel failed due to the arrest of its leader Sub Point 1: Tessa Vinson explains the origins of The Cartel in the Spring 2009 issue of The Monitor. Chinese immigrants working on the railroads brought with them the knowledge of how to grow poppy. Poppy is a plant which contains opium which is a source for many other drugs. As the need for poppy grew in demand Sinaloens began to export it through the Pacific
As with the Anglo-Americans in the rest of the US, having domestic servants was a marker of status. Servants were usually Chinese men in the late 19th century followed by Japanese in the start of the 20th century. Women did not become servants until many Japanese women immigrated. However, it took about 13 years for the domestic service sector to be feminized. Eventually Japanese