possible instead of relying on an internal split like what had occurred with the Los Zetas cartel. Another example of a cartel splitting is what had occurred to the La Familia Michoacana cartel. However, the result of the split is not as favorable to the Mexican government as it was with the Los Zetas cartel. Although La Familia Michoacana was a powerful cartel,
increase... ... middle of paper ... ...anta Muerte is very popular in major cartel strongholds. Authorities have linked La Santa Muerte to prostitution, kidnapping, smuggling, and homicides. Most criminals like to pray to her for a successful job completion. These 2 saints are considered to be the “Saints of Drug Traffickers” Malverde is strongly worshipped in Sinaloa. La Santa Muerte can be found in most drug houses/warehouses, painted on the walls, shrines, and murals.People are just plain afraid
Mexico’s geographic position has served its country well in exporting and importing goods but it also has inflicted other kinds of illegal markets. Illegal trade has always been active between United States and Mexican borders, for example, in 1920 when alcohol was prohibit in the U.S, Mexico was its supplier. In 1980, Mexico did contraband narcotics but in small scales with connections from the Colombian cartels. But since the Colombian cartels in 1990s were dismantled Mexico then took over the
Organization Why not other letters of the alphabet such as “A”, “B”, or “C”? The letter “Z” or “Zeta” in Spanish was the radio code given to members of the Federal Police in charge of a city (Los Zetas, n.d.) The Zetas TCO first commander, while under the Gulf Cartel, was Arturo Guzmán Decena, whose radio call sign was “Z1”. After Guzmán Decena (Z1) was killed in November of 2002 in Matamoros, Tamaulipas by members of the Mexican Military, Heriberto Lazcano (Z3) took over the paramilitary group;
reconocido en la ciudad de Barcelona. En este ensayo discutiré brevemente la vida de este famoso arquitecto, Antoni Gaudí, también platicare sobre la influencia y su estilo que se puede apreciar en la ciudad de Barcelona. En mi ensayo detallaré y estudiare tres de las obras maestras de Gaudí, que hoy en día turistas de todas partes del mundo pueden visitar y apreciar en la ciudad de Barcelona. Primero presentare al gran arquitecto, Antoni Gaudí, siguiente hablare de la Sagrada Familia, y después
Mexico’s Attorney General’s Office (Procuraduria General de la Republica, PGR) had issued information related to the conformation of the seven principal drug cartels present at Mexico: Tijuana Cartel / Arellano Felix Organization The eleven Arellano Felix brothers were part of a middle-class family, five of them engage in smuggling clothing and electronics before entering the drug trade. Their uncle Felix Gallardo was no stranger to criminal activity, since being the top leader of the Tijuana
organizations and crimes have been on the rise. In Mexico, over 70,000 people have lost their lives in crimes and violence associated with the leading cartels of Mexico. These leading cartels include: The Beltran Leyva, Gulf Cartel, Juarez Cartel, La Familia Michoacana, Los Zetas and the Tijuana/Arellano Felix Cartel. One of the most important effects of these cartels is in the social life of the citizens. Most of the citizens are terrified of these cartels, to the point where streets seem vacant because
By definition drug cartels are consider as any organization that promotes, controls, or is significantly involved in drug trafficking. But most of the drug cartel, also traffic other artifices. The first cartels to appeared and to smuggled drug in the United States were the Columbian cartels. Then, the Mexican cartel learn from them and then overpower them. Now, they control drug market and its transportation through the border between Mexico and the United States (a 1,900 miles long border). Cocaine
We often hear stories about the Cartel and the drug wars and they aren’t the good stories we like to hear. It is a twisted situation, with the uprising conflicts between the Cartels and drug enforcement agents, between the corrupt and the corruptible, and those who have power and those who have no power. Then you have your hundred and thousands of citizens that work all day, who meets the violence from all possible sides. Cartel Land takes an in-depth look at the effects of vigilantism from both
Organized crime in South America has been the top most dangerous organized crime groups in history. South America is made up of Colombia, El Salvador, Guatemala, Peru, Honduras, Bolivia, Venezuela and more. In my own opinion these countries are beyond dangerous, looking back to 2006-2007, Mexico was a beautiful place for tourists from all around the world that wanted to come and explore there beaches, ruins, culture and more. But nowadays not only Mexico but all of these countries are threats to
With the amount of violence already in the world, we would think that people are doing everything in their power to cease it; so why is it that people continue to join gangs? Why do gangs live on? We all want to feel connected with something or someone, gangs, in particular have a strong sense of unity. Unity is sometimes all we need to feel “complete”, we all have our opinions on gangs, but there’s no denying that gangs have a long history of recruiting members, news reports, violence, recently