...and Administration Drugwar of Mexico The Mexican drugwar hampers the development of the national economy Final paper for the module "Academic Methods of Working" submitted as part of the degree programme Semester Class Authors Bachelor of science Business Administration 2 2i Ardian Beqiri Kevin Leiser Thomas Zbinden 22th May 2013 Benjamin Spycher Benjamin Spycher Date of submission Supervision Responsible for the module Page 2 Contents 1. 2. Introduction .............................................................................................................. 3 Source basis ............................................................................................................. 3 2.1. Research method .................................................................................................. 3 2.2. Documentation of research .................................................................................... 3 2.3. Discussion of the source material .......................................................................... 4 2.4. Summaries ............................................................................................................ 5 2.4.1. 2.4.2. 2.4.3. The Mexican Economy After the Global Financial Crisis ............................................. 5 Inside Mexico’s Drug War ............................................................................................ 5 Drug War - Confronting a shared threat .................
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...What is the impact of Mexican drug cartels in the United States? Andres F Urueta Dr. Maugh LIB-495-GS001 December 5, 2014 Abstract This research paper examines the impact of Mexican drug cartels in the United States. Most Americans are not aware of how far reaching these cartels are in the United States. Their power has an influence in our government and communities. This project examines who the Mexican Drug cartels are, what their purpose is, where they have influences, and when did they start to become a problem for the United States. This paper also touches base on the impact of the drugs that are illegally brought into the United States by these cartels and their methods for justice. These cartels generate billions of dollars at the expense of Americans who become addicted to the drugs that are transported in the United states. Are these cartels a problem of the past or an indication of the future. Contents Chapter 1 Introduction Chapter 2 Literature Review Chapter 3 Research Design and Methodology Chapter 4 Results of Study Chapter 5 Summary and Discussion Table 1 Table 2 Table 3 Table 4 Table 6 Chapter 1: Introduction Introduction The Mexican drug cartels have been a cancer that has grown throughout Mexico. Influenced by Colombian cartels, such as the Pablo Escobar’s Medellin Cartel. In 2008, over 5,600 people were killed in Mexico. Many of them were tortured or beheaded (Hixson, 2009). The cartels have stretched from the border town of Tijuana...
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...Barbara Wigman How to write a paper 9/20/13 LECTURER: W.G. GOLDMAN UNIVERSITY OF APPLIED SCIENCES OF ARNHEM AND NIJMEGEN MEXICO. POOR WRETCH. TABLE OF CONTENTS Introduction ............................................................................................................................................................ 2 Part I: Origins of the war ......................................................................................................................................... 3 Part II: Government versus government ................................................................................................................. 3 Part III: A put-up job? .............................................................................................................................................. 3 Part IV: enclosure .................................................................................................................................................... 4 Bibliography ............................................................................................................................................................ 5 1 HOW TO WRITE A PAPER. BARBARA WIGMAN MEXICO. POOR WRETCH. INTRODUCTION The war-on-drugs is a widely known phenomena all over the world. When pinpointing the war-on-drugs, Mexico is mostly the first country which comes to mind. Poor wretch, or not? It is no big secret that the greatest drug dealer of the world is Mexico...
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...Drug Trafficking in the United States Lilia Rios ENG 122 Louisa Verhaart June 30, 2012 I plan to limit my research to the borders and the Arellano-Felix drug lord. The borders are the ones that have the most influences in the country. Although this is a narrower topic, I am not sure that this topic is narrow enough because of the controversies associated with the war on drugs and the borders. Most of the illegal drugs consumed in the United States come through or from Mexico, and virtually all the revenue of Mexican drug-trafficking organizations comes from sales to the United States. Kleiman Mark, (Article in the September/October 2011 Issue of Foreign Affairs Magazine), "Surgical Strikes in the Drug Wars: Smarter Policies for Both Sides of the Border". The specific claim about this topic in my final paper would be about the way of how one of the most powerful drug organization leader was capture to at least slow down the problem of drug trafficking that comes through the Mexican boarders. The United States government needs to do something and gain control over the drugs that are being trafficked into their country. The policies that are in place do not seem to be doing very much as far as easing the problem this country has with drugs and drug crimes. Society knows that Drug trafficking, crime, human trafficking and money laundering always come together that’s not news to anybody. Being so close to Tijuana Baja California...
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...For the last century the united states has been fighting a multi-billion dollar drug war with the southern border region with México. This research paper focuses on the effects of the drug wars in America. The effects of the drug wars are the illegal substances people bring in & the foreign money that they bring in. What has all the drug wars &trafficking done to our economy? I chose the topic of drug wars & trafficking for many reasons. The first reason was because I live so close to the US-México border and it fascinated me. The second reason was because I was very curious of all the details toward how they bring it and how much they make doing it. The last reason I chose this topic was to just teach myself the basics like how many drugs are crossed over every day. I took several steps in conducting research on the drug wars. First, using my local library I found a book called The reaper's line: life and death on the Mexican border/ by Lee Morgan. Second, by googleing “drug wars” I found an article from the Los Angeles times stating all of the loss of lives due to the cartels. Lastly, I interviewed my neighbor who is a border patrol officer. Example 1 had some positive and negative outcomes for my research. One positive was that I got real facts about the murders & kidnapping on the border. Another positive was the fact that the book had reliable sources. However there were some negative outcomes as well. One was that the book was published in 2006 so...
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...Mexico: Drugs or Democracy Introduction Illicit drug trade between Mexico and the United States, estimated between $17 billion and $38 billion a year in 2009 by the Drug Intelligence Center, has a long and storied past. Cartels operated with relative impunity from government prosecution during the seventy year reign of the Institutional Revolutionary Party, (PRI). The movement from an authoritarian government system of the PRI to the liberal democracy initiated by the election victory of the National Action Party, (PAN), candidate, Vicente Fox, in 2000, disrupted the status quo. Election gains by PAN Representatives disrupted long standing agreements between the cartels and government officials which led to the increased violence that exists today. This paper will explore the history of the relationship between the cartels and the PRI. The effect of the increased violence from the cartels inhibits the efforts of PAN party officials to establish a lasting democracy. Literature Review Research shows the three distinct stages in the development of a cohesive relationship between drug cartels and government in Mexico and identifies the political and economic conditions that have allowed the drug trade to thrive. Comparing Mexico with Columbia, another narcotics state, provides an additional case study on the subject matter and highlights actions utilized successfully. A review of the current political and military efforts to curtail corruption within the government provides...
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...RESEARCH PAPER General Topic: America’s War On Drugs Research Paper Question: How is the elimination of Drug supplies going to affect the economies and social concerns involved in the trade? Research Thesis Statement: The total elimination of illegal drugs in circulation will decrease employment in the US and increase unemployment in Afghanistan and Colombia. ABSTRACT: The "War on Drugs" is a campaign undertaken by the Federal government of the US with the assistance of participating countries such as Co lombia and Afghanistan , intend ed to reduce illegal drug trade to curb supply and diminish demand for certain psychoactive substances deemed harmful by the government. This initiative includes a set of laws and policies that are intended to discourage the p roduction, distribution, and consumption of targeted substances. COST: The U.S. government estimates the cost of the War on Drugs by calculating the funds used in attempting to control the supply of illegal drugs, in paying government employees involved in waging the war on crack, and to satisfy rehabilitation costs. This total was estimated by the U.S. government's cost report on drug control to be roughly $12 billion in 2005. Additionally, in a separate report, the U.S. government reports that the cost of incarcerating drug law offenders was $30.1 billion — $9.1 billion for police protection, $4.5 billion for legal adjudication, and $11.0 billion for state and federal corrections...
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...Arms Trafficking between the United States and Mexico: The Drug Trafficking Nexus Transnational Crime and Globalization By: Katrina T. Mason May 2, 2008 The United States is quite known for their proactive stances on the “War on Drugs”, “War on Terror”, and “War in Iraq”. Some view them as the international police and others view them as the international fiend, but it is in no doubt that the United States takes a very active stance in fighting what they believe is evil and wrong within the world. This is increasingly true for the evils that occur within its own borders such as the continued drug epidemic, domestic violence, child abuse, poverty, gangs, and prostitution (with the exception of Nevada). Unfortunately though, the United States’ stance on legal activities crossing from their own governance into neighboring states where the activity is illegal is not held with the same level of concern or dedication. A primary example of this double standard can be seen on the Mexican-United States border. This is not in reference to the debris from the giant wall being built on the Mexican border falling to the southern side, the young Americans fleeing across the borders to intoxicate themselves, or even the revolution of McDonalds springing up in towns throughout Mexico; but instead to the small arms and light weapons trafficking continually flowing down from the border states into Mexico causing alarming murder rates, economical...
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...the third most popular recreational drug in America (only behind alcohol and tobacco). It also has been proven to be less harmful than alcohol and tobacco in numerous occasions. Which brings up the question why is this drug not legal. In 1905 El Paso, Texas banned marijuana as a way of discouraging Mexican-American subcultures from developing. By the 1930's it was banned over thirty states in America. Marijuana related arrest for possession sadly affect African-American and Hispanics reinforcing the perception that law enforcement is biased and prejudiced against minorities. According to the New York Times "Minorities were nearly four times as likely as whites to be arrested on charges of marijuana possession, even though the two groups used the drug at similar rates, according to new federal data". The laws against this drug are executed primarily against minorities in this country. On June 18, 1971 President Richard Nixon held a press conference regarding our nation’s drug abuse and prevention, the day that he introduced our country to the term "War on Drugs". On this day he declared drug abuse to be "public enemy number one", stating his devotion to more federal resources to the "prevention of new addicts, and the rehabilitation of those who are addicted". This was in response to the cocaine and heroin splurges in the 1970's but this epidemic focused on all illegal psychoactive drugs such as weed, meth, cocaine, heroin, etc. A "War on Drugs" Federal law passed in 1986 which...
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..."Mexico Drug War Fast Facts." CNN. Cable News Network, 15 Mar. 2014. Web. 29 Mar. 2014. This source came from a News website. Listed within the article were many random facts about the war and the cartels involved, as well a timeline of events up until March 9th, 2014 was also listed. I am not entirely sure if the article is bias or not. However, since it did come from a news website I would guess that it was indeed bias. Since I could not really detect any or at least very little bias and the fact that it was clearly up-to-date, this article would be a good source of simple facts about the drug war in general furthermore it would be good for learning more about a multitude of the cartels operating in Mexico. Morris, Stephan D. "Corruption, Drug Trafficking, And Violence In Mexico." Brown Journal Of World Affairs 18.2 (2012): 29-43. Academic Search Premier. Web. 1 Apr. 2014. I located this source via the Colorado State University Library data base page. Although, this source originally came from the “Brown Journal of World Affairs.” This 1source is very much credible because it is an actual research based study that ended up being reported and put onto an academic journal. As well, this report has been peer reviewed multiple times and in order for a report to actually be credible it needs to be reviewed a few times. In regards to the timeliness of the paper, it was published within the last one and a half years, this also adds to the credibility of the paper. Selee...
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...prohibition of alcohol in the 1920s, the government spent millions of dollars trying to enforce an ineffective law it had in place.2 The same can be said about marijuana, but one a much larger, more devastating scale. The “evils” of alcohol were matters of public knowledge, with countless debates leading to the Eighteenth Amendment and later the Volstead Act. It was the direct opposite regarding marijuana. There were no public opinion polls before legislation was passed, and narcotics got dragged along with the largely popular alcohol debate. 2 Legislation against marijuana was a result of three things: decisions uninformed by scientific study or public polls, racial bias towards Mexican Americans, and sensationalistic myths.3 With heavy Mexican immigration in the early 1900s, marijuana, a drug with Mexican origins, became more prevalent as...
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...Marijuana Legalization in the United States Elisha Havraniak Ottawa University LAS 30012 Writing and Critical Thinking in the Liberal Arts October 11, 2013 Marijuana Legalization in the United States Marijuana has had a long history as an illicit drug, but is quickly becoming a mainstream issue. Some people use marijuana to ease their pain and treat their illnesses. Many others use it because of it mood-altering effects. Laws have been passed to regulate both of these uses of the drug. Those who advocate legalization favor easing or overturning laws against the possession and use of marijuana for recreational purposes, medical use, or both. In general most proposals for legalization fall into one of three categories: decriminalization for recreational use, legalization for recreational use, or legalization for medical use. In opposition to these three choices is the option to keep marijuana illegal for both recreational and medical purposes. The purpose of this paper is to explore the facts, pros and cons, regarding the legalization of marijuana. The information for this paper was obtained from scholarly and peer reviewed journal articles, books, and online sources. The research questions answered are as follows; * Could the legalization of marijuana rescue our struggling economy or could it provide much need relief to the overcrowded prison system? * Will the legalization of marijuana lead to a regulation nightmare…can it even be regulated...
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...was made illegal due to some sort of scientific research or experimentation proving its harmfulness. However, it didnt quite go down like that, in fact, its detest history was triggered due to racism, fear, biased propaganda, and protection of corporate industries. I will be covering many topics over marijuana in this journey through its history, but to begin, we need to go over the background history of this plant. For a substantial time of human history, marijuana was completely legal. As a matter of fact, it has been illegal for just over 1% of the time its been discovered and used. Marijuana was used known as far back as 7000 B.C, and legal as recent as 1910. It was introduced to the United States as early as the 1600’s , but wasn’t recognized as a recreational drug until the early 1900’s. The very first marijuana law was enacted in 1619 in Jamestown Colony, Virginia. Believe it or not, this was not a law against marijuana, this law was made to order every farmer to grow hemp seed, and they weren’t the only ones. Over...
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...Mexican Drug Syndicates Week Four Assignment – Research Paper Instructor: 12/20/2015 Table of Contents 1. Cover Page------------------------------------------------------- 2. Table of Contents----------------------------------------------- 3. Abstract----------------------------------------------------------- 4-10. Body-------------------------------------------------------------- 8. Tables & Graphs-------------------------------------------------- 9. References---------------------------------------------------------- Abstract All over the southwest U.S there have been drug cartels which smuggle drugs and weapons from country to country illegally. More recently within the past few years Mexican and U.S. authorities have uncovered multiple tunnels from Mexico to the U.S. which link the two together. The tunnels are used to transport and smuggle these items from Mexico into the U.S. where cartel leaders and generals distribute them to their gangs throughout the country. Also contributing to the issue along our over 2,000 mile long border with Mexico between the United States and Mexico there are well over 7,000 gun dealers on the U.S. side. As we see the drugs moving north, most of the guns are heading south. The most serious issues in my opinion with the cartels are that innocent people are being killed every day due to the violence and greed of money. Mexican Drug Syndicate’s There...
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...Blake Hardnett Mrs. Douglass 18 January 2010 Genocide in Mexico This paper explores incidents of genocide that occurred in Mexico from 1945 to 2001. Research focuses on four main episodes of genocide: the October 2, 1968 massacre in Tlatelolco; the Corpus Christi massacre on June 10, 1971; and Mexico’s Dirty War that occurred from the early 1970’s through the 1980’s; and the genocide of women that has been occurring since the Dirty War. Research indicates that the first three episodes of genocide were the responsibility of corrupt government leaders and the army and police that carried out the genocide under government orders (Krauze 725-752). Luis Echeverria, a leading figure in the Institutional Revolutionary Party (PRI) during the 1960’s and Mexico’s president from 1970 to 1976, was charged with genocide related to these events in 2004. However, the charges were dropped due to a judge ruling that the events took place too long ago (BBC 1). The fourth episode of genocide against women is due to the drug cartels and the corrupt government officials that are involved in crime in Mexico (Ramirez 1-2). From 1945 to 1964, Mexico was booming and prosperous because the Second World War had just ended and modernization and industrialization were priorities for the three Mexican presidents during those years. The presidents in office from 1946 until 1964 were Miguel Aleman, Adolfo Ruiz Cortines and Adolfo Lopez Mateos. During this time, Mexico had good relations with...
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