Drug Cartels

One of the more recent events that have occurred in the past few years affecting the United States is the drug war in Mexico. This recent trend of events began to escalade in 2006. Although, there has been drug smuggling since the 1970's, but has become worse in 2006. In 2006, cartels killed thousands of people in Mexico and began a war for control of narcotics and transportation of narcotics. There are different cartels and some examples are Los Zetas, La Familia, Sinaloa Cartel, and Gulf Cartel. The President of Mexico, Felipe Calderon, issued war against cartels, but faces another problem. Part of the Mexican government and police force is corrupted and had associations with cartel members. One of the reasons for this is the low pay of Mexican officials, and seek more money and better pay with cartels. Mexican officials believe that after the escape of Joaquin "El Chapo" Guzman in 2001 from a high security prison, the war on drugs began to escalade. There have also been a number of kingpin druglords that have affiliation with drug cartels and both the United States and Mexico have set a bounty for each of them. I think this event has escalated into a dangerous situations for people living in Mexico. Mexico first has to make sure and take care of the poverty of the families and people live in, and is probably one of the main causes of cartel's existence. The Mexican government also has to make an effort to fight off cartels, and not give in to the desire of money. The United States also has to help combat the drugs and firearm entered illegally into the United States, as it has caused more problems. The killings of thousands is unecessary, as more than one thousand have been killed last year alone. Mexico and the United States have to work together to combat these cartels and what they stand for.
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