Overall Threat Assessment The Gulf Cartel, a criminal drug trafficking enterprise in Mexico, is one of the oldest organized crime syndicates in that country. In 2008, the Attorney General of Mexico stated that the Gulf Cartel exceeded all other criminal organizations in Mexico in terms of presence and violent activity. Since the December 2006, the officially recognized beginning of Mexico’s most recent campaign against the drug cartels, the Gulf Cartel has been involved in kidnapping, torture and
On the 19th of March 2015, an American woman, Sandy Phan-Gillis, who was believed by Chinese officials to be a spy, was stopped at an airport checkpoint in China and has been in detention for six months. The matter became public when she was formally arrested in September. Phan-Gillis, the president of the Houston-Shenzhen Sister Cities Association, a program encouraging friendship and networking between the cities of Houston, U.S.A and Shenzhen, China, arrived in China in March with several other
Dangerous Would you want to live in Herat? Herat has the Taliban living there and is also near active war zones.. If I was living in Herat, I would try to get out of there as soon as possible! Herat is one of the most extremely dangerous cities to live in the world for these reasons. Herat is not a safe place to live because gunfights and bombings are common, the Taliban are not to be trusted, and there is war going on right now. Herat is by far one of the most dangerous cities to live in the world. It
city full of corruption, which is called Juarez, a city with an international reputation for cheap labor, murdered women, and drug cartels. In his analysis, he describe that how do the drug war violence and corruption threaten the government, vicious power bribe and intimidate government officials, "more than 1,300 people were murdered in 2008...... It’s not just hit men and drug smugglers and corrupt policemen; it’s children, teenagers, innocent family members." I think Negron’s reasoning is coherent
Joaquin Guzman Loera, who was known as El Chapo, was the boss of the Sinoloa cartel, an illegal drug organization. According to the U.S.Treasury Department, Guzman was “the most powerful drug trafficker”. Because of that, he became the most wanted person in the world after Osama Bin Laden was assassinated. In addition, he was like one of the world best escapers because he was uncatchable. The Mexican authorities tried to catch Guzman several times, but they failed to do it. He seemed to know that
people like us, but with minds of criminals. b. Background & Audience Relevance: Drug cartels play a big role in Latin American society and the lives of the citizens. c. Speaker Credibility: Doing some research and Going back to my country every summer, I’ve gotten the chance to learn a little bit of what they are capable of and how they live. d. Thesis: Drug cartels have been around for a while now, they are masters at drug trafficking and they aren’t afraid to show their power. e. Preview of Main Points:
It is an intriguing idea that drug cartels are not just trafficking drugs but now also involving innocent people lives. The problem are not just the drugs anymore, but the fact the drug cartels are over powering the government, causing panic in Mexican towns, murdering citizens and the list goes on. The government is even turning to corruption to try to halt these kidnaps, deaths, addictions, etc. Drug trafficking became popular in Columbia around the early 1960’s to 1970’s and from there on new
the leader Miguel Angel Felix Gallardo aka El Padrino or The Godfather divided his turf and fiefdom into various sectors. In 1989 Seven months after taking office veteran drug warrior George H.W. Bush made his first televised addressed to the nation “All of us agree that the gravest domestic threat facing our nation today is drugs”. He proposed
the drug world and Columbian Politics from 1975 to 1993 as he became the largest supplier of cocaine in the United State. Escobar controlled 80% of the cocaine smuggled into the United states (source A). This made him one of the most powerful drug lords and by the mid-1980s, the seventh richest man in the world according to Forbes (source B). Pablo Escobar also dabbled in the political areas of Columbia where he was elected to be an alternative in the House of Representatives for the Columbian Liberal