In San Diego, North Count, gang activity has Rudy Espudo, the leader of a Mexican Mafia group, pleaded guilty to his organized crimes involving the mafia. He is known for drug trafficking, violence, and extortion. Espudo has been involved in the Mexican Mafia by encouraging other gangs to pay “taxes” to the main Mexican Group, “La Eme”. Paying taxes the smaller groups in order to get supplies such as illegal substances to sell. Espudo played a leading role in his gang that was under the protection of the Mexican Mafia.
Capitalism came into the world dripping from head to foot, from every pore, with blood and dirt.” writes K.M. Although it states the drawbacks and foulness of the Columbian Exchange advancements it fails to note recognize the innovations and progress created by
Introduction Written and published in 2008 by Paul Gootenberg, History professor and Latin American studies at University of New York at Stony Brook, “Andean Cocaine: The Making of a Global drug” retraces the pivotal stages of the illicit cocaine trafficking, starting from the boundless coca fields in Latin America to the chemistry laboratories in Europe up until the streets of U.S. cities. The aim of this book review is to provide the reader with a short but detailed insight of what is the main content of the book, by paying particular attention to its structure, objectivity and style. Scope & Organisation Adopting a meticulous chronological approach, Gootenberg describes the infamous and complex untold history of cocaine, analysing and
Their company would collaborate with the corrupt dictators of Guatemala, specifically that of Manuela Estrada Cabrera that would help aid them in becoming the most powerful corporation in Latin America at the
He used an unprecedented 22 private Boeing 747 jets to move cocaine from Mexico to the United States, and his net worth is $25 billion. To protect himself, he altered his appearance with plastic surgery; however, he died during the
Even though he would go and sell drugs he would give money to the poor. He was very sympathetic to the people. El Chapo gave money to the economy. He also would help the poor and the facilities. El Chapo went around and did as possible as he could even though he was a criminal.
Mr. Junot Díaz’s paper titled “The Money” is a paper about the struggles of growing up as a Dominican, or less specifically an immigrant, in America. The paper offers a brief gimps into Mr. Díaz’s life as a young man, it shows his family structure and his neighborhood structure. It shows the type of people he had to deal with growing up and how he handled the way these people acted. The point of the text is to show how Mr. Díaz lived as a young man though one specific life experience.
Over history many men have rose to power, coming from nothing and in one case, a man named Pablo Escobar grew to a new level of power by reinventing the drug trade. Pablo's life started and ended with crime . This man used terror attacks to instill fear into the heart of those who challenged his power. After years of running from the law, Pablo finally agreed to give himself up under one condition. He would serve time in a prison that he would design and build himself.
Richard Nixon implemented the Drug Enforcement Committee also known as the DEA in 1973, to combat the transport and trafficking of drugs and to enforce drug control. Seven divisions in the organization report to the administrator, and they all work in harmony to fight the drug trade. A big problem the DEA is currently facing is the escape of notorious drug lord, Joaquin Guzmán, also known as “El Chapo.” El Chapo is the famed leader of the Sinaola cartel, which his uncle was Pedro Avilés Pérez pioneered. He is the most wanted man in Mexico and the DEA is currently offering a reward of five million USD for information leading to his arrest.
Title The average person wouldn’t spare a few dollars to help a starving person, but the Mirabal sisters sacrificed everything in order to help complete strangers . It has been almost a year since the horrid night when the Mariposas were brutally murdered by the tyrannical ruler Rafael Trujillo, and there is only one question which everyone is talking about. Was all of the sacrifices that the Mariposas made worth the end of Trujillo’s reign? The answer to this question is answered by answering another.
Corruption can be found anywhere at any time. Even dating back to the Mesopotamia Era, there has been corruption found within society. Nowadays, however, corruption has been mostly discovered in the government. Even though numerous countries’ governments are filled to the brim with corruption, Mexico’s corruption is a major world concern because it affects superpowers. Corruption within Mexico’s government is mainly due to the long drug war and police officers betraying the system.
Colombia was where the leader of the Medellin Cartel, drug lord, and narco-terrorist Pablo Escobar was born. He made so much money in the drug trafficking business that he made it into Forbes magazine. Mexico was where the leader of the Sinaloa Cartel Joaquín “El Chapo” Guzman was born. The world’s current major drug lord is now sitting extradited in prison in the USA. Mexico’s drug war has been going on since 2006 when president Felipe Calderon launched an intensive counternarcotics campaign.
The beginning of Escobar’s reign over the law started in 1976. Pablo and his cousin Gustavo had been arrested for illegal possession of 39 pounds of cocaine. The charges that had been charged against them were very serious. Pablo had influenced the judge to free them by a bribe. It was soon after the case had been attempted to be reopen by a different judge who wanted Pablo arrested for his actions, and knew the prior process of Escobar’s trial was unjust.
Nevertheless, many people believe that the human trafficking issue has been blown completely out of proportion and that most women choose to work in a sexual capacity. Weitzer, a professor at George Washington University believes that human trafficking is not as large a problem as many citizens may believe. He stated that “…a ton of money indeed has been thrown at the problem — funding dubious ‘research’ as well as enforcement and interventions in the form of raids.” In his opinion, this money is doing nothing to stop human trafficking and should be used in a more helpful way for the United States. Corvid a dominatrix and journalist, believes sex work is real work and should be treated as such.
Human trafficking is a transnational phenomenon that comes second only to drug trafficking in the organized crime industry. Human trafficking, as we know it today is also called, “modern slavery.” Human trafficking is after all a business that produces billions of dollars. There are two different types of human trafficking, labor trafficking and sex trafficking. They both have various causes and ways to try and stop human trafficking.
