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The Sinaloa Cartel: The Rise Of The New Mexico

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The land that is known for spring break hopefuls, is shrouded in a new and everlasting wave of gunslinging villains and corrupted officials with trucks full of dope. This is the new Mexico. The following will consist of how Mexico has changed, the people in charge of this change, and the everlasting flow of narcotics in a once beautiful country. The ‘Grower’s Council’ ;Comprised of a group of many farmers that allow the flow of narcotics on their farmland and vast acres of crop. This organization is full of rich farmer and orchard owners. Illegally transporting their own “cash crop” to make even more money. (Taub 2018). These farmers are operating their Avocado farms on the “territory of the cartel” to make money without any remnants of fingerprints …show more content…

The Sinaloa Cartel, the most influential and powerful cartel has plunged itself on newspapers and in civilian tongues since it’s arrival in the late 1980’s. (Mexico's most-wanted: A guide to the drug cartels, 2017). The Sinaloa cartel was novice to the growth of marijuana in cartels when it started, but dominated in this field for many years. The rise of Joaquin “El Chapo” Guzman was very important to the extended empire and dynasty of the cartel to cover most of Mexico’s diverse climate. Most of these members are “blood brothers” separated only by a mother or father, meaning family is very important to them; making ties to each other very strong. (InSight Crime, …show more content…

According to the US Drug Enforcement, the Mexican Drug Trafficking organizations are the largest foreign supplies of Methamphetamine, heroin, and Cocaine to the United States. Cartel profits for marijuana are on the down low, after the introduction of the legal substance in some states. (Lee 2017)(Renwick 2017). The ease of the flow of narcotics have lead to new users of the most dangerous substances every day, this is an ever growing concern in the land of the drugs. Drug use has been directly correlated and easily targeted to Mexico because of the simplicity of getting your next hit; an expensive and expansive habit for a lot of Mexican people growing up in the age of drug cartels. This growing percentage of new users has risen every year since 2002; with 4.1 percent user rate, to a 9.9 percent raise at the end of 2016. (Partlow 2017). Drug use was easier now than ever to get when top drug lords were killed, causing turf wars and the ease of acquiring drugs. In 2009 Mexico had passed a law where having a “personal amount” of any substance was no longer a criminal offense, just a suggestion to go seek treatment; after the third offense, however, treatment was mandatory. This campaign was mainly targeted at people between 12-25, the most affected group by the drug trade. (Mexico 2018).
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