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THE EXTENT OF INFLUENCE AND POWER
THAT LATINO DRUG CARTELS HAVE ON
THE U.S. DRUG SCENE
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THE DRUGS THE CARTELS IMPORT
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THE CARTELS POLITICAL INFLUENCE
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EFFORTS TO COMBAT THEIR ACTIVITIES
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COLUMBIA HAS BEEN
TORN BY POLITICAL
STRIFE WITH THREE
CIVIL WARS DURING THE
19TH CENTURY, AND
TWO IN THE 20TH.
AT THE ROOT OF
COLUMBIAS EASY
VIOLENCE IS AN
EXTRAORDINARY
INDIFFERENCE TOWARDS
DEATH. HOMICIDE RATE
EIGHT TIMES HIGHER
THAN U.S.
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REMEMBER THE CIVIL WARS
REBEL GROUPS SUCH AS FARC STILL ARE
A PROBLEM.
THE ECONOMIC MODERNIZATION OF
COLUMBIA FAILED TO BRING A
CORRESPONDING RESPECT FOR
GOVERNMENT.
IN SICILY WITH THE MAFIA
IN NY WITH THE REFORM/NATIVISM
CONFLICT
IN CICERO,IL WITH AL CAPONE
AND IN THE FORMER SOVIET UNION
CUBAN-COLUMBIAN CONNECTION
MADE UP CUBAN EXILES AFTER THE BAY OF
PIGS INVASION WHO IMPORTED COCAINE
AT FIRST IMPORTED ONLY ENOUGH COCAINE
INTO U.S. TO SATISFY MEMBERS
MID-1960’S,MARKET HAS EXPANDED BEYOND
THE CUBAN COMMUNITY,BEGAN TO IMPORT
THE SUBSTANCE IN GREATER QUANTITIES
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The proportion of people in the United
States who have used cocaine at some time
during their lives is higher—by a factor of
four—than in 16 other nations surveyed by
the World Health Organization (WHO). The
United States also leads in lifetime use of
cannabis and tobacco.(NIDA)
NIDA scientists suggest that the high U.S.
rates are, in part, artifacts of drug
epidemics of the 1970s and 1980s, and they
note that U.S. drug use rates are now lower.
MEDELLIN CARTEL
CALI CARTEL
MEDELLIN HAD A
LONGSTANDING
REPUTATION FOR
SMUGGLING
LOW KEY
“BUY COLUMBIA
RATHER THAN
TERRORIZE IT’
THE MURDER RATE
IS NINE TIMES
THAT OF NY CITY!
BRIBERY OVER
VIOLENCE
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1976-HEADED A SMALL GROUP OF “MULES” WHO
TRANSPORTS RAW COCA PASTE AND BASE INTO
COLUMBIA,PROCESSED INTO COCAINE
COCAINE MARKET SYKROCKETS IN U.S., ESCOBAR
INVESTS IN A FLEET OF PLANES
ELECTED AS AN ALTERNATE REPRESENTATIVE TO THE
NATIONAL ASSEMBLY IN 1982
ESCOBAR SHARES A TRAIT WITH AL CAPONE AND JOHN
GOTTI, HE ENJOYS THE PUBLIC SPOTLIGHT, BUILDS 500
SMALL HOUSES FOR SLUM SQUATTERS
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1984 MINISTER OF JUSTICE RESPONSIBLE
FOR MAJOR SEIZURE OF COCAINE LABS
IS MURDERED
THIRTY JUDGES CONSIDERING
EXTRADITION REQUESTS ARE
MURDERED
1989- PRESIDENTIAL CANDIDATE LUIS
CARLOS GUILAN MURDERED
AVIANCA AIRLINES FLIGHT 203 BOMBED
107 PEOPLE KILLED
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VERTICALLY
INTEGRATED TO
MAINTAIN CONTROL
THROUGH ENTIRE CHAIN
FROM MANUFACTURE
TO WHOLESALE
DISTRIBUTION
ASTRONOMICAL PROFITS
BROKEN LINK IN ANY
STAGE WAS
DEVASTATING
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1990-Escobar
surrenders on
drug charges and
sentenced to
prison, his prison
cell is in a
converted
mountaintop ranch
complete with a
fireplace and a
jacuzzi!
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1992-COLUMBIAN AUTHORITIES DECIDE TO
MOVE ESCOBAR TO A MORE SECURE PRISON
HE ESCAPES IN A GUN BATTLE WITH PRISON
GUARDS
1993- ESCOBAR IS TRACKED DOWN IN A GUN
BATTLE WITH COLUMBIAN TROOPS
1999- 31MEMBERS OF THE OCHOA FAMILY
ARRESTED ON DRUG CHARGES.
2001- FABIO OCHOA SANCHEZ IS EXTRADITED
TO THE U.S. ON DRUG CONSPIRACY CHARGES,
HE EVENTUALLY RECEIVES A 30YR SENTENCE
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Mexican traffickers have been successful in
their efforts. Joseph Keefe (2000) of the Drug
Enforcement Administration (DEA), one of the
principal drug enforcement agencies in the U.S.,
reported that approximately half of the cocaine
available in the U.S. enters the country along
the U.S.-Mexico border. Keefe also noted that
the majority of marijuana and a significant
portion of heroin consumed in the U.S.
emanates from Mexico.
Mexican drug
organizations have
established
methamphetamine
laboratories that have been
estimated to produce 85
percent of the
methamphetamine
available in the U.S. Overall,
Mexican drug traffickers
have become a significant
supply source for most of
the major drugs consumed
in the United States.
www.ncjrs.gov
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LIKE COLUMBIA MEXICO HAS EXPERIENCED
INTERNAL STRIFE WITH CIVIL WARS IN 1876
AND 1911.
THEY ALSO FOUGHT THE U.S. IN 1848 AND
WERE OCCUPIED BY FRANCE FROM 1863-1867
AS IN SOUTHERN ITALY, SOCIETAL FOCUS IS ON
THE IMMEDIATE AND EXTENDED FAMILIES, NOT
ON THE WIDER INTERESTS OF A MORE
IMPERATIVE SOCIETAL GOOD.(pg 174)
CARLOS SALINAS
THE PRESIDENT OF MEXICO
RAUL SALINAS
DRUG CARTEL PROTECTOR
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THE LACK OF TRUST IN
MEXICAN LAW
ENFORCEMENT HAS
RESULTED IN THE
FAMILIES OF VICTIMS
FAILING TO INFORM
AUTHORITIES.
THIS LACK OF TRUST IS
INFLUENCED BY A
CONFIRMED FEAR THAT
IT IS THE POLICE WHO
OFTEN CARRY OUT THE
KIDNAPPINGS.
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Enrique S.
Camarena, was
kidnapped and
tortured by Mexican
drug traffickers on
February 7, 1985. It
is believed that
Special Agent
Camerena's death
actually occurred on
February 9.
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AFTER WW2 THEY STARTED SHIP
HEROIN FROM LABS IN MEXICO TO
RELATIVES IN CHICAGO
AS IN OTHER DRUG CARTELS, FAMILY
TIES ARE HUGE
IN1985 DEA's OPERATION DURANGO
TARGETED THE HERRERA FAMILY,
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AMEZCUAS CARTEL TAKES ADVANTAGE OF THE
1990’S METH EPIDEMIC IN THE U.S.. THEY GREW
FROM LOW LEVEL COCAINE PRODUCER TO
HIGH LEVEL METH PRODUCER.
SINALOA CARTEL SMUGGLE TONS OF COCAINE
EACH MONTH TO THE U.S. BUILT A TUNNEL
BETWEEN TIJUANA MEXICO AND A COMMUNITY
INSIDE SAN DIEGO!
UNLIKE THE AMERICAN
ORGANIZED CRIME
LEADERS, OC LEADERS
IN MEXICO HAVE AT
THEIR DISPOSAL AN
ARMY OF PERSONNEL,
AN ARSENAL OF
WEAPONS, AND THE
FINEST TECHNOLOGY
MONEY CAN BUY!
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GANG WAS STARTED FROM IMMIGRANTS
OF CENTRAL AMERICAN COUNTRY OF EL
SALVADOR
A CIVL WAR THAT BEGAN IN 1980 LEFT
70,000 PEOPLE DEAD AND DISPLACED A
FIFTH OF THE POPULATION
6 TO TEN THOUSAND MEMBERS IN AT
LEAST 42 STATES
ACCESS TO MILITARY ARMS, TRAFFIC
WITH THEM ACROSS THE U.S.
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