Gangs in Vancouver: Mara Salvatrucha, Triad, Mexican Drug War, Hells Angels, Salvadoran Civil War, Sinaloa Cartel, la Familia Michoacana, Edwin...
- ISBN-10
- 1230503099
- ISBN-13
- 9781230503097
- Pages
- 46
- Language
- English
- Published
- 2013-09
- Publisher
- University-Press.org
- Author
- Source Wikipedia
Description
Please note that the content of this book primarily consists of articles available from Wikipedia or other free sources online. Pages: 45. Chapters: Mara Salvatrucha, Triad, Mexican Drug War, Hells Angels, Salvadoran Civil War, Sinaloa Cartel, La Familia Michoacana, Edwin Ramos, Crips, 2009 Vancouver gang war, United Nations, Sin Nombre, 14K Triad, Wah Ching, Bacon Brothers, Red Scorpions, Independent Soldiers, Big Circle Gang. Excerpt: The Mexican Drug War is an ongoing armed conflict taking place among rival drug cartels, who fight each other for regional control, and Mexican government forces who seek to combat drug trafficking. Although Mexican drug cartels, or drug trafficking organizations, have existed for a few decades, they have become more powerful since the demise of Colombia's Cali and Medellin cartels in the 1990s. Mexican drug cartels now dominate the wholesale illicit drug market in the United States. Arrests of key cartel leaders, particularly in the Tijuana and Gulf cartels, have led to increasing drug violence as cartels fight for control of the trafficking routes into the United States. The U.S. Department of Justice estimates that the wholesale of illicit drug sale earnings range from $13.6 billion to $48.4 billion annually. Mexican drug traffickers increasingly smuggle money back into Mexico in cars and trucks, likely due to the effectiveness of U.S. efforts at monitoring electronic money transfers. Mexican ArmyGiven its geographic location, Mexico has long been used as a staging and transshipment point for narcotics, illegal immigrants and contraband destined for U.S. markets from Mexico, South America and elsewhere. During the 1980s and early 1990s, Colombia's Pablo Escobar was the main exporter of cocaine and dealt with organized criminal networks all over the world. When enforcement efforts intensified in South Florida and the Caribbean, the Colombian organizations formed partnerships with the Mexico-based traffickers to transport...
