Mexican Drug Cartels
The violence associated with illegal narcotics, cartels, and the overthrow of judicial systems and governments has become standard operating procedure for drug cartels. After reading “Mexico’s Drug Trafficking Organizations: Source and Scope of the Rising Violence” by June Beittel (2012), please discuss the history, development, and increased violence associated with Mexico’s drug trafficking organizations.
Instructions: The answer is to be no less than 600 words. APA 6th edition citations and references must be used in the body of the paragraphs (in parentheses) and in a separate reference section under the heading reference.
…………………………..Answer preview……………………After president Calderon won the election in 2006, he made a campaign against drug trafficking organizations. He stated that the increased drug trafficking violence in Mexico was a threat to the state and he sent military troops and police to combat the organizations. The organizations resisted by use of violence. However, the government had succeeded in capturing the DTOs leaders. In 2012, 22 out of 37 most wanted drug traffickers had been captured or killed. Nevertheless, their removal did not have an effect in reducing the violence but increase……………………………..
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