The United States has dominated drug policy in Latin America, and though it has come a long way since its origins in the late 1980s, so has the drug trade itself. This section will trace the history of the drug war through Latin America: first by analyzing drug policy in Colombia, then...
CARTELS AT WAR: Mexico's Drug-Fueled Violence and the Threat to U.S. National Security Paul...doi:10.1080/09592318.2013.857953Yelena TuzovaU.S. Army CGSCMilitary Review
one of the largest organizations of Mexican farmers, claimed in a press interview that Mexico’s avocado farmers “have data that prove that 225 million pesos [17 million dollars] is the amount extorted by the drug cartels in Michoacán” each year. Citrus growers are also subject to regular ...
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Researchers Note: Acronyms of the Mexican Drug WarJohn P. Sullivan
6 Furthermore, Mexican cartels operate “in more than 230 US cities.”7 In this light, the 40-year-old War on Drugs has failed to defeat “public enemy number one” in its entirety. Illegal drug use still has millions of U.S. consumers whilst narco-violence moved from Cali and Bogotá...
Mexico drug war: marine hero's family killed; Mexican officials announced Tuesday that the family of a fallen marine, who died in a two-hour shootout last week that took down top drug cartel boss Arturo Beltran Leyva, has been shot and killed by hitmen believed to be tied to Mr. Leyva...
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The Drug Enforcement Agency has estimated a kilogram of fentanyl priced at roughly $5,000 can yield $1.5 million in profits when pressed into counterfeit pills, cut into heroin or sold on the street. The profit potential has attracted Mexican drug cartels who represent "the most s...
It is a story often told—although rarely well. For some, the conflict was clear evidence of rapacious foreign powers declaring war against a peaceful nation for the interests of drug traffickers and imperialists. For others, it was a lesson well taught about an arrogant and sclerotic regime,...