Ending the Mexican Drug War

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The Mexican Drug War

• Is an armed conflict taking place between rival
  drug cartels and government forces in Mexico.
• It takes place on the border dividing the US and
  Mexico, and within the Mexican borders.

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Participants in the Drug War

• Drug Lords there are some six major Mexican drug
  cartels that control the majority of illicit drug
  trafficking the Sinaloa Cartel, the Tijuana
  Cartel, the Gulf Cartel, the Beltran Leyva
  Cartel, Los Zetas and La Familia.

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Brokers in the United States
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BROKERS IN MEXICO
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Why is it a problem?

• Money, it is costing the United States over 1
  trillion to try to keep the drugs out of the U.S.
• Border Patrol, Border Patrol Agents and Customs
  and Border Protection Officers in Laredo, Texas,
  work to stop illicit drugs from slipping into the
  United States through the countrys largest
  inland port.

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Effect on the Borders

• Constant Patrolling
• 2000 miles of patrolling
• Random Checkpoints

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Drug Related Deaths

• In the Mexican state of Chihuahua, where the
  border city of Juarez is located, there were
  1,649 drug-related killings, 32 percent of the
  national total.  
• As of July 3, 2009, there were an additional
  3,054 drug-related deaths in Mexico, 896 of which
  happened in Chihuahua State.
• According to University of San Diegos
  Transporter Institute, there were 5,153
  drug-related killings in Mexico in 2008.
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Is there a Solution?

• The President highlighted the intent of the U.S.
  to work in close partnership with Mexico to
  combat illegal drug businesss that threatens
  both nations
• President Calderon's battle against drug
  trafficking organizations has not been limited to
  the courtroom.
• The Government of Mexico has employed forces from
  seven government agencies, spending in excess of
  2.5 billion in 2007 to improve security and
  reduce drug-related violence.
• Mexico has deployed more than 12,000 military
  troops to over a dozen Mexican States.
• Anticorruption initiatives and institutional
  reforms by the Mexican Government have enhanced
  the DEA's ability to share sensitive information
  and conduct joint investigations.
• Joint operations on both sides of the border
  caused traffickers to hold or redirect the
  movement of drugs and money, thus allowing law
  enforcement to intercept and make arrests.

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What can you do?

• D.A.R.E was founded in 1983 in Los Angeles and
  has proven so successful that it is now being
  implemented in 75 percent of our nation's school
  districts and in more than 43 countries around
  the world.
• a police officer-led series of classroom lessons
  that teaches children from kindergarten through
  12th grade how to resist peer pressure and live
  productive drug and violence-free lives.

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