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=Mexican Drug Cartels= Jake Luker & Alec Morgan

Background
The Mexican Drug War is an armed conflict taking place between rival drug cartels and government forces in Mexico. 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 Medellín 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

History
Given its geographic location, Mexico has long been used as a staging and transshipment point for narcotics, the most popular being cocaine, illegal immigrants and other 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. . 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.

Escaltion
Many of the problems involving the Mexican Drug War are due to a failure of the goverment to stop the problem. Many local police officers take bribes and support the major cartels. Mexican cartels control large swaths of Mexican territory and dozens of municipalities, and they exercise increasing influence in Mexican electoral politics. The cartels are waging violent turf battle over control of key smuggling corridors from Nuevo Laredo, to San Diego. Mexican cartels employ hitmen and groups of enforcers, known as // sicarios //. The U.S. Drug Enforcement Administration reports that the Mexican drug cartels operating today along the border are far more sophisticated and dangerous than any other organized criminal group in U.S. law enforcement history. The cartels use grenade launchers, automatic weapons, body armor, and sometimes Kevlar helmets. media type="youtube" key="jS1eOaLi0_o" height="403" width="670" align="center"

Possible Solutions
The most efficient way to stop the drug trafficking between the U.S and Mexico is to have the two nations work together and establish a stricter border control system.