Goodwin, Chuck. "Mexican Drug Cartels: Overview." Points Of View: Mexican Drug Cartels (2014): 1. Points of View Reference Center. Web. 8 Oct. 2014. Goodwin, Chuck wrote that mexican drug cartels are the illegal organizations that have taken over Mexico. In the past few years the mexican cartels have been smuggling more drugs into the US territories. Its not only about the drugs but about the violence that its causing in Mexico and its effecting the United States. Fighting for dominance in routes out of Mexico and also protecting their operations. People are dying over drug cartels making people suffer everyday. Mexico went to war with the cartels to try to control the cartels from becoming bigger and stronger. Since 2006 as of July 2010 almost 25,000 people have been murdered from drug trafficking. The main routes for the cartels is through El Paso Texas. Trafficking drugs, money, immigrants, and guns. It effects the United States because some many people use and abuse the drugs that are been past to the US. Cocaine is one of the most imported drug into the US. People think that using drugs is good but in reality that people end up homeless and lonely. People killing other people just to take control of routes. Vella27, Hedi. "Cartel Culture ? Mexico?s War Against Illegal Mining."Cartel Culture ? Mexico?s War Against Illegal Mining. N.p., 27 May 2014. Web. 13 Oct. 2014. This article talks about how the organized crime has infiltrated the mining in Mexico anything but business. Many Parts in Mexico the drug traffic is the biggest business around. The cartels fight for territories taking the miners mines so that they can transport the drugs through underground. Michoacan a state in Mexico that has become the local point of illegal mining. Which the cartels use the mines to hide and move the drugs all around. The Government has been fighting the cartel name La Familia Michoacana. which has been broken down but only to by replaced by the Knights Templar. When the government was breaking dow the cartel in Lazaro Cardenas Michoacan it became a battleground. Many people dying making others move out of state. The government is bringing down many leaders of the cartels. So that the people could have a better life and have a the mines back so they can get back to work and make money for them selfs. "Inside the Mexican Cartels." Inside the Mexican Cartels. N.p., n.d. Web. 14 Oct. 2014. Anabel Hernandez wrote a book name Inside the Mexican Cartels. Its about how the Mexican Cartels are taking over the government. The people in Mexico either they go into the cartels or leave their country. Killing many other innocent people and also children’s The United States blames the Mexicans for all the drugs their is in the US. Its true but they don’t see the fact that the people in the UNited States love to smoke Marijuana and they also like cocaine. So their for if the people from the US didn’t want any drugs they wont be as many drugs in the streets as their is now. But it is also bad because the younger kids making them use drugs fro any cause. This writer is writing about how these people are destroying many families in Mexico as well as in the United Sates. It effects everyone around because people are been scared and afraid. "Mexico Goes After the Narcos ? Before They Join the Gangs." Mexico Goes After the Narcos ? Before They Join the Gangs. N.p., n.d. Web. 15 Oct. 2014. The Mexican government go after the gangs so that the the cartels wont take the gang members into the cartels. The double murder the latest in a series of killing that has brought the drug wars to the edges of Mexico city. The mountain capital of Mexico is been viewed as a safe haven from the cartels violence ravaging other parts of Mexico. The President of Mexico hopes to reverse the trend with new anticrime strategies. Helping the the poor neighborhoods from been killed by theses violent cartels. By sending military forces into the poor neighborhoods protecting them at all times. Also breaking down the gangs helping young boys and girls. By reading this article it tells people how difficult the situations are in other countries. It also affecting the United States in some ways. Some people all they really care about getting their drugs but don’t see what other people got to go thought. "People Smugglers Inc." People Smugglers Inc. N.p., n.d. Web. 17 Oct. 2014. Tim Padgett/Minatitlan wrote an article about people smuggling drugs into the United States |