In recent years, the United States has set up sting operations in Mexico to infiltrate some of the country’s most powerful drug cartels. They use Mexican informants such as law enforcement officers, elected officials and cartel operatives to hide their involvement due to the fear of corruption and laws prohibiting American security from getting involved on Mexican soil. However, the United States has helped Mexican authorities capture and kill about two dozen high-ranking drug traffickers and have even given them access to top cartel leaders. Mexico’s feelings towards the involvement have softened due to the some 40,000 deaths that have occurred due to these drug cartels. The United States is trying to prevent the cartels violence from spilling over the border by taking measures such as flying drones over Mexico. These efforts have caused several cartels to disband and form into smaller, less dangerous groups. Many of the informants law enforcement turns to are often those who have committed crimes and want to lessen their troubles or those who are being offered bribes.
The Mexican drug cartel is just a small chunk of the International Drug Trade which is becoming a problem across the globe. Over 6,475 million people are involved in drugs whether is be taking them occasionally, becoming addicted, or selling them which causes a spread a violence. Cocaine and Cannabis are the two most widely used drugs, mainly across the eastern portion of the globe. The trade became a social problem in the 1980s when countries began seeing the effects of the drugs and countries creating preventative methods such as the War On Drugs. The International Drug Trade has caused in increase in murders due to disparities among buyers and sellers. Many gangs have formed around the world, such as The Zetas in Mexico, who have not only extorted drugs but also humans and money.
http://www.nytimes.com/2011/10/25/world/americas/united-states-infiltrating-criminal-groups-across-mexico.html?ref=americas
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