Sinaloa

and other students at his school. His Uncle decided to drive him to the hotel where the group would be meeting. “Jamal,” began Delly, “Your father wasnt a good man by any means, he was involved in a massive drug empire that had connections with the Sinaloa Cartel. He was a coward too, he used your mother as human shield when he was attacked because of his inability to make payments to one of the gangs involved in the drug empire.” Jamal, still shocked by what he…

Russian decent). They have over 9,000 associates, and 10 different “brigades”, and their principal source of income is drug and human trafficking making them roughly $8.5 billion dollars per year. Contrariwise, an example of a smaller gang would be the Sinaloa Cartel or better known as the Mexican drug cartel. Being one of the smaller gangs, they still manage to accumulate over $3 billion dollars every year from drugs alone (Matthews, 2014). Whitey Bulger, who was involved with drugs, weapons,…

In the city of Atlanta, there is a young man named Sean`who has settled there his entire life and adapted to the dangerous drug based lifestyle that has been in his city long before he was ever born. His parent's who were so involved in the drug trade that engulfed and surrounded them were sadly never there for sean which forced his older brother Steven, A gang banger that helped run a trap house where drugs and guns are sold, to raise Sean and bring him in to what was basically the family curse…

Have you ever heard or seen those scary border stories? Do you ever watch documentaries or television shows, even the news on the border safety? Over 32% of all inmates in state prisons in the U.S. were under the influence of drugs or caught with possession of drugs. Drug enforcement agencies or DEAs makes over 30,000 arrests each year due to illegal narcotics. Nearly 48,000 people have been killed over the past 5 years in Mexico due to suspected drug-related violence. Also, remember the guilty…

narcocorridos and whether they internalize some of the sexist and violent messages that it promotes. This is important because, this is an industry of political music that has been growing in United States (Denselow 1) and in Mexico, principally Sinaloa, becoming a hybrid of both cultures. Moreover, the violence and amazing transitions from poverty to exaggerated wealth (Ugalde 109), seems to attract rural, low-income, low-educated communities, that live in desperation, thus falling in a circle…

and impact the world in either positive or negative ways. Joaquin Guzman Loera, also known as “El Chapo”, is a world leader who has made a difference in the drug world and in Mexico. Guzman had a very interesting childhood. He was born in La Tuna, Sinaloa in Mexico. When he…

In 2012 grew a international sensation in the Regional Mexican Music Industry from Guamuchil, Sinaloa, Mex. Jose Ariel Camacho Barraza, was a humble young boy with a dream of becoming a star with his friend and his guitar. Although many tried to drop his self esteem by telling him that he was not going to surpass his dream. Yet he managed to changed the views of how all latin music was constructed with the love and support from God, family, and the world who followed him. As a young teenage…

in more than a hundred deaths, but the games still went ahead as planned. It wasn’t until 1976 that the Economy began to dissipate. Jose Lopez Portillo was elected as president with goals that only lead to the world's largest foreign debt. In 1977 Sinaloa, Mexico was the birthplace of drug Smuggling. Guadalupe has now hit the age of 23, which is the time she decides she wants to look for a new life in the United States of America. During the time of 1976 the U.S Supreme Court decided that the…

Maria Estela Monreal is a 77 year old Mexican female. Maria, a devoted Catholic, is this writer’s maternal Grandmother. Maria was born on July 29th of 1938 in Matatan, Sinaloa, Mexico. During her teenage years after her father’s death Maria’s mother decided to move with 5 children across two states. Maria and her family started a new life in San Luis Rio Colorado, Sonora, Mexico where later she met her husband. During the 1960’s Maria married Jose Luis Monreal. From 1960-1963 Jose Luis, my…

In the United States, tobacco use is the leading preventable cause of death. Approximately 480,000 deaths result from the use of this drug annually. The most common tobacco related death occurs by smoking the substance, usually found in the form of cigarettes. The second occurs by merely being exposed to its second hand smoke (“Fast Facts”). The average NFL football stadium can be filled five times over by the people whose lives will be lost because of this drug. The third leading preventable…