Lesson 20: Drug Cartels in Mexico
April 10, 2017
Mon, Apr 10
Review:
- Intervention and Immigration in Central America
- Harvest of Empire
Presentation:
- Mexico’s Drug War
- Who is in control?
- Map of Cartel territories
- Watch BBC Documentary: Mexico’s Drug War
- Read The Staggering Death Toll of Mexico’s Drug War
- Tijuana, Juarez
- Sinaloa Cartel – El Chapo (Rolling Stone article by Sean Penn)
- People of Mexico (including politicians, police, journalists, etc) – “Plata o plomo“
- Corridos – glorification of gang leaders & lifestyles, financial contributions to communities
- Drug Distribution
- HQ move from Columbia to Mexico – why?
- Guerrillas from wars in the 1970-80s, now operating as death squads for drug runners
- Migrants fleeing poverty, violence, instability
Assignment:
- Watch The Legend of Shorty