Mexican Cartel

Mexican drug trafficking has proven to pose a greater threat to American interest than Asian,

Columbian or Dominican organized crime groups (Lyman et. al, 2011). As US Law

Enforcement agencies shut down one operation, there is another one surfacing. The Mexican

drug cartel is a highly established crime organization and they will stop at nothing to make a

profit, even if it means breaking down the barriers of United States security enforcements that

have been put in place to deter such criminal activity. Police agencies in the United States have

reported Mexican drug-trafficking operations in an estimated 230 U.S. cities and these operations

have been found to employ maritime, air, and overland transportation methods (Lyman et. al,

2011). Satellite technology, scanner devices, internet protocols, and encrypted messages with

rolling codes have been discovered as means of communication amongst the members of the

Mexican crime organization on both sides of the border. It has also been discovered that there are

a great deal of cartels that are operating in Mexico.

The Sinaloa Cartel is another powerful cartel in Mexico drug trafficking sit it is known to have

smuggled nearly 200 tons of cocaine and very large amounts of heroin into the US between 1990

and 2008 (Lyman et. al, 2011). Although Sinaloa has lost partnership with Mexico, they are still

the most active distributer of cocaine in South America. The Juarez cartel is an important player

in modern day drug trafficking because it controls most of the main transportation arteries for

illegal drug shipments entering the United States from Mexico (Lyman et. al, 2011). This cartel

has law enforcement on their side, as they employ former Chihuahua Police Officers known as

La Linea. The Tijuana Cartel has been called one of the biggest and most violent criminal groups

in Mexico (Lyman et. al, 2011). As they have infiltrated Mexican law enforcement and judicial

systems, placing them at a position to be directly involved with street level trafficking within the

United States. This criminal organization is also responsible for the transportation, importation,