As we have read in chapter 9 of Countries and Concepts by Micheal G. Roskin, drugs in Mexico is a huge problem. And it has now become a U.S problem too. In Mexico drugs have led to the penetration of crime into the highest levels of power. Mexico's police, judicial system, and army have all been corrupted by drug money. Crime and politics depend on each other, this means that drug money helps politicians and politicians help the traffickers. Also, the lives and security of people in Mexico are constantly being in endangered. U.S also has to deal with all the drugs coming in into the country. Both countries have had a long and hard battle against this problem.
I found an article about Mexico capturing a drug trafficker from the Caballeros Templarios. Manuel Plancarte Gasper, the trafficker, is also being accused of kidnapping children and and murdering them in order to sell their organs. This is not unlikely, however, because cartels from the Caballeros Templarios are usually involved in other things that are not just drugs. They have been accused before of contributing to sexual slavery. However, not every one agrees with this. Alejandro Hope, a former government official and an expert on Mexico's security crisis said that he was doubtful that any cartel was involved in organ trafficking. He sated, "There might be a case here and there. But I don't see that it could exist on any major scale."
What do you think? Do you agree or disagree? Is Alejandro Hope being corrupted by drug money or does he really think this?
http://www.theguardian.com/world/2014/mar/18/mexican-cartel-organ-harvesting-investigation
Wow! I'm mortified that children in Mexico are being kidnapped, killed and these malicious,greedy, and heartless people sell the organs from these children for a profit. What I am especially angered by is this naive former government official Alejandro Hope was either bribed or is living in a shell. His ridiculous response regarding the cartel having an involvement in child organ trafficking. That fact that he had once worked for the government is ridiculous. I highly doubt that his oblivious accusations are true. From his comment, I can see that the government system in Mexico is not so stable. The cartels practically run the country and officials are not working as hard as they should be to catch things ring of people.
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