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17 TONS OF WEED + Massive Drug Smuggling Tunnel Busted in U.S. - MEXICO Border

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WHY IS THIS A BIG PROBLEM? Not only in Mexico, but other countries are being affect by this criminal activity. People from many countries are facing danger due to these crimes. It is slowly becoming a global issue as the drugs are being brought to other places in the world, threatening lives of people everywhere. That is also why there have been quite a lot of attempts to stop this problem. However, there are a variety of organizations in Mexico that are participating in these crimes and they are very malicious and secretive in their methods, which is why it is such a hard task to completely stop these actions.

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HOW ARE THE PEOPLE, THE CIVILANS AFFECTED? The citizens of both Mexico and America who are buying these drugs had allowed the crime groups to continue their activities and committing more crimes. In addition, the drugs that have been circulated are the reasons for many deaths around the world. People can be drugged or people can have too much and overdose. Due to these actions, civilians are endanger of being expose to these drugs, which can cause someone their lives.

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HOW IS THIS HAPPENING? Mexican crime organizations had built connections which allows them to have routes and ways to smuggle and traffic drugs all over the country. In addition, due to the close distance with America, these organizations had been able to pass through the borders to bring drugs into America.

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WHO ARE INVOLVED IN THIS CONFLICT? A variety of people are involved in this conflict. The first being the Mexican government, who are attempting the end this problem and reduce the frequency of drug trafficking. There's also the opposite party, the criminals who are trafficking drugs. They are organizations of crime groups that work diligently to surpass the law and continue their criminal activities. And the third party that is involved in America. Since Mexico had become a major provider of drugs into America, the American government had commence to sponsor Mexico in their attempts to termite that problem. They have also strengthen their laws against drug trafficking coming into America.

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WHEN DID THE PROBLEM STARTED? Began during the 1980s, crime groups had began to create networks in the business of illegally dealing drugs. Routes and tricks were made in attempt to sell and smuggle drugs into, out of, and around Mexico. In 2006, the Mexican government announced a war upon these groups and initiated laws to help stop this problem. At first using violence against these groups. This was later changed in 2012 by president Enrique Peña Nieto to switch into a different solution where the government will focus on improving laws enforcement and public safety. In 2014, a big crime group leader, Sinaloa Cartel’s Joaquin “El Chapo” Guzman, was arrested for his illegal actions. Yet, this only spurred up more drugs trafficking problems and crime rates had continue to increase in the last few years.

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Timeline of the Mexican Drug War - Wikipedia

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That changed on December 11, 2006, when the newly elected President Felipe Calderón sent 6,500 Mexican Army soldiers to the state of Michoacán to end drug violence there. This action is regarded as the first major retaliation made against the cartel violence, and is generally viewed as the starting point of the Mexican Drug War between the government and the drug cartels.

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WHAT IS GOING ON? Despite efforts made in order to prevent drugs to be spread throughout Mexico as well as to foreign countries outside of Mexico, crime groups and drug traffickers are continuing to illegal establishing network of this transaction. The drugs that being placed into the market had caused death rates to increase drastically.

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WHERE IS THE PROBLEM OCCURRING? The problem is mostly occurring in Mexico. However, due to Mexico's near location to the United States, they are affected by the problem  that is happening in Mexico.