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The first social media element I researched was CNN News. The information gathered was accurate and the website made it easy for users to access information in seconds. Individuals involved in the making of the news article would be the journalist, who would be responsible for developing the story. As this is an online news article, an author/writer would be involved to turn the journalists findings into a story. Lastly, there would most likely be an editor involved as well to proof read and make final adjustments to the article.

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Here's a look at the life of Joaquín Guzmán, otherwise known as "El Chapo," a Mexican drug trafficker who has repeatedly broken out of prison.

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CBC is the most reliable Canadian news broadcaster locally, nationally, and globally. The information was clear and concise and the website is simple to navigate. Similar to CNN, there would be a journalist, an author/writer, and likely an editor to bring this article all together. Personally, I find when researching different topics, finding a trusted news source allows the information you find to be accurate and trustworthy. Another reason I find CBC and CNN to be the top news sources, is that they always provide images of the story being covered, giving viewers a better insight to the event.

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Mexico's powerful Sinaloa cartel marches on despite the arrest, extradition and now conviction in New York of its notorious leader, Joaquin (El Chapo) Guzman, and the proof of this lies in huge, multi-drug shipments detected on the border in recent weeks.

Those heaping bags of fentanyl and plastic tubs of crystal meth, heroin and cocaine offer no sign that the cartel has been weakened, lost sway over its traditional territory in northwestern Mexico or seen its international reach curtailed by the loss of its notorious leader.

"It's still a major, major force in the Mexican criminal underworld," Mexican security analyst Alejandro Hope said.

The cartel still controls a worldwide web of contacts that can move Colombian cocaine to Cameroon and Mexican meth cooks to Malaysia. It also controls seaports to get drugs and precursor chemicals shipped in from around the globe; employs labs and chemists to process them; bribes corrupt cops to ensure the drugs can be moved to the border; has engineered multimillion-dollar tunnels to smuggle tonnes of marijuana and cocaine under the frontier; and pays "mules" to ferry shipments in cars and trucks.

It also has armies of hitmen and enforcers who moonlight in extortion and kidnapping, plus money launderers, front corporations and political contacts. There's also a world of professionals such as architects, jewellers and even musical groups, who provide entertainment and launder money.

Perhaps most important, Sinaloa continues to control what's referred to as the "last mile" in the United States, using its wholesale distribution network to get drugs into the hands of local gangs and street dealers.

"All 23 of our divisions have an investigation at least at the local level that ties back to the Sinaloa cartel," said Will Glaspy, a U.S. Drug Enforcement Administration agent in charge of the Houston division who has held posts along the U.S.-Mexico border from California to Texas. "Their distribution network is that well established in the United States."

So at the cartel's stronghold in the mountains of Sinaloa state, it's business as usual for Ismael (El Mayo) Zambada, who has helped run the cartel since it was founded over three decades ago. He has a reputation as a level-headed, old-style capo known more for negotiating than for bloodshed.

"El Mayo is still considered the main player at the table," Glaspy said.

'The little Chapos'

A succession fight that broke out after Guzman's third detention, in 2016, was ultimately resolved by the arrest of Damaso Lopez Nunez and his son Damaso Lopez Serrano, who led a rival faction. Today the cartel is seen as firmly under the command of Zambada in partnership with Guzman's sons Ivan, Archivaldo and Alfredo, known collectively as los Chapitos, or the little Chapos.

Ismael Bojorquez, director of the Riodoce newspaper in the Sinaloa state capital of Culiacan, said the Chapitos "control street-level drug dealing, especially in Culiacan, and the defence operations, the weapons," while "El Mayo takes care of the big deals."

Guzman, whose conviction Tuesday in New York likely means he will spend decades behind bars in the United States, is famous for twice pulling off brazen escapes from maximum-security prisons, earning him international notoriety perhaps rivaled only by the late Colombian drug kingpin Pablo Escobar. He is said to have a voracious appetite for luxury goods and women, marrying multiple times, including to an 18-year-old beauty queen in 2007.

The drugs keep flowing, and the business goes on. - Ismael Bojorquez, director of Riodoce newspaper in Sinaloa state

Zambada has proven more elusive, simply by staying in his rural stronghold where the cartel holds sway.

If Guzman had done like Zambada "and just stayed up in the mountains, perhaps he would still be a free man," said Mike Vigil, former chief of international operations for the DEA. "His obsession with women created his downfall."

Meanwhile, the new government that took charge Dec. 1 in Mexico says it is no longer in the business of hunting down drug lords.

"We haven't arrested capos, because that is not our main function," President Andres Manuel Lopez Obrador said Jan. 30. "The government's main function is to guarantee public safety, and the strategy is no longer to carry out raids to capture capos." He added, "Officially there isn't a war anymore."

'El Mayo remains king'

Some in Mexico believe that authorities and even U.S. officials prefer the continued reign of a relatively stable, old-school boss like Zambada, rather than the confusion and bloodshed that might break out if he were gone.

"El Mayo remains king. He has never been captured or pursued as much" as Guzman, said author Jose Reveles, who writes about the cartels.

The cartel is best understood as "more of a federation of different clans than as a corporate-like structure," Hope said.

So while the capture and trial of Guzman "was a great moral victory for the rule of law, it did very little to have a negative impact on the Sinaloa cartel," Vigil said.

During Guzman's absence, the cartel has continued to develop a highly lucrative profit-centre in fentanyl. The synthetic opioid can be bought for $9,000 US per kilogram in China, cut to 1 per cent purity, pressed into fake OxyContin pills and marketed in the United States for nearly pure profit.

According to Ray Donovan, head of the DEA's New York office, Guzman was at the forefront of the fentanyl threat. As far back as the early 2010s, his cartel began spiking Mexican-produced heroin with fentanyl to boost its potency so it could compete with heroin from other regions, Donovan said.

But the cartel is not good at mixing and measuring, and the amount of fentanyl in counterfeit pills can vary from 0.03 to 1.99 milligrams per tablet - in other words, from almost none to a lethal dose.

That is probably one of the two biggest threats to the Sinaloa cartel: It's literally killing its customers.

The other is the upstart Jalisco New Generation cartel, which has tried to stage incursions into Sinaloa territory, sparking bloody turf battles in places like Tijuana. The border city across from San Diego has become one of the world's deadliest cities.

But, Bojorquez noted, Sinaloa has been largely able to fight off its rival.

"The drugs keep flowing," he said, "and the business goes on."

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Mexico's powerful Sinaloa cartel marches on despite the arrest, extradition and now conviction in New York of its notorious leader, Joaquin (El Chapo) Guzman, and the proof of this lies in huge, multi-drug shipments detected on the border in recent weeks.

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Today Youtube is the world's #1 video streaming platform. Averaging over 1 billion hours of videos watched EVERY DAY! (more than Netflix and Facebook combined) One person describes Youtube as "a mix of analytical and comedic content Youtube videos, movies, songs and pretty much anything that can be explained". One of the few videos I watched was titled "El Chapo's drug tunnels, explained". Discussing how through Chapo's career as a drug trafficker, tunnels became Chapo's means of transporting all of his goods.

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Whether retrieving news, following high-profile celebrities, or staying in-touch with old high school friends, twitter is one of the most popular social media platforms available today. With 100 million daily active users and 500 million tweets sent daily, the social media platform is one of the more easier ones to navigate. On twitter, and the internet in general, it's so easy to believe everything you read - which is one of the main issues with social media. On twitter, researching and finding information can get tricky but if you know what to look for is what is key. Is the account you are reading from verified? Do they have external sources? As well as, doing additional research into the specific topic.
The tweet I came across was from twitter account @vocinsider which is kind of a "lifestyle blog". They shared a video about what El Chapo was like and what kind of person he was.

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The wife of one of El Chapo’s henchmen reveals that he had a “soft side"

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The wife of one of El Chapo’s henchmen reveals that he had a “soft side" https://t.co/kUDkaW2bwv

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— Voices of Color by Insider (@insiderVOC) March 20, 2019

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Facebook is a social networking website where individuals can post, comment, and share photos, links, news or other interesting content on the web. With 1.32 billion daily active users, Facebook is the world's largest social platform by quite a bit. Professional/academic researching on Facebook isn't the most effective source as that is not the general intent for the platform. While researching El Chapo on Facebook, I was able to come across many comments and posts shared regarding the event. Giving that the platform isn't necessarily for researching information accurately, I would not recommend believing everything you see or hear on Facebook.

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El Chapo apparently bribed former Mexican President Nieto with $100 million. The Mexican government working with the drug cartels... corrupt beyond belief. You sure you don't want the wall?

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While researching twitter for relevant information, I came across @BestTenNews1 whose headline was "El Chapo Guzman’s reign is finally at an end — here’s how he compares to Colombian kingpin Pablo Escobar". This caught my attention because it mentions another relevant drug dealer. Upon more observations, I realized that this tweet was not from a reliable source. I say this with confidence because the account is not verified, the tweet does not have any exposure, and they only have 30 followers.

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Vice is a well known content producer. One of their main avenues of communication is through videos. This requires and big team of professionals such as, journalists who obtain the information, and a video editor who creates the content. While researching different videos, I came across
"Watch The Raid That Led To El Chapo's Capture" and it immediately captured my attention. The video includes footage that aligns with evidence you can find elsewhere, along with facts which are provided in the video.

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As mentioned before, Facebook is not necessarily a reliable source for researching important topics. But, although not much information is available through this platform, there is still plenty to discover. For example, celebrities such as French Montana isn't someone you would expect to comment on such current events. This shows how widespread the news of El Chapo was/is. This was a good example of how unreliable a source facebook is because as I went to follow the post to read more about it, numerous error messages came up and I was unable to access it.

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Researching on Instagram is very difficult when it comes to finding accurate information. Since Instagram is limited to a photo-only platform, it makes it very difficult to get the entirety of the story. @usatoday was effective in broadcasting their information with their use of a short video. As there is a variety of content (both reliable and unreliable), searching through the hashtag #ElChapo, was an efficient way to look through the posts. In order to put this content together, they would most likely use a journalist, a videographer, and a social media specialist.

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Although it is hard to find reliable information on Instagram, strong sources include well-known media outlets such as, People's Magazine. In this instance, I came across @peopleenspanol, who effectively broadcasted their information by directing their followers to the website for the full story. Additionally, their choice of content was one of El Chapo's mug shots which hadn't been featured any other outlet. Along with an author and social media specialist, they did a good job in crediting the original owner of the photo.

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