Wednesday, January 8, 2020

War On Drugs A Comparative Analysis Of Human Rights...

Hermione Dorce Richard Stahler-Sholk PLSC 367 07 April 2016 War on drugs or a war on people ? A comparative analysis of human rights violation in Latin America Ever since the War on Drugs campaign began there has been a more complex relationship between the U.S and Latin America. While the media portrays the U.S as providing aid to Latin America to combat such issues, the U.S is also seen as a victim in the war on drugs. Over the course of the war on drugs numerous human rights violations have been reported. In some Latin American countries, such as Mexico and Colombia, the U.S military and economic aid involvement contributes to human rights violations while creating and guaranteeing new spaces of investment for large private†¦show more content†¦Eventually this led to the empowerment of the Mexican drug cartels in the 1990s. In some countries drug trafficking has become a family tradition. In Mexico drug trafficking is so ingrained in the culture that there is genre of music that celebrates trafficking called narcocorridos. A drug cartel is generally defined as any organization that promotes, controls, or is significantly involved in drug trafficking (Drug Cartels and Organized Crimes).The influential drug cartels are highly organized criminal groups that control the drug trafficking from Colombia and countries south of the United States border. â€Å"The majority of the cartel s weapons and cash have been smuggled in from the United States†(Truthloader). Cartel crimes are beyond drug trafficking as they conduct mass kidnappings, extortion, steal from oil industries, auto theft, and other crimes in which they are often referred to as militias or terrorists(Truthloader). Distinguishing between the cartels and the police is not always an easy task because corruption is riffed (Truthloader)). Many people who have fought against the cartels end up working for them. Several journalists have lost their lives or been bought off which leads to a weakened media which cannot always report on the cartel (Tr uthloader). The violence does not stop there as an estimated 61 human rights workers have been killed in the last five years. Cartels also have employed child soldiers, many

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