Tuesday, July 15, 2008

El Chapo- Mexico's Most Wanted


El Chapo is at the top of Mexico's Most Wanted List, he is the leading drug smuggler. He is Mexico's most wanted but he does most of his business in the United States. He has smuggled billions of dollars of drugs into the United States and continues to do so. He is also a very dangerous man, his drug cartel has killed more than 2,000 people in the last year alone. What's even more scarier is that he was in prison and escaped in 2001 and has yet to captured. The Mexican government has sent out soldiers to find this man. He is seen in public every so often but people are too afraid to turn him in even though there a 5 million dollar reward.
It's really scary that a man with a mass amount of power leads the most violent and brutal criminal organization. The government can't even defeat him. The Mexican Government has even joined forces with the US Government in trying to stop him. It is mind boggling to me that one man can have so much power and use it in such a negative way. Drugs are a multi billion dollar industry that fuel the economy of the world. This is an on-going that ceases to never end. There can be all sorts of laws and restrictions put in place but the drug war will continue to be violent bloody battle. This battle is in everyone's backyard and community, it affects all people.

2 comments:

Jorge Hernandez said...

El Chapo is a renowned drug kingpin in Mexico. Through his acts of violence and smuggling of drugs he has become one of the most feared drug cartels of Mexico. He has political and law enforcement ties which make it easy for him to run his business and stay out of trouble. It has even been said that he gets plastic surgery done in order to change his appearance to avoid detection. If their was not such a high demand for drugs in the United States, then drug cartels like Chapo's would not have the power and influence that they do in the first place. The government needs to step up their efforts to stop the drug smuggling trade that crosses the United States border.

Gyro said...

It's scary that one person can hold so much power. I am curious as to how he escaped from prison, especially if he was in a maximum security facilities. Unfortunatley money can often times buy power regaurdless of a person's character. Hopefully, some brave person will step forwards with information and put his reign of terror to an end.