Drugs in Mexico

Mexico city is the capital

2 most dangerous cities in mexico

Next most dangerous city

Next most dangerous city

Cartel locations

Country flag

• Current flag adopted in 1968, first flag made in 1821
• Independence gained on September 27, 1821
• Emblem resembles French coat of arms but Emporer Maximilian changed it to be unique to Mexico

Country flag

• Green represents freedom from Spain
• Red is freedom from Europe
• White is the purity of the Catholic religion

president

• The current president is Enrique Peña Nieto
• He is part of the Institutional Revolutionary Party
• Became president on December 1st, 2012
• In 2014 announced an end to the monopoly over oil that Mexico's state-owned oil company Pemex had.

Our president and mexico's president

• Both were governors before presidents.
• Both want to get rid of drug problem in Mexico
• Both are on good terms and have worked together on issues such as the Mexican border and illegal immigrants in the U.S.

Peso

• Mexico's currency, the Peso, is worth .056 U.S. dollars.
• A kilogram of cocaine in Mexico is upwards of 10,000 dollars (179334.50 pesos), when moved into the U.S. the wholesale price is about 30,000 dollars (538003.50 pesos)

Imports and exports

• Marijuana is heavily imported into Mexico from the U.S. because of recreational use being legal in some states
• Cocaine is imported from countries such as Colombia or Peru into Mexico, then exported to the U.S.
• Drugs such as cocaine fetch much higher prices in the U.S.

Celebrities/artists

• Joaquín Guzmán aka El Chapo is a Mexican drug lord
• Born in either 25th of December 1954 or 4th of April 1957 in La Tuna, Badiraguato, Sinaloa, Mexico
• Major events in his life include heading the Sinaloa cartel and being considered the most powerful drug trafficker in the world by the U.S. Department of the Treasury

Ricky Ross and El chapo

• Ricky Ross is a drug trafficker from the United States
• Both were born into poor neighborhoods. Ricky Ross' main source was Oscar Blandon who worked between the Contras and the U.S.
• Ricky Ross and El Chapo both were sentenced to life. El Chapo escaped while Ricky's time was reduced to twenty years
• El Chapo continues his drug career, recently arrested, Ricky Ross wrote an autobiography and has been featured on many T.V. shows and documentaries.

Personal Interest

• This interests me because the Mexican border is a very hot topic politically and many drugs come to the U.S. through this border
• This plays a role in my daily life because Mexico is connected to the U.S.

Differences

• Mexican gangs come to America, American gangs do not go to Mexico
• Mexico is much more corrupt than the United States
• Drugs cost less in Mexico than the U.S.
• Marijuana is legal in some of the U.S. but not in Mexico
• There are 6700 licensed firearms dealers on the United States border and 1 in Mexico
• More were killed in Mexican drug war than civilian deaths in Afghanistan and Iraq
• More people move from Mexico to the U.S. than U.S. to Mexico
• More people in Mexico live below the poverty line than the U.S.
• The drug war grew into the U.S. from Mexico so Mexico is affected worse

Similarities

• The two countries share the same border
• Both are involved in fighting the drug war
• Both presidents get along
• Mexican gangs deal drugs in both countries
• Both countries patrol the border for drugs
• Drugs affect both populations
• Mexicans immigrate to the U.S. to escape drug war
• Both have a Federal Republic style government
• Narcotics are illegal in both countries
• Both are part of the United Nations

Works cited

• http://www.cnn.com/2013/09/02/world/americas/mexico-drug-war-fast-facts/
• http://www.pbs.org/wgbh/frontline/article/the-staggering-death-toll-of-mexi...
• http://www.paywizard.org/main/salary/vip-check/world-leaders-salaries
• http://casablancamexican.com/the-history-behind-the-mexican-flag/
• http://www.insightcrime.org/news-briefs/cuernavaca-now-mexico-most-dangerou...