Geographical Map:
Geographical map of the Flow of Transnational Crime & violence in North America showing cities reporting Mexican Drug Trafficking Organizations, the major Mexican Trafficking and staging cities & the flow of Transnational gang crime and violence from Mexico into Texas and throughout the United States. Source: examiner.com
The “dark side” of globalization:
• Mexico is the “hub” of the underground globalization drug market
• Mexican cartels desire to control transportation routes
• Transit points usually link Mexico with Latin American drug producing nations such as Colombia & Peru, and the U.S, to which the majority of drugs are smuggled
• Mexican cartels are responsible for 90% of the U.S cocaine market & key producers of marijuana and meth amphetamines
• 90% of guns seized in Mexico including high-powered semi automatic rifles, originated in the U.S
• Mexican cartels are active in more than 1,000 cities
• 450,000 Mexicans now rely on the international drug trafficking as their primary source of income