Sentences with phrase «violence of the drug cartels»

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He explains the reason Mexican drug cartels consistently commit acts of violence at 5:45 p.m. in Juárez, Mexico.

Drug deals on US streets, and the violence done to enforce them, are the prerogative of US gangs, not the cartels.

President Donald Trump repeatedly referenced the threat of drugs and violence brought to the US by Mexican cartels during his presidential campaign.

The extreme violence, high number of abortions, and criminality associated with drug cartels prompted the church to carry out this unique kind of exorcism.

PLAYA DEL CARMEN, Mexico (AP)-- While authorities investigate what set off a deadly shooting at an electronic music festival event, residents said it came amid a growing and increasingly open drug scene in this resort town that has long been spared the violence of Mexico's cartel wars.

Perhaps that's one reason the Sinaloa cartel has the reputation for being focused more on the business of drug trafficking and less on violence than rival cartels.

I took some comfort in a unique aspect of El Chapo's reputation among the heads of drug cartels in Mexico: that, unlike many of his counterparts who engage in gratuitous kidnapping and murder, El Chapo is a businessman first, and only resorts to violence when he deems it advantageous to himself or his business interests.

Novelist Don Winslow has spent much of his life researching and writing about Mexican drug cartels and the horrific violence they are responsible for.

Tweets from citizens on the front lines of the country's conflicts with drug cartels indicate desensitization to the growing violence

The documentary Cartel Land is about the Mexican drug trade in the same way Moby Dick is about a fish — nominally, symbolically, as a single point of contact in a tale so monstrously bloated with violence, corruption and thwarted desire that it baffles comprehension at every turn.

Enemies Closer (R for sexuality, drug use, profanity and graphic violence) Action thriller about an ex-Navy SEAL (Tom Everett Scott) who joins forces with his mortal enemy (Orlando Jones) in order to avoid the clutches of a ruthless drug cartel searching for a missing shipment.

For years, the violence and aggression of Mexican drug cartels have made headlines across America, and by the looks of it this violence has grown progressively worse as more cartels sprout up, clash for territory, and vie for power.

«American Made»: Former TWA pilot Barry Seal transported lots of cocaine from Colombia to the United States in the early»80s, which was a great thing for what would become the Medellin Cartel and, for a time, Barry Seal, but clearly not for those lost to addiction and the violence that surrounds the drug trade.

In the case of «Cartel Land,» it's everyday citizens rising up to fight the evil Mexican drug cartels, with guns and with violence.

Fast & Furious (PG - 13 for violence, sexuality, profanity, drug references and intense action sequences) Fourth installment of the popular muscle car series, featuring a reunion of the original's principal cast, revolves around a couple of unlikely buddies, a cop (Paul Walker) and a fugitive ex-con (Vin Diesel), who team up to infiltrate and bring down an L.A. heroin cartel.

Each struggles to deal with the growing drug cartel violence over the border, as the U.S. State Department shuts down crossings and the importation of beef.

«Buy Me a Gun» Review: A Precocious and Arresting Fable About the Violence of Mexico's Drug Cartels — Cannes 2018

Gringo (R for sexuality, violence and pervasive profanity) Action comedy set south of the border where a medical Marijuana salesman (David Oyelowo) is forced to survive by his wits after being kidnapped by a ruthless, Mexican drug cartel.

INDEPENDENT & FOREIGN FILMS Assassination Games (R for torture, profanity, sexuality, nudity and graphic violence) Revenge thriller about a pair of rival assassins (Jean - Claude Van Damme and Scott Adkins) who reluctantly join forces in order to take on a blood - thirsty drug cartel backed by corrupt, undercover DEA officers.

More New Releases: «Sweet Virginia,» about a former rodeo champ who befriends a young man with a propensity for violence, starring Jon Bernthal; «Beast of Burden,» starring Daniel Radcliffe as a Mexican Cartel drug smuggler with a lot on his mind; and «The Six Degrees Collection,» a collection of six Kevin Bacon movies that includes «The Big Picture,» «Flatliners,» «Hollow Man,» «Trapped,» «In the Cut,» and «Where the Truth Lies.»

Even though I knew the state of Yucatan was quite safe and far, far away from Mexico's drug cartel violence and kidnappings, there was still a sliver of nervousness lingering about road tripping around the region.

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The Santa Blanca drug cartel has transformed the beautiful South American country of Bolivia into a perilous narco - state, leading to lawlessness, fear, and rampant violence.

The latest in Tom Clancy's tactical shooter series heads to Bolivia to tackle the subject of drug cartels and organized violence.

It is the better option — instead of resolving issues like drug cartels, illegal immigration, swine flu, the economic crisis, and climate change through violence.

As an example, the U.S. State Department recently issued a travel warning on the dangers of travel to Mexico as a result of long - term violence and crime related to drug cartels.