My Father :)

Omar Reyes

Modern Literature Composition B

Mr. Pierson

13 March 2012

Francisco Reyes

The Drug Cartel

My father “Francisco Reyes” was born in Michoacán. He then later in his life migrated to the United States. He made a quick business of his life networking with co-workers and friends to establish a small drug business. Also known as a “drug cartel” in technical terms.

            Out of the back of his grocery truck business he laid the foundation to a drug trafficking business. He was not a good man nor a trust worthy one, a deceitful awful sum of a person. My parents met at a mid point in each others lives, thirty or so years of age.  It did not take them long to conceive me as his time as my father was short lived due to his fleeing. I was almost burdened with his name if not for his absence at my birth. He stole my mothers’ car at the time of his parting as a gift to add to the whole affair. I do not idolize nor wish to meet the man any time in the near future but do not doubt the day will come when I do.

            In many southern American Country’s there are major drug cartels that rule with the power of fear.  Governments are not able to do much due to the corruption within itself and its people.  Drug Cartels grow the supply in the country’s they reside in with little opposition. Then they transport the product through illegal means to country’s such as the U.S. where high profits are made. The nearest country that is exploited is Mexico, south of the Border to us.  There have been many consequences due to the drug war in Mexico. One writer details the devastating effects drugs have had on the growing communities. He says, “The conflict has left thousands dead, paralyzed whole cities with fear, and spawned a culture of corruption reaching the upper levels of the Mexican state” (LA Times Reporter). 

            Mexico’s government has been attempting to suppress the increasing crime rate because of the cartels after President Felipe Calderon took office in 2006. A reporter state’s, “The official tally provided by the attorney general’s office included data only through September 2011, and it showed that drug-related killings increased 11 percent, to 12,903” (New York Times Reporter). The attempt to make the difference has been made but little has changed. This blood bath has left citizens in fear of their very own neighbors.  Only time will tell if these bands of organized crime dealers will be put to an end by the law or their very own guns.

Works Cited

Anonymous, Reporter . "Mexico Under Siege." LA Times. 3 Apr. 2012. 12 Apr. 2012. Web.

Maung, David . "Mexican Drug Trafficking." The New York Times. 19 Jan. 2012. 12 Apr. 2012. Web.