Annotated Bibliography
'Narcocorridos,' the popular Latin music styled after American hip hop, bring about bloodshed and Grammy wins. (n.d.). NY Daily News. Retrieved May 3, 2014, from http://www.nydailynews.com/news/world/performers-narcocorridos-sell-arenas-u-s-mexico-generate-millions-sales-songs-romanticizing-drug-lords-beheadings-violent-drug-ballads-win-grammys-article-1.1536307
Provided me with information for my debate and controversy.
Angeles, T. (2010, November 1). Narcocorridos: The Balladeers of Mexico's Drug Wars.Time. Retrieved May 3, 2014, from http://content.time.com/time/magazine/article/0,9171,2026902,00.html
Provided me with evidence for my debate and controversy and how people idolize
narcos.
Barkoukis, L. (2014, April 12). Leah Barkoukis - Sheriffs: Violent Mexican Drug Cartels Have Infiltrated More Than 3,000 U.S. Cities. townhall.com. Retrieved May 10, 2014, from http://townhall.com/tipsheet/leahbarkoukis/2014/04/12/sheriffs-warn-of-violence-from-mexican-cartels-deep-into-interior-of-us-n1823602
Provided me with my national context evidence.
Borderland Beat: Mexico's Cartels and How it Got to This. (n.d.). Borderland Beat: Mexico's Cartels and How it Got to This. Retrieved April 30, 2014, from http://www.borderlandbeat.com/2012/06/mexicos-cartels-and-how-it-got-to-this.html
Provided me with historical background information on my issue.
Corcoran, P. (2011, November 1). Borderland Beat: FBI Paints Picture of Supply Chain Between Mexican and US Gangs. Borderland Beat: FBI Paints Picture of Supply Chain Between Mexican and US Gangs. Retrieved May 14, 2014, from
http://www.borderlandbeat.com/2011/11/fbi-paints-picture-of-supply-chain.html
Provided an overview of the drug route and how it is connected back to Chicago.
Corruption, Drug Trafficking and the Armed Forces. (n.d.). Transnational Institute. Retrieved May 3, 2014, from http://www.tni.org/article/corruption-drug-trafficking-and-armed-forces
Provided me with evidence of how corrupt officials are.
Do Narcocorridos Glorify Drug Violence? — Review of ‘Narco Cultura’ Documentary. (n.d.).Do Narcocorridos Glorify Drug Violence?. Retrieved May 3, 2014, from http://www.remezcla.com/2013/latin/do-narcocorridos-glorify-drug-violence-review-of-narco-cultura-documentary/
Provided me with information for my debate and controversy.
Drug Trafficking. (n.d.). . Retrieved May 13, 2014, from
https://www.unodc.org/unodc/en/drug-trafficking/
This report gave me an inside of other issues that were related to the drug cartels.
Graham-Harrison, E. (2014, January 6). Drug trade could splinter Afghanistan into fragmented criminal state – UN. The Guardian. Retrieved May 13, 2014, from http://www.theguardian.com/world/2014/jan/05/drug-trade-afghanistan-fragmented-criminal-state This article provided information about the drug trade going on in Afghanistan.
Hastings, D. (2013, May 6). Bodies pile up as Mexican drug cartels kill and dismember journalists . NY Daily News. Retrieved May 10, 2014, from http://www.nydailynews.com/news/national/mexico-deadly-journalists-targeted-cartels-article-1. 1334310
This provided me with global context evidence.
Hastings, D. (2013, September 13). U.S. soldiers accepting cash, drugs for Mexican drug cartel contract hits. NY Daily News. Retrieved May 9, 2014, from http://www.nydailynews.com/news/national/drug-cartels-mexico-hire-u-s-soldiers-assassins-article-1.1454851
Provided me with information about soldiers also being targeted. For my national context.
Hirst, E. J., & Olivo, A. (2012, September 2). Caravan of Peace connects drug wars in U.S., Mexico. Chicago Tribune. Retrieved May 10, 2014, from http://articles.chicagotribune.com/2012-09-02/news/ct-met-mexican-caravan-20120903_1_javier-sicilia-drug-traffickers-drug-consumption
Provided me with activist organizations and what they are doing to try and stop drug war violence.
Howerton, J. (2012, July 17). Has Your City Been Infiltrated by Mexican Drug Cartels? Find Out Here. The Blaze. Retrieved May 10, 2014, from http://www.theblaze.com/stories/2012/07/17/has-your-city-been-infiltrated-by-mexican-drug-cartels-find-out-here/
This article provided me with national context evidence and infiltrated cities data.
jesus malverde. (n.d.). jesus malverde. Retrieved May 6, 2014, from http://www.laits.utexas.edu/jaime/jnicolopulos/cwp3/ncg/jesus_malverde.htm
Provided me with information of a saint narcos worship.
Kennis, A., & McGahan, J. (2012, September 20). Behind the Chicago trial of a Mexican drug
kingpin. Behind the Chicago trial of a Mexican drug kingpin. Retrieved May 15, 2014, from http://www.timeout.com/chicago/things-to-do/behind-the-chicago-trial-of-a-mexican-drug-kingpin
Provided an overview of how it’s connected locally to Chicago.
Knox, G. (2000, January 1). Gang Profile: The Latin Kings. . Retrieved May 14, 2014, from http://www.ngcrc.com/ngcrc/page15.htm
This crime report provided evidence to which cartel the Latin Kings were linked to.
Las Baladas Prohibidas. (n.d.). Mother Jones. Retrieved May 3, 2014, from http://www.motherjones.com/politics/2009/07/las-baladas-prohibidas-william-vollmann
Provided me with evidence for my debate and controversy about songs idolizing narcos.
McGahan, J. (2013, September 17). The Cocaine Trail to Chicago. Chicago magazine. Retrieved May 7, 2014, from http://www.chicagomag.com/Chicago-Magazine/October-2013/Sinaloa-Cartel-The-Cocaine-Trail-to-Chicago/
Provided me with a cocaine route from Mexico ending in Chicago.
McGahan, J. (2013, September 17). Why Mexico’s Sinaloa Cartel Loves Selling Drugs in Chicago. Politics City life. Retrieved May 7, 2014, from http://www.chicagomag.com/Chicago-Magazine/October-2013/Sinaloa-Cartel/
Provided me with local context evidence.
Mexico Drug War Fast Facts. (2014, March 15). CNN. Retrieved May 10, 2014, from http://www.cnn.com/2013/09/02/world/americas/mexico-drug-war-fast-facts/
This news article provided me with a drug war timeline.
Mexico’s Narco Cultura: Glorifying Drug War Death and Destruction | LightBox | TIME.com. (n.d.). LightBox. Retrieved May 3, 2014, from http://lightbox.time.com/2013/11/18/mexicos-narco-cultura-glorifing-drug-war-death-and-destruction/
Provided me with information for my debate and controversy.
Miranda, R. (2010, April 4). Special Report from Mexico: Poverty fuels drug cartel crimes.Daily 49er :. Retrieved May 6, 2014, from http://www.daily49er.com/opinion/2010/04/04/special-report-from-mexico-poverty-fuels-drug-cartel-crimes/
Provided me with evidence for my root causes in poverty being a factor.
Mister, C. (2003, January 1). Blocking Crime. : How strong block clubs are saving Chicago’s neighborhoods. Retrieved May 8, 2014, from http://www.nhi.org/online/issues/132/blockclubs.html
Provided an example of how people are trying to stop the problem.
Otis, J. (2013, June 21). Is Colombia winning the drug war?. GlobalPost. Retrieved May 13, 2014, from http://www.globalpost.com/dispatch/news/regions/americas/colombia/130620/colombian-coca-production-cocaine-drug-war
This provided an overview of Colombian drug cartels and drug trafficking business.
Ramsey, G. (2011, July 20). Poverty a Recruitment Tool for Mexico's Criminal Gangs - InSight Crime | Organized Crime in the Americas. Poverty a Recruitment Tool for Mexico's Criminal Gangs - InSight Crime | Organized Crime in the Americas. Retrieved May 6, 2014, from http://www.insightcrime.org/news-analysis/poverty-a-recruitment-tool-for-mexicos-criminal-gangs
Provided me with evidence for one of my root causes.
Texas Gang Threat Assessment 2012. (n.d.). . Retrieved May 10, 2014, from https://www.txdps.state.tx.us/director_staff/media_and_communications/TXGangThreatAssesment
This assessment provided me with Texas gang background.
The Colombian Cartels. (n.d.). PBS. Retrieved May 11, 2014, from http://www.pbs.org/wgbh/pages/frontline/shows/drugs/business/inside/colombian.html
This article page provided me with historical background of Colombian cartels.
Tuckman, J. (2010, September 5). Tortured Mexican kidnap victim says: 'I would sit there wondering how people could be that bad'. The Observer. Retrieved May 10, 2014, from http://www.theguardian.com/world/2010/sep/05/mexico-drugs-cartel-kidnap-victim
Provided me with evidence of how cartels treat their victims.
Provided me with information for my debate and controversy.
Angeles, T. (2010, November 1). Narcocorridos: The Balladeers of Mexico's Drug Wars.Time. Retrieved May 3, 2014, from http://content.time.com/time/magazine/article/0,9171,2026902,00.html
Provided me with evidence for my debate and controversy and how people idolize
narcos.
Barkoukis, L. (2014, April 12). Leah Barkoukis - Sheriffs: Violent Mexican Drug Cartels Have Infiltrated More Than 3,000 U.S. Cities. townhall.com. Retrieved May 10, 2014, from http://townhall.com/tipsheet/leahbarkoukis/2014/04/12/sheriffs-warn-of-violence-from-mexican-cartels-deep-into-interior-of-us-n1823602
Provided me with my national context evidence.
Borderland Beat: Mexico's Cartels and How it Got to This. (n.d.). Borderland Beat: Mexico's Cartels and How it Got to This. Retrieved April 30, 2014, from http://www.borderlandbeat.com/2012/06/mexicos-cartels-and-how-it-got-to-this.html
Provided me with historical background information on my issue.
Corcoran, P. (2011, November 1). Borderland Beat: FBI Paints Picture of Supply Chain Between Mexican and US Gangs. Borderland Beat: FBI Paints Picture of Supply Chain Between Mexican and US Gangs. Retrieved May 14, 2014, from
http://www.borderlandbeat.com/2011/11/fbi-paints-picture-of-supply-chain.html
Provided an overview of the drug route and how it is connected back to Chicago.
Corruption, Drug Trafficking and the Armed Forces. (n.d.). Transnational Institute. Retrieved May 3, 2014, from http://www.tni.org/article/corruption-drug-trafficking-and-armed-forces
Provided me with evidence of how corrupt officials are.
Do Narcocorridos Glorify Drug Violence? — Review of ‘Narco Cultura’ Documentary. (n.d.).Do Narcocorridos Glorify Drug Violence?. Retrieved May 3, 2014, from http://www.remezcla.com/2013/latin/do-narcocorridos-glorify-drug-violence-review-of-narco-cultura-documentary/
Provided me with information for my debate and controversy.
Drug Trafficking. (n.d.). . Retrieved May 13, 2014, from
https://www.unodc.org/unodc/en/drug-trafficking/
This report gave me an inside of other issues that were related to the drug cartels.
Graham-Harrison, E. (2014, January 6). Drug trade could splinter Afghanistan into fragmented criminal state – UN. The Guardian. Retrieved May 13, 2014, from http://www.theguardian.com/world/2014/jan/05/drug-trade-afghanistan-fragmented-criminal-state This article provided information about the drug trade going on in Afghanistan.
Hastings, D. (2013, May 6). Bodies pile up as Mexican drug cartels kill and dismember journalists . NY Daily News. Retrieved May 10, 2014, from http://www.nydailynews.com/news/national/mexico-deadly-journalists-targeted-cartels-article-1. 1334310
This provided me with global context evidence.
Hastings, D. (2013, September 13). U.S. soldiers accepting cash, drugs for Mexican drug cartel contract hits. NY Daily News. Retrieved May 9, 2014, from http://www.nydailynews.com/news/national/drug-cartels-mexico-hire-u-s-soldiers-assassins-article-1.1454851
Provided me with information about soldiers also being targeted. For my national context.
Hirst, E. J., & Olivo, A. (2012, September 2). Caravan of Peace connects drug wars in U.S., Mexico. Chicago Tribune. Retrieved May 10, 2014, from http://articles.chicagotribune.com/2012-09-02/news/ct-met-mexican-caravan-20120903_1_javier-sicilia-drug-traffickers-drug-consumption
Provided me with activist organizations and what they are doing to try and stop drug war violence.
Howerton, J. (2012, July 17). Has Your City Been Infiltrated by Mexican Drug Cartels? Find Out Here. The Blaze. Retrieved May 10, 2014, from http://www.theblaze.com/stories/2012/07/17/has-your-city-been-infiltrated-by-mexican-drug-cartels-find-out-here/
This article provided me with national context evidence and infiltrated cities data.
jesus malverde. (n.d.). jesus malverde. Retrieved May 6, 2014, from http://www.laits.utexas.edu/jaime/jnicolopulos/cwp3/ncg/jesus_malverde.htm
Provided me with information of a saint narcos worship.
Kennis, A., & McGahan, J. (2012, September 20). Behind the Chicago trial of a Mexican drug
kingpin. Behind the Chicago trial of a Mexican drug kingpin. Retrieved May 15, 2014, from http://www.timeout.com/chicago/things-to-do/behind-the-chicago-trial-of-a-mexican-drug-kingpin
Provided an overview of how it’s connected locally to Chicago.
Knox, G. (2000, January 1). Gang Profile: The Latin Kings. . Retrieved May 14, 2014, from http://www.ngcrc.com/ngcrc/page15.htm
This crime report provided evidence to which cartel the Latin Kings were linked to.
Las Baladas Prohibidas. (n.d.). Mother Jones. Retrieved May 3, 2014, from http://www.motherjones.com/politics/2009/07/las-baladas-prohibidas-william-vollmann
Provided me with evidence for my debate and controversy about songs idolizing narcos.
McGahan, J. (2013, September 17). The Cocaine Trail to Chicago. Chicago magazine. Retrieved May 7, 2014, from http://www.chicagomag.com/Chicago-Magazine/October-2013/Sinaloa-Cartel-The-Cocaine-Trail-to-Chicago/
Provided me with a cocaine route from Mexico ending in Chicago.
McGahan, J. (2013, September 17). Why Mexico’s Sinaloa Cartel Loves Selling Drugs in Chicago. Politics City life. Retrieved May 7, 2014, from http://www.chicagomag.com/Chicago-Magazine/October-2013/Sinaloa-Cartel/
Provided me with local context evidence.
Mexico Drug War Fast Facts. (2014, March 15). CNN. Retrieved May 10, 2014, from http://www.cnn.com/2013/09/02/world/americas/mexico-drug-war-fast-facts/
This news article provided me with a drug war timeline.
Mexico’s Narco Cultura: Glorifying Drug War Death and Destruction | LightBox | TIME.com. (n.d.). LightBox. Retrieved May 3, 2014, from http://lightbox.time.com/2013/11/18/mexicos-narco-cultura-glorifing-drug-war-death-and-destruction/
Provided me with information for my debate and controversy.
Miranda, R. (2010, April 4). Special Report from Mexico: Poverty fuels drug cartel crimes.Daily 49er :. Retrieved May 6, 2014, from http://www.daily49er.com/opinion/2010/04/04/special-report-from-mexico-poverty-fuels-drug-cartel-crimes/
Provided me with evidence for my root causes in poverty being a factor.
Mister, C. (2003, January 1). Blocking Crime. : How strong block clubs are saving Chicago’s neighborhoods. Retrieved May 8, 2014, from http://www.nhi.org/online/issues/132/blockclubs.html
Provided an example of how people are trying to stop the problem.
Otis, J. (2013, June 21). Is Colombia winning the drug war?. GlobalPost. Retrieved May 13, 2014, from http://www.globalpost.com/dispatch/news/regions/americas/colombia/130620/colombian-coca-production-cocaine-drug-war
This provided an overview of Colombian drug cartels and drug trafficking business.
Ramsey, G. (2011, July 20). Poverty a Recruitment Tool for Mexico's Criminal Gangs - InSight Crime | Organized Crime in the Americas. Poverty a Recruitment Tool for Mexico's Criminal Gangs - InSight Crime | Organized Crime in the Americas. Retrieved May 6, 2014, from http://www.insightcrime.org/news-analysis/poverty-a-recruitment-tool-for-mexicos-criminal-gangs
Provided me with evidence for one of my root causes.
Texas Gang Threat Assessment 2012. (n.d.). . Retrieved May 10, 2014, from https://www.txdps.state.tx.us/director_staff/media_and_communications/TXGangThreatAssesment
This assessment provided me with Texas gang background.
The Colombian Cartels. (n.d.). PBS. Retrieved May 11, 2014, from http://www.pbs.org/wgbh/pages/frontline/shows/drugs/business/inside/colombian.html
This article page provided me with historical background of Colombian cartels.
Tuckman, J. (2010, September 5). Tortured Mexican kidnap victim says: 'I would sit there wondering how people could be that bad'. The Observer. Retrieved May 10, 2014, from http://www.theguardian.com/world/2010/sep/05/mexico-drugs-cartel-kidnap-victim
Provided me with evidence of how cartels treat their victims.