Description
The course is designed to increase the student’s knowledge and awareness of Mexican Cartel influence and their trafficking activities. Students learn the history of cartels in a past-to-present manner. Students gain a better understanding of how and where cartels operate and whom they partner with to carry out illicit activities.
Topics Include:
-History of cartels
-Current cartels
-Territory of Cartels
-Associated criminal elements (gangs) in Central and North America
-Political influence of cartels
-Criminal enterprises of cartels
-Narcocorridos (Music of the Cartels)
-Patron Saints
-Brujas (Witches) and Curanderos (Healers)
-Spiritual and religious influences