Topic:
The annotated bibliography’s main thesis is to provide credible sources supporting the claim that
ending drug trafficking between the United States and Mexico will reduce crime and drug abuse
in the country. Drug smuggling and illegal trafficking from Mexico and Unite States have caused
serious problems for every American culture and social class. The primary importance of this
research paper will focus on how to eliminate drug trafficking in the two countries.
Thesis Statement:
To stop international drug trafficking over their respective borders, the United States and Mexico
must agree to close their borders, suspend all international trade, and increase border security.
Bibliography:
Morris, S. D. (2012). Corruption, Drug Trafficking, and Violence n Mexico.
The Bronw Journal of World Affairs, 18 (2), 29-43.
http://www.jstor.org/stable/24590861
Annotated Bibliography: The research of Professor Stephen D. Morris, Chair of the Political
Science Department at Middle Tennessee State University, on drug trafficking, violence and
corruption in Mexico helps to adress my research question because it illustrates and verifies how
corruption has made it challenging to indentify law enforcement officials and violators. The five
main federal departments, Transportation, Treasury, State Defense, and Justice, cooperate with
other agencies on a daily basis to combat illegal activity that occurs near the border. As noted by
Professor Stephen D. Morris, involvement with any significant federal agency is regarded as
organized crime. He identifies and reveals the ways that corruption has influenced Mexico
politics over the years. Felipe Calderon, the President of Mexicon, once stated that drug related
violence, corruption, and trafficking had historically been at low levels. This is an interesting fact
that coincides with the elimination of international drug trafficking between Mexico and the
United States.
1. Morris, S. D. (2012) presents its main argument that the goal of the Corruption,
Drug Trafficking, and violence in Mexico investigation research is to demonstrate
how border-related organized crime contributes to the global drug trade between
Mexico and the United States. This source wil examine the justicfications for
steps like border closures between the United Stares and Mexico being required to
lessen drug trafficking and illegal immigration into the country.
2. Evidence from Proffessor Stephen D. Morris reveals the incidents and explains
how corruption plays part in liking drug trafficking from Mexico into the United
States. He uses historical evidence to support his claims.
3. The source is similar to other sources I have read about this subject because it
emphasizes or points out corruption among public officials.
4. Professor Stephen D. Morris provides an answer to my research questiono by
indetifying the main problem, which is that drugs from Mexico are entering the
United States through the five major federal departments of Transportation,
Treasury, State, Defense, and Justice.
Bibliography:
Dell, M. (2015). Trafficking Networks and the Mexican Drug War.
The American Economic Review, 105(6), 1738-1779)
http://www.jstor.org/stable/43495438
Annotated Bibliography: Stopping international drug trafficking between Mexic and the
United States is a topic covered in Melissa Dell’s research assessment, Trafficking Networks
in the Mexican Drug War. Her discussion of issues from 2007 and her inclusioj of data
showing the sharp increase in drug-related violence in Mexico –which has claimed over
60,000 lives and sparked questions about the State’s ability to control violence- helps to
address my research question. Her graph and charts show that although cocaine use increased
in 1999, it stayed mostly unchanged in 1997, 1998, and 2000. The quantity of concaine
seized has consistently exceeded 10,000, even with the large quantities of cash and the large
number of government employees involved. This is quite unsettling and scary. She also
advances the research topic by illustrating the growing strength of Mexican trafficking
organizations enter the United States, they cease acting violently and start acting covertly to
avoid drawing attention from law enforcement.
1. As the country’s security situation worsens, the main argument of Dell, M. (2015).
Trafficking Networks and the Mexican Drug War is to introduce into my research
paper the actions taken by the federal, state, and local governments of Mexico.
2. The author backs up statements with numerical data. For instance, between January
2000 and September 2006, the Mexican government detained over 79,000 people
on charges related to drug trafficking.
3. This, topic, which identifies the article and assesses the alliance and subgroup
network structures of organized crime in Mexico, complements the other topics I
have researched for my title.
4. This source responds to my research question by stating that there is a significant
risk to the national security of both Mexico and the United States from human
trafficking.
Bibliography:
Vlachova, M. (2005). Trafficking in Humans: The Slavery of our Age. Connections, 4(4),
1-16. http://www.jstor.org/stable/26323192
Annotated Bibliography: This source explains how human trafficking is widely recognized
as a disgusting form of modern slavery and as a grave violation of all fundamental human
rights, which helps to address my research question. It clearly acknowledges that human
trafficking is an abhorrent form of contemporary slavery that has long been denounced as a
serious infringement on every human right. One of the crimes with the fastest growing global
reach is the practice of treating people like commodities that can be bought or sold as slaves,
who are brutally exploited by those who take away their passports and visas and withhold
their income to get victims under the traffickers ultimate control.
1.The unethical and morally abhorrent nature of drug and human trafficking is
revealed by this study source. Global gangs have been able to establish a network
that deals in people in the same way that they do with guns, drugs, or money thanks to
enormous profits.
2. Vlachova, M. (2005) Human Trafficking: The Principle Point of contention Human
Trafficking is being made public as a the widespread issue that is int he modern
world, along with the risks it entails. It also shows that risks faced by workers
during hiring, transportation, and employment for their employers receive
greater attention than those who suffer because of their age, gender, or poverty.
3. The author claims that the impact of gang activity on American Society is
becoming more and more concerning. Mexico was asked to assist the United
States in the fight agaisnt terrorism, and this source contained a many information
about topics I had previously researched. The way that Mexican security institutions
respond to the US request varies.
4. The reason for ending drug trafficking between Mexico and the United States is
addressed in this source.
Bibliography:
(U) Drug Movement Into and Within the United States- National Drug Threat Assessment
2010 (UNCLASSIFIED). (n.d). www.justice.gov
https://www.justice.gov/archive/ndic/pubs38/38661/movement.htm
Annotated Bibliography: This official website provides information on drug movement into
and within the United States, which addresses my research question. For instance, his source
reports that the land borders of Mexico and, to a much lesser extent, Canada are used to
import the majority of illicit drugs produces outside of the United States and sold there.
Couriers and cargo on commercial flights bring far fewer drugs into the United States that
other means of transportation. Commercial aircraft saw fewer seizures of cocaine, heroin,
methamphetamine, marijuana, and MDMA in 2009 when compared to other forms of
transportation. It demonstrates that various factors have contributed to the decline in
commercial air smuggling of heroin, such as a reduction in South American heroin productin
and a shift to smuggling routes over the Southwest Border.
1. This source aims to illustrate the ways n which drug cartels from Mexico enter one of
the few major drug markets in the United States, which are home to sizable drug user
populations and serve as distribution centers for drugs to reach smaller markets.
2. The US Deparment of Justice supports outlines and the history of drug trafficking
with statical data.
3. This source is related to others because it shows how drugs enter the country and
the harmful conditions they cause in neighborhoods.
4. This official website provides comprehensive answers to the research question. It
authenticates historical and statistical data between the two nations.
Bibliography:
Carpenter,T. G. (1985). The U.S. Campaign Against International Narcotics Trafficking:
A Cure Worse than the Disease. Cato Institute
https://www.jstor.org/stable/resrep04974
Annotated Bibliography: This article explores strategies to combat the drug problem in
both countries in concert with steps to halt drug flow and an analysis of the dynamics of drug
trafficking from Mexico to the United States. The steps taken to train government officials to
stop drug trafficking between Mexico an the United States are described in this article. The
joint response of the United States and Mexico to the illicit drug market that impacts both
countries has continued, despite their admission that the reduction of demand is an essential
part of their drug strategies. The United States and Mexico have collaborated on numerous
drug-related project, including joint investigations, military support, and training for law
enforcement. Drug control, the bilateral response of the United States and Mexico to the
illicit drug trade has included drug interdiction, anti-money laundering, drug and immigration
enforcement, prosecutions, counter-drug support, and counter-drug cooperation with Mexico.
1. Outlining the dynamics of drug trafficking from Mexico to the United States is
the aim of this source. It also examines methods for stopping the flow of drugs
and approaches for working together to combat the drug problem in both
nations.
2. The evidence that the author presents illustrates the relationship and effects of
international drug trafficking between Mexico and the United States using
historical and statistical data.
3. This source is related to other sources on the subject because it supports data
showing that, while Mexican trafficking organizations primarily operate in the
drug trade, other organized crime groups with US headquarters carry out a range
of illicit activities.
4. The sources are related to one another because they bolster the data in the
research that is presented.
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