U.S. Gangs As Foot Soldiers For Drug Traffickers

U.S. Gangs As Foot Soldiers For Drug Traffickers...To transport their drugs inside the U.S., MX drug cartels want a distributor who operates within the black market and is familiar with life on America’s streets. That’s where American gangs step in. The two make a convenient alliance. In exchange for drug money, the gangs do the cartels’ dirty work. They intimidate, kidnap, steal and murder. The cartel pockets the bulk of the profit from the drug trade, while gang members take most of the heat from law enforcement. One of the more notorious gangs with ties to Mexican cartels is the “Barrio Azteca”. The group operates mainly in the U.S.-Mexico border region between El Paso, Texas and Ciudad Juarez, Mexico. It was founded in 1986 inside a Texas prison. One of the gang’s principal recruiting grounds is jails and prisons in the state of Texas.

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