7 mayor cartels
The "Cartel" referrers to many organizations that smuggle drugs across the USA/Mexico border. There are many small Cartels but the most major Cartels are Los zetas, the Sinaloa, the Tijuana, Knights Templar, Arellano, Cartel Pacifica, and the Acapulco, Cartels.
Not much since he is the president of Afghanistan, and he has many more things to worry about than drug cartels on the other side of the world. On the other hand, most drugs trafficked by Mexican cartels are produced in Mexico, Central and South America; not in Asia.
In December of 2006, Mexico's new President Felipe Calderón declared war on the drug cartels.
Among all drug cartels in Mexico, there is an estimated force of 55,000 people working at various degrees of involvement in illegal activities related to narcotics production and distribution.
The United States.
Two simple words: Corruption and Drug cartels
If Mexico were to collapse probably some one will try to take over like communist. With the drug cartels and dishonest police, many areas of Mexico have already collapsed. Many of the rich have gotten richer and the poor poorer during the upheaval.
People killing other people and drug cartels.
In many places where the cartels are in full power, the government has no control. Collusion and cartels are not unstable because in many countries, they have overtook the central governments.
Yes. Drug cartels carry out illegal activities in detriment of Mexico's laws and in many cases, against Mexican and American citizens. These include:Drug traffickingAssassinationsShootouts killing innocent bystandersHuman traffickingExtortionArms trafficking
It provides money and some military hardware, but that's it.
No. The Crips are mostly an African-American gang. They however, have been linked to Mexican drug cartels, such as the Juarez Cartel.