Argentina a home for Mexican drug cartels

Edgardo Buscaglia from the Mexican Autonomous Institute of Technology has shown in a recent investigation that Argentina is home to several drug trafficking networks extended from Mexican drug cartels like Sinaloa, Tijuana and Los Zetas, according to elespectador.com. He also confirmed that Mexican drug lord Joaquín “El Chapo” Guzmán, the most wanted man in the world after the death of Osama bin Laden, was living in Argentina and set up bases for Sinaloa in the northern provinces of Chaco, Formosa and Misiones. Other cartels have also set up networks in the north of the country, and unlike the fierce rivalry and competition they have in Mexico, they work together in Argentina to maintain open routes. Some cartels take advantage of poor areas Chaco and network through churches, gaining the support of the locals. Argentina is extremely vulnerable to drug trafficking networks because local governments in the provinces give the cartels political protection and the people give them social protection. Argentina’s fight against drugs is not established and many officials deny that the country has a drug problem, making it too easy for drug cartels to take advantage and expand business.
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