Gang+Violence+&+Drug+Cartels+in+Latin+America

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//History//

 * Gang violence and Drug cartels possesed minor threat
 * government does not react to drug cartels or gang violence
 * Not all countries are home to these soon to rise crisis
 * Government reforms cause:
 * Unemployment
 * poverty
 * wide gap between rich and poor
 * Gangs and cartels do not take much action to widen their business until recent years

**//Current situation//**

 * 2006 death toll is about 19,000 in Latin America
 * Drug cartels use different methods to ship drug for their thriving business
 * The drug and violence crisis in Latin America has gotten out of hand and cannot easily be stopped

//**What is being done**//

 * The government is trying to take down powerful drug cartels and/or gang leaders
 * Millions of dollars are being used to stop the crisis
 * Neighboring countries are coming up with possible solutions together
 * Countries are facing the problem together