Response to Maria Full of Grace

We watched the movie "Maria full of Grace". This is a movie about a young, pregnant, Colombian woman, who partakes in muling drugs to America. She must swallow 62 pellets of cocaine and take a plane to New York. There were some other girls doing the same thing with her.

I feel that it is very sad that people, especially women, in other countries could be in such a bad situation, so they would consider doing something illegal, such as muling, so they can actually make some money for their families. Because the jobs that they may have just don't pay enough for them to support themselves and their families.

The real problem isn't as much in the poor countries but rather in the richer countries such as America. It all comes down to supply and demand. In America people want drugs and are willing to pay a lot of money for them. And because Colombia, Mexico and other countries have the drugs and have people who need money. People are sort of force in this organized crime. Also, gang violence stems from drugs, whether it is over drug prices, two gangs being in the same territory or a countless number of other reasons.

In Mexico it is estimated that between 13.6 billion and 48.4 billion dollars are made in drug carteling every year. You can see why some people for bad situations would want to get in on this. Between December 2006 and December 2010 it is been estimated that 28,818 people have been killed due to cartel wars. Even though these numbers are probably much higher because as with any gang violence a lot goes unaccounted for.