Definitions of English terms used
- Cartel - A formal (explicit) agreement among firms, usually agreeing on pricing, product output levels, allocation of customers and territories, and the division of profits. In the drug world, read "Narcotics Trafficking Organizations" for "firms." Drug cartels have the primary purpose of promoting and controlling drug trafficking operations.
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Translations of Spanish words you will see in this blog
- El Ágora - (Ehl AH-goh-rah) - The Meeting Place; one of the major online news sites is "El Ágora De Chihuahua" - the meeting place of Chihuahua. A link is in the "Sources" links on the right hand side of this page.
- Acribillar - (Ah-cree-bee-YAHR) - To riddle, as in to fill full of bullet holes.
- Acribillan - (Ah-cree-BEE-yahn) - They riddle, they fill full of bullet holes; is riddled, is filled full of bullet holes.
- Acribillaron - (Ah-cree-bee-YAH-rohn) - They riddled, they filled full of bullet holes.
- Acribillaban - (Ah-cree-bee-YAH-bahn) - They riddled, they filled full of bullet holes.
- Calcinar - (Cahl-see-NAHR) - To burn up, to cremate.
- Calcinan - (Cahl-SEE-nahn) - They burn up, they cremate; is burned up, is cremated.
- Calcinaron - (Cahl-see-NAHR-ohn) - They burned up, they cremated.
- Calcinaban - (Cahl-see-NAH-bahn) - They burned up, they cremated.
- El Diario - (Ehl Dee-AH-rdee-yoh) - "The Daily." A newspaper, published in several cities, including Ciudad Juárez in the State of Chihuahua. A link is in the "Sources" links on the right hand side of this page.
- Ejido - (Eh-HEE-though) - Something similar to a rural commune community; a collective group of people that live and work on a determined piece of property as a community.
- La Plaza - (Lah PLAH-ssah) - The franchise to allow drugs to be moved in and through a particular zone or territory.
- La Placita - (La plah-SEE-tah) - same as la plaza.
- Sicario - (See-CAH-rdee-yoh) - Hitman - derived from Latin Sicarii via Italian.
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