Tarahumara Indian tribe, renowned for their agility and bare foot running endurance, most of the kids grew up up competing in traditional rarajipari races on a rocky trail .But by the time some kids reach 18 years old, they were running an entirely different kind of race-hauling a 50-pound backpack of marijuana across the border into the New Mexico desert.
An American writer, Christopher McDougall authored a book about Tarahumara Indian tribe unique physical abilities. In his book ,”Born to Run: A Hidden Tribe, Superathletes, and the Greatest Race the World Has Never Seen made them famous. “When it comes to ultradistance” “nothing can beat a Tarahumara barefoot runner-not a racehorse, not a cheetah, not an Olympic marathoner. A Tarahumara Indian bare foot runner is able to run 435 miles.
According to law enforcers, Tarahumara Indians, drug traffickers are now exploiting the very Tarahumara trait-endurance-that has been crucial to their survival. Tarahumaras’ aptitude for endurance running that makes them so heavily recruited: the cartels “can put them in the desert and just say, ‘Go!'” Cartel operatives enlist impoverished Tarahumara Indians to make a grueling odyssey running drugs by foot across the border to the U.S.
I – Word Understanding
Drug War – conflict between law enforcement and those who deal in illegal drugs.
Renowned – known or talked about by many people.
Agility – the power of moving quickly and easily.
Hauling – to transport with effort or force.
Ultradistance – a cross-country footrace with distances of 30 miles (48 kilometers).
Trait – a genetically determined characteristic.
Impoverished – being really, really poor, either from having no money or being in bad health.
Odyssey – an intellectual or spiritual wandering or quest.
II – Have your say
1.Unlike primitive drug runners in Mexico, Taiwanese drug traffickers use people who have special telepathic and hypnosis skills on trading illicit drugs. What are the other unique human abilities that drug traffickers look for?
2.What policy measure should government make if there is a massive drug selling?
Schoolers Policy Measure Why?
Drop out-Students
3.Legality of Canabis by Country
● Cambodia
● India (Regulated by the government)
● Iran
● North Korea
● Pakistan
● Uruguay
076 Mexican Drug War’s Next Victims: Tarahumara Indian Runners
