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The Gulf Cartel (Spanish: Cártel del Golfo [ˈkaɾtel ðel ˈɣolfo], Golfos, or CDG) [6] [7] is a criminal syndicate and drug trafficking organization in Mexico, [8] and perhaps one of the oldest organized crime groups in the country. [9] It is currently based in Matamoros, Tamaulipas, directly across the U.S. border from Brownsville, Texas.
Jorge Eduardo Costilla Sánchez (born 1 August 1971) is a former Mexican drug lord and top leader of the criminal drug trafficking organization known as the Gulf Cartel. [1] [2] He was among Mexico's most-wanted drug lords, until his arrest in 2012.
Osiel Cárdenas Guillén (born 18 May 1967) is a Mexican drug lord and the former leader of the Gulf Cartel and Los Zetas.Originally a mechanic in Matamoros, Tamaulipas, he entered the cartel by killing Juan García Abrego's friend and competitor Salvador Gómez, after the former's arrest in 1996.
He was arrested by the Mexican federal police in June 2009 and extradited to the United States while pending drug trafficking charges on 19 August 2011. Cano Flores was later sentenced to 35 years in prison and ordered to forfeit US$15 billion on 13 May 2013, making him "highest ranking Gulf Cartel member to be convicted by a U.S. jury in the ...
De la Cruz Reyna's arrest weakened the Gulf Cartel and led to a series of successful crackdowns by Mexican security forces during the rest of 2007. [ 52 ] [ 53 ] Authorities were able to arrest members of the Gulf Cartel and Los Zetas in record numbers, as well as seize drugs, money, and weapons.
The assassination also happened a day after the Mexican Navy dismantled a network of the Gulf Cartel in three municipalities across Tamaulipas, where 35 cartel members were arrested. [29] Ricardo Salazar Pequeño, the regional boss of the cartel in Ciudad Miguel Alemán , along with the cartel's accountant Gabriela Gómez Robles, were apprehended.
Medrano Rodríguez was arrested on 28 March 2002 in Matamoros; [83] he was sentenced to 44 years in prison on 12 May 2006. [84] He was released after 2012. [85] Vázquez Mireles was arrested in Veracruz on 1 April 2003; [86] as of 2013, he was in prison without a conviction after a court annulled his 12-year sentence. [87]
Juan García Abrego [3] [4] (Spanish pronunciation: [xwɑŋ ɡaɾˈsia aˈβɾeɣo]; born September 13, 1944) is a Mexican convicted drug lord and former leader of the Gulf Cartel, a criminal group based in the state of Tamaulipas, Mexico.