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MEXICO CITY (Reuters) -Mexican President Andres Manuel Lopez Obrador on Friday pushed back against estimates made this week about the strength of Mexican drug cartels by the top U.S. counter ...
He was the leader and the co-founder of the first major Mexican drug cartel; the Guadalajara Cartel, an alliance of the current existing cartels (which included the Sinaloa Cartel, the Juarez Cartel, the Tijuana Cartel, and the Sonora Cartel with Aldair Mariano as the leader). After his arrest, the alliance broke and high-ranking members formed ...
(The Center Square) – As Mexican cartel violence has escalated during the Biden administration, the U.S. State Department announced it is increasing a reward for a Mexican drug lord. The U.S ...
The most notable were the Jalisco New Generation Cartel (CJNG) headed by Nemesio Oseguera Cervantes "El Mencho" (who suspected the Sinaloa cartel had betrayed its leaders ) [71] [72] [73] and La Resistencia headed by Ramiro Pozos "El Molca" who switched alliances to form a brief alliance with Los Zetas (La Resistencia was founded by Sinaloa to ...
Tijuana Cartel (Spawned from the Guadalajara Cartel) Oaxaca Cartel (Was a branch of the disbanded Tijuana Cartel, its regional leader was captured in 2007) Juárez Cartel (Spawned from the Guadalajara Cartel) La Línea (Juárez Cartel enforcer squad) Barrio Azteca (U.S. street gang) [45] (Allied with La Linea) El Azul was a Mexican drug lord.
The cartel then sent its gunmen to attack fixed-wing aircraft, both military and civilian, at the Culiacán International Airport. One civilian airliner was hit. One civilian airliner was hit. The gunmen also shot up airport buildings to prevent authorities from flying the captured cartel boss out of the city.
The area is a trafficking route where the Sinaloa cartel and the Jalisco New Generation cartel are engaged in a turf war. [ 465 ] 25 July – Ismael "El Mayo" Zambada , leader of the Sinaloa Cartel , and Joaquín Guzmán López , son of Joaquín "El Chapo" Guzmán , were arrested by US Federal Agents shortly after landing at a private airfield ...
The organization was in flux by the time Vicente took control of the cartel and the death of Amado created a large power vacuum in the Mexican underworld. The Arellano Félix brothers became the most powerful organization during the 1990s while Vicente was able to avoid direct conflict and increase the strength of the Juárez Cartel. The ...