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Los Talibanes, known to a lesser extant as Los Nortes, [2] are a Mexican criminal organization based in San Luis Potosí and Zacatecas.The name "Los Talibanes" is attributed to Iván Velázquez Caballero "El Talibán" or "El Z-50", who broke with Miguel Treviño Morales, "El Z-40", and allied himself with the Gulf Cartel to displace his former partner.
Gulf Cartel [2] Grupo Delta [3] [4] Grupo Elite [5] Grupo Guerrero [6] Grupo X [7] Los Balcanes. Grupo Blanco; Los Cabos [8] Los Ciclones; Los Metros; Hells Angels MC [9] [10] Independent Cartel of Acapulco; Individualistas Tendiendo a lo Salvaje; Israeli mafia; Jalisco New Generation Cartel, a.k.a. CJNG; Juárez Cartel, a.k.a. Vicente Carrillo ...
Politicians are usually targeted for three reasons: (1) Political figures who are honest pose a direct threat to organized crime, and are consequently killed by the cartels; (2) Politicians make arrangements to protect a certain cartel and are killed by a rival cartel; and (3) a cartel simply kills politicians to heat up the turf of the rival ...
Bullet casings line Highway 358 between the towns of Palmas Altas and Jerez in Zacatecas, Mexico. The valley of La Sierra Los Cardos is a contested territory of opposing drug cartels.
Mexico’s drug cartels and gangs appear to be playing a wider role in Sunday’s elections that will determine the presidency, nine governorships and about 19,000 mayorships and other local posts
The U.S. Ambassador to Mexico Ken Salazar said on Friday that the arrests of Mexican drug kingpin Ismael "El Mayo" Zambada and a son of his former partner, Joaquin "El Chapo" Guzman, were a ...
During the 2010s, inmates linked with various cartels, including Los Zetas, the Gulf Cartel, and the Sinaloa Cartel, were added to the prison. [1] The prison became dangerous and failed several assessments due to the introduction of the cartel inmates, with the last assessment before the riots deeming it to have a lack of governance and an ...
The U.S. and Mexican governments both face challenges: increased demand for narcotics in the U.S., increased supply of fentanyl in Mexico, and well-armed cartels so embedded in communities that ...