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The concept of the cartel was pushed by the DEA in the late 1970s to show the U.S. public that these organizations had evolved in power and reach, and they had become very dangerous to national ...
The Sinaloa Cartel (Spanish: Cártel de Sinaloa, pronounced [ˈkaɾtel ðe sinaˈloa], CDS, after the native Sinaloa region), also known as the Guzmán-Loera Organization, the Federation, the Sinaloa Cartel, [4] [5] [6] or the Pacific Cartel, [7] is a large, drug trafficking organization transnational organized crime syndicate based in Culiacán, Sinaloa, Mexico, [8] that specializes in ...
Drug cartels employ 175,000 people across Mexico making it the fifth largest employer in the country, according to a new study. A vast network of 150 cartels are recruiting upwards of 350 new ...
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 ...
At the helm was Mexico's largest and most storied criminal organization. “Basically the Sinaloa cartel for years had a monopoly in Chiapas,” said Victor Manuel Sánchez, an organized-crime ...
CJNG is considered by the Mexican government to be one of the most dangerous criminal organizations in Mexico [30] and the most powerful drug cartel in Mexico. [61] CJNG is heavily militarized and more violent than other criminal organizations. It has a special operations group for specific types of warfare. [62]
A vast network of 150 cartels are recruiting upwards of 350 new members a week across the country Drug cartels are Mexico’s fifth largest employer with 175,000 on payroll, study finds Skip to ...
By 2018 the CJNG was hyped as the most powerful cartel in Mexico. [221] [222] [223] though Insight Crime has said the Sinaloa Cartel is still the most powerful cartel and called the CJNG its closest rival. [224] [172] In 2019, the group was greatly weakened by infighting, arrests of senior operatives, and a war with the Sinaloa Cartel and its ...