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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 Blood Alliance, [4] [5] [6] or the Pacific Cartel, [7] is a large, transnational organized crime syndicate based in the city of Culiacán, Sinaloa, Mexico [8] that specializes in illegal drug trafficking ...
The list of drug lords is grouped by their drug cartels. As of 2009, Mexico has offered up to 30 million pesos for the capture of each of the fugitives. [2] [3] [4] The United States also offers rewards for two of them. [5] The most-wanted of the 37 drug lords was Joaquín Guzmán Loera, for whom Mexican and U.S. governments offered a total ...
Ignacio "Nacho" Coronel Villarreal (1 February 1954 – 29 July 2010) was a Mexican suspected drug lord and a founder of the Sinaloa Cartel, a criminal group based in Sinaloa. He worked alongside Joaquín "El Chapo" Guzmán, Mexico's most-wanted drug lord. His stronghold was Jalisco.
MEXICO CITY (Reuters) -One of the most notorious drug chiefs in Mexico's history, Osiel Cardenas, was released from a U.S. prison on Friday into the custody of immigration officials who may deport ...
Lazcano was born to a poor family on Christmas Day, December 1974, in Apan, Hidalgo, Mexico. [A 1] He enlisted in the Mexican Army as an infantry soldier at age 16 and was later enrolled in the Grupo Aeromóvil de Fuerzas Especiales (GAFE), an elite special forces team dedicated to combating Guerrillas (like the EZLN) and drug-trafficking organizations.
Vicente Carrillo Fuentes was born in Guamuchilito, Navolato, Sinaloa, Mexico on 16 October 1962 to Vicente Carrillo and Aurora Fuentes. He had seven siblings: Angélica, Amado, Cipriano, Guadalupe, Alberto, Rodolfo and José Cruz Carrillo Fuentes (Vicente being the fourth one). [5]
In this photo provided by the U.S. Drug Enforcement Administration, Mexican drug trafficker Joaquín "El Chapo" Guzmán arrives at Long Island MacArthur Airport in Ronkonkoma, N.Y., after being ...
In 1989, Félix Gallardo was arrested; while in prison and through a number of envoys, the drug lord called for a summit in Acapulco, Guerrero. In the conclave, Guzmán and others discussed the future of Mexico's drug trafficking and agreed to divide the territories previously owned by the Guadalajara Cartel.