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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.
The Gulf Cartel is responsible for the importation and distribution of thousands of kilograms of cocaine and marijuana into the United States annually. After the arrest of the cartel leader Osiel Cardenas, Costilla Sánchez took control and became partner with Antonio Cárdenas Guillén, Heriberto Lazcano and Héctor Manuel Sauceda Gamboa (El ...
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.
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]
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.
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 ...
The U.S. Treasury has announced sanctions against nine affiliates of Mexico’s Sinaloa drug trafficking cartel, as well as the current leader of Colombia’s powerful Clan del Golfo criminal ...
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.