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Los Ciclones is a faction of the Gulf Cartel, a Mexican drug cartel.This faction was created in 2015, with the Cártel del Noreste and Los Metros as its main enemies. Los Ciclones had as their area of influence the US-Mexico border crossing between Matamoros and Brownsville, Texas.
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.
The Gulf Cartel, a drug cartel based in Matamoros, Tamaulipas, Mexico, was founded in the 1930s by Juan Nepomuceno Guerra. [15] [16] Originally known as the Matamoros Cartel (Spanish: Cártel de Matamoros), [17] the Gulf Cartel initially smuggled alcohol and other illegal goods into the U.S. [16] Once the Prohibition era ended, the criminal group controlled gambling houses, prostitution rings ...
Adán Javier Medrano Rodríguez (24 December 1969), also known as El Licenciado (The Attorney), was a Mexican convicted drug lord and former high-ranking member of the Gulf Cartel, a criminal group based in Tamaulipas, Mexico. He joined the cartel during the 1990s, and was a trusted enforcer of former kingpin Osiel Cárdenas Guillén. His roles ...
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. He started in the cartel under the tutelage of his uncle Juan Nepomuceno Guerra.
Hugo Baldomero Medina Garza (born 1958) is a Mexican drug lord and leader of the Gulf Cartel.He is known as El Señor Padrino de los Tráilers ("Lord of the Trailers") for shipping large sums of Colombian narcotics in trucks through Mexico, to later smuggle them across the international border into the United States.
Born and raised in Matamoros, Tamaulipas, Cárdenas Vela began his criminal career in the year 2000, where he served as the regional boss of the Gulf Cartel in San Fernando, Tamaulipas. During his time in power, he reportedly bribed and threatened local leaders and policemen in order allow the Gulf Cartel to introduce and move narcotics around ...
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 ...