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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 Sinaloa Cartel, [4] [5] [6] or the Pacific Cartel, [7] is a large, terrorist transnational organized crime syndicate based in Culiacán, Sinaloa, Mexico, [8] that specializes in illegal drug trafficking ...
Amid eroding trust between the U.S. and Mexico on security issues, Mexican officials were caught off guard by the arrest of Sinaloa cartel leaders Ismael 'El Mayo' Zambada García and Joaquín ...
Ismael "El Mayo" Zambada, 78, reputed co-founder of the Sinaloa cartel, and Joaquín Guzmán López, 38, an alleged leader of the Los Chapitos faction of the cartel.
Raúl Meza Ontiveros (Latin American Spanish: [raˈul ˈmesa ontiˈβeɾos]; 11 December 1966 – 27 March 2007), commonly referred to by his alias "El M6", was a Mexican suspected drug lord and high-ranking leader of the Sinaloa Cartel, a criminal group based in Sinaloa.
Los Ninis are the main armed wing of the faction of the Sinaloa Cartel, known as Los Chapitos. [2] Made up of loyal young hit men between the ages of 20 and 35, well-trained in urban combat operations,(Michael Collins)they operate as a security force for the leaders of that faction, as well as to torture and kill anyone who opposed Los Chapitos.
After multiple threats, Tijuana's mayor took to living inside a military barracks.
The Sinaloa Cartel drug lords were active in the states of Sinaloa, Durango, Chihuahua, Sonora, Nuevo León, and Nayarit. [10] Since 1998, Zambada has been wanted by Mexico's attorney general's office, when it issued bounties totaling $2.8 million USD on him and five other leaders of the Juárez Cartel. [11]
A study published in Science estimated that Mexican cartels recruit about 360 workers each week to replace those lost to violence or incarceration.