Here are the top four most dangerous the operate in the country today. The Sinaloa Cartel is known for being very violent and has kidnapped, tortured and slaughtered members of its competitors.
In a blatant demonstration of its military might, it openly fought with the army in daylight until the younger Guzman was freed. The Jalisco New Generation was only recently formed in However, it quickly made a name as the most aggressive competitor to the Sinaloa.
It operates in the western part of the country, mainly in the Tierra Caliente area. The CJNG has an international reach. The cartel is said to be the largest distributor of synthetic drugs in America and is also a leading amphetamine distributor in the U. And even if she were able to give up corrupt government officials, there are plenty more where they came from.
El Chapo's criminal trial featured no fewer than 14 cooperating witnesses. They included Chicago twins Peter and Jay Flores, top-level traffickers for the organization who kept the drugs flowing to America's heartland, and the money flowing to El Chapo.
Today, the Flores twins are in hiding, but their wives spoke exclusively with "American Greed. They live under assumed names, and "American Greed" agreed to keep the location of the interview a secret. And they were able to navigate both worlds," Olivia told "American Greed. Every good moment in our family was always overshadowed by a bad moment," said Mia. Ultimately, caught in the middle of an internal cartel skirmish, the twins reached out to U. Vicente Zambada, who is serving a year prison term after pleading guilty to reduced charges, testified against El Chapo while Coronel watched in the courtroom.
That has further fueled speculation that Coronel might be willing to turn on the organization. The fact that the organization seems to barely miss a beat even as its leaders turn on one another shows the folly of U. Grillo said that while it is important not to let drug lords operate with impunity, a better strategy involves taking aim at the stakes in the drug trade. He said that means more resources to treat drug addiction and to take aim at organized crime and corruption in Mexico. Vigil agreed, and he said that in his 30 years with the DEA, he never agreed with the emphasis on drug kingpins.
Indeed, the cartel has gained notoriety for a series of attacks on security forces and public officials. It has downed an army helicopter with a rocket-propelled grenade, killed dozens of state officials, and has even been known to hang the bodies of its victims from bridges to intimidate its rivals.
And, according to experts in the region, it is set to expand further. Territory: The north-east, centred around the border state of Tamaulipas.
This is one of Mexico's oldest criminal groups and its roots can be traced back to the s. It became known around this time for trafficking cocaine and marijuana into the US. It is also thought to have smuggled heroin and amphetamines, and it worked closely with cartels in Colombia. By the s, the Gulf Cartel's drug trafficking operation was reportedly bringing in billions of dollars every year.
It maintained this network by engaging in political corruption and bribery as a means to keep officials on side. He was captured in and jailed for life in the US. His heir, Osiel Cardenas Guillen, built up the cartel's military wing. He recruited a number of corrupt special forces soldiers and pushed an even more violent approach.
Those soldiers would eventually go rogue and form a rival cartel of their own more on this later. Cardenas was arrested in and is currently serving 25 years in jail in the US.
His brother and top leader of the cartel, Ezequiel Cardenas Guillen, was killed in a shootout with Mexican troops in The cartel then split into multiple factions with different leaders. It has been weakened as a result, and is engaged in a vicious turf war with the Territory: Also the north-east. This group was founded by corrupt members of an elite unit of Mexico's special forces.
More than 30 ex-soldiers were hired by the leader of the Gulf Cartel in the s but, as mentioned above, they broke away and formed their own operation in The two cartels then clashed violently, particularly in Mexico's north-east. The Zetas became particularly well-known for their brutality, often torturing and decapitating their victims. By , the Zetas had reached the peak of their powers. The were named as the country's biggest drug gang, overtaking their bitter rivals the Sinaloa, and were thought to operate in more than half of the Mexican states.
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