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  2. Oct 24, 2019 · Mexico's brutal drug war claims thousands of lives every year, as powerful trafficking groups battle it out for territory and influence.

    • Editorial Staff, American Addiction Centers
    • Sinaloa Cartel. A Mexico-based cartel famous largely because their long-term leader, El Chapo, was recently captured and imprisoned, the dangerous Sinaloa Cartel is also notorious for its extensive ties to the Mexican federal police and military.
    • Medellin Cartel. Based in Colombia, one of the leading cocaine-producing territories, the organization began smuggling emeralds, but as notorious Pablo Escobar took control of the cartel, the focus changed to drugs—predominantly cocaine, but also some marijuana, in the 1970s.
    • Gulf Cartel. One of the oldest Mexican cartels, dating back to the 1930s, has roots of the organization extending across several continents into: West Africa.
    • Los Zetas. This criminal group began life in 1997 as a band of 31 former Mexican Special Forces operatives who deserted the military and joined the Gulf Cartel as their private militia.
  3. Jun 13, 2024 · The Sinaloa Cartel and the Cartel Jalisco Nueva Generación, two of the largest and most dangerous criminal syndicates in the world, have taken control of “clandestine drug...

  4. May 21, 2024 · Today, the two largest and most powerful cartels, the Sinaloa cartel and the Jalisco New Generation cartel (CJNG), are jostling with smaller rivals such as the Viagras, the...

    • Cleve Jones
  5. Feb 4, 2023 · Although the Sinaloa cartel is one of Mexico’s oldest and most influential drug-trafficking groups, it’s far from alone. The Jalisco New Generation cartel (CJNG), a powerful Sinaloa offshoot founded in 2010, has grown its territory and is now considered the second most powerful cartel in Mexico.

  6. The cartel's history is marked by evolution from a small crime syndicate to one of the most powerful and violent drug trafficking organizations in the world. Founded in the late 1960s by Pedro Avilés Pérez in Sinaloa, the cartel initially focused on smuggling marijuana into the United States (US).

  7. Mar 15, 2024 · The Sinaloa Cartel, considered the largest and most powerful drug trafficking organization in the Western Hemisphere, is a network of some of Mexico’s most important drug lords. Members work together to protect themselves.