Drug cartels form with the purpose of controlling the supply of the illegal drug trade and maintaining prices at a high level. The formations of drug cartels are common in Latin American countries. Rivalries between multiple drug cartels cause them to wage turf wars against each other.
DEA continues our work eliminating the Drug Trafficking Organizations responsible for the deadliest drug crisis in United States’ history. Driving this synthetic drug crisis are two Mexican-based cartels, the Sinaloa Cartel and the Jalisco New Generation Cartel.
Drug cartel, an illicit consortium of independent organizations formed to limit competition and control the production and distribution of illegal drugs. Drug cartels are extremely well-organized, well-financed, efficient, and ruthless.
Members of the Jalisco New Generation Cartel (CJNG), one of the most powerful and feared criminal organisations in Mexico, have unleashed a wave of violence across 20 Mexican states.
Colombian security experts are warning that the reported fall of Nemesio Oseguera Cervantes, "El Mencho," the leader of the powerful Cartel Jalisco Nueva Generación (CJNG) may not weaken...
A California man who co-founded one of Mexico's most powerful and violent drug cartels pleaded guilty on Tuesday in the U.S. to a federal narcotics conspiracy charge. Erick Valencia Salazar formed ...
Mexican cartels, particularly CJNG and Sinaloa, have intensified operations with mass-casualty attacks, drone strikes, IEDs, and heavy weaponry, demonstrating a shift from traditional criminal activity to insurgent-style tactics that challenge state authority. Despite arrests, seizures, and military interventions, cartels have adapted by decentralizing, diversifying into other illicit markets ...
A Mexican Cartel Leader and Ex-Partner to El Mencho Pleads Guilty in U.S. Erick Valencia Salazar, a co-founder of one of Mexico’s deadliest gangs, faces 10 years to life in prison after making a ...