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  1. www.britannica.com › topic › Sinaloa-cartelSinaloa cartel | Leader Caught, Arrest, History, Members ...

    6 days ago · Sinaloa cartel, international crime organization that is among the most-powerful drug-trafficking syndicates in the world. It is based in Culiacan, Sinaloa state, Mexico. At one time it was headed by Joaquin Guzman Loera, known as El Chapo.

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  2. en.wikipedia.org › wiki › Sinaloa_CartelSinaloa Cartel - Wikipedia

    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).

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  4. www.bbc.co.uk › news › world-latin-america-40480405Mexico cartels: Which are the biggest and most powerful? - BBC

    Oct 24, 2019 · Getty Images. Mexico's brutal drug war claims thousands of lives every year, as powerful trafficking groups battle it out for territory and influence. These cartels control vast areas of the...

  5. www.smh.com.au › world › north-americaWho are the Mexican drug cartels and why are they so deadly?

    Nov 6, 2019 · Mexico’s drug cartels have grown stronger in recent years, fuelled by demand for narcotics, corruption in Mexico and unchecked by a police force that is outgunned – often literally – by the ...

  6. www.cfr.org › backgrounder › mexicos-long-war-drugsMexico’s Long War: Drugs, Crime, and the Cartels

    Aug 5, 2024 · The cartels and the drug trade fuel rampant corruption and violence in Mexico, contributing to tens of thousands of homicides in the country each year. Since Mexico launched a war on the cartels...

  7. www.bbc.com › news › magazine-27427123Inside Mexico's feared Sinaloa drugs cartel - BBC News

    May 15, 2014 · By Paul Wood. BBC News, Sinaloa, Mexico. Some of Mexico's leading drugs traffickers have been killed or captured in recent months, including the head of the powerful Sinaloa cartel. But inside...

  8. www.bbc.com › news › world-latin-america-64921765Mexico kidnapping: A twisted moral code explains cartel ... - BBC

    Mar 11, 2023 · Four Americans were kidnapped by a drug cartel, and two of them were murdered, when they visited the town of Matamoros, Mexico. So why would the cartel apologise for the incident and hand over...