Who are the current Mexican drug lords?
Guzmán has two close associates, Ismael Zambada García and Ignacio Coronel Villareal. Guzman and Zambada became Mexico’s top drug kingpins in 2003, after the arrest of their rival Osiel Cárdenas Guillén of the Gulf Cartel.
Who is in charge of the Jalisco cartel?
Nemesio Oseguera Cervantes
The Jalisco New Generation Cartel (Spanish: Cártel de Jalisco Nueva Generación) or CJNG, formerly known as Los Mata Zetas, is a semi-militarized Mexican criminal group based in Jalisco which is headed by Nemesio Oseguera Cervantes (“El Mencho”), one of the world’s most-wanted drug lords.
Where is the Mexican cartel located?
Sinaloa cartel, international crime organization that is among the most-powerful drug-trafficking syndicates in the world. It is based in Culiacán, Sinaloa state, Mexico.
Are there cartels in Hermosillo?
The Sonora Cartel has been specifically linked to operating out of Hermosillo and Agua Prieta in Sonora, but also less so in Guadalajara in Jalisco, Culiacán in Sinaloa, and the States of Nayarit and Durango.
How many people died in the Tamaulipas massacre?
On 24 April 2012, the attorney general of the state of Tamaulipas identified 10 of the 14 people killed. In addition, the Mexican authorities stated that those killed had “no relationship with the criminal group Los Zetas ,” and that they were in fact innocent civilians.
How many people died in the Nuevo Laredo massacre?
^ “Se recrudece violencia en Nuevo Laredo: 23 muertos”. El Universal (in Spanish). 5 May 2012. Retrieved 5 May 2012. ^ “Pide ‘El Chapo Guzman’ al alcalde de Nuevo Laredo que deje de negar su presencia”.
What happened in the 2012 Nuevo Laredo mass shootings?
The 2012 Nuevo Laredo massacres were a series of mass murder attacks between the allied Sinaloa Cartel and Gulf Cartel against Los Zetas in the border city of Nuevo Laredo, Tamaulipas, across the U.S.-Mexico border from Laredo, Texas. The drug-violence in Nuevo Laredo began back in 2003, when the city was controlled by the Gulf Cartel.
Where is Tamaulipas and Nuevo León?
The line between the Mexican states of Nuevo León and Tamaulipas, near the border, is a patchwork of family farms, fields of sorghum and oil wells.