[55] After Medina Garza's arrest, his cousin Adalberto Garza Dragustinovis was investigated for allegedly forming part of the Gulf Cartel and for money-laundering, but the case is still open. An intelligence agency mentioned that the Gulf Cartel kidnaps for three reasons: In April 2011 in the border city of Reynosa, Tamaulipas, 68 kidnapped victims from different parts of Mexico and Central America were found in a safe house of the Gulf Cartel. Unbelievable! The United States Department of the Treasury had named Cano Flores in 2009 as a close associate of the Zeta bosses Heriberto Lazcano Lazcano and Miguel Trevio Morales, considered by the government as "significant foreign narcotics traffickers. [22] During the 1990s, the PGR(Procuradura General de la Repblica), the Mexican attorney general's office, estimated that the Gulf Cartel was "worth over US$10 billion. The group was known for its violent tactics and tight organizational structure. [212], In June 2020, Insight Crime journalist Victoria Dittmar claimed that the Gulf Cartel had undergone "fragmentation" at some point in time. Malherbe tried to bribe officials $2million for his release, but it was denied. officials. [35] Wearing slacks and a striped shirt, Garca brego was immediately extradited to the United States where he was interviewed by an FBI agent, and confessed to have "ordered people murdered and tortured," bribed top Mexican officials, and smuggled tons of narcotics into the United States. And in doing so, they inherently become a "competitor" with the state, who also claims sovereignty over its territories. [342], Prostitution network [91] However, it was believed that Crdenas still controlled the Gulf Cartel from prison,[92] and was later extradited to the United States, where he was sentenced to 25 years in a prison in Houston, Texas for money laundering, drug trafficking and death threats to U.S. federal agents. 959, 960, and 963), Foreign Narcotics Kingpin Designation Act, "High Ranking Gulf Cartel Member Sentenced in Washington, D.C., to 35 Years in Prison for Drug Trafficking", Bureau for International Narcotics and Law Enforcement Affairs, "Narcotics Rewards Program: Aurelio Cano-Flores", "Condenan a 35 aos a lder del crtel del Golfo en EU", "Gulf Cartel plaza boss gets 35 years in prison", "High-Ranking Member of Mexican Gulf Cartel Extradited to the United States to Face Drug Conspiracy Charges", "The drug lords behind Mexico's deadly turf war", "Mexican Gulf Cartel Kingpin Cano-Flores Extradited to USA", "Presunto narcotraficante mexicano afronta cargos en Estados Unidos", "Colaborador del crtel de Golfo es arraigado", "Indictment describes shifts in Gulf-Zeta relationship", "Drug cartel member sentenced to 35 years in prison", "DESIGNATIONS PURSUANT TO THE FOREIGN NARCOTICS KINGPIN DESIGNATION ACT", "An overview of the Foreign Narcotics Kingpin Designation Act", Cartel: The Coming Invasion of Mexico's Drug Wars, El Narco: Inside Mexico's Criminal Insurgency, Manhunt of Joaqun "El Chapo" Guzmn (20012014), https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Aurelio_Cano_Flores&oldid=1093222272, People sanctioned under the Foreign Narcotics Kingpin Designation Act, Pages using infobox criminal with known for parameter, Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike License 3.0, This page was last edited on 15 June 2022, at 08:26. [302][303][304] Investigators believe that more unreported kidnappings have occurred in nearby locations. Exmilitares de lite entrenados por fuerzas especiales de Estados Unidos e Israel. [167], After this incident, there was a huge division of opinions over the fate of the Gulf Cartel. Los Zetas, Meksikal bir su rgtdr, uyuturucu kartellerinin en tehlikeli olanlarndan biri olarak kabul edilir. [259] In June 2011, the state government of Tamaulipas requested the federal government to send in troops to combat the drug cartels in the area, to "consolidate actions on public safety" and "strengthen the capacity of their institutions. [306] FBI investigators said that victims are "kidnapped, threatened, assaulted, drugged and transported into Mexico to meet with Cartel members. Fue apresado la tarde de hoy por agentes de la Direccin Central de Investigacin (DICRIM) un hombre que era perseguido desde la tarde de ayer con relacin a la muerte de una mujer de nacionalidad haitiana y su hija de 10 aos, cuyos cadveres fueron encontrados envueltos en una sbana en el interior de una casa en construccin ubicada en el barrio Kennedy 2, del sector del Almirante . [324] Much of the money stays in the area, which has caused several officialsboth federal and stateto succumb to the "easy money aspect" the drug money has to offer. [264] El Universal released an article which said that the National Public Security System (SNSP) has condemned the cops' salaries, and demanded the state and municipal authorities to create better paying programs for the policemen so they can have a "just wage" for themselves and their families. [60], In 1997 the Gulf Cartel began to recruit military personnel whom Jess Gutirrez Rebollo, an Army General of that time, had assigned as representatives from the PGR offices in certain states across Mexico. Los Zetas is the largest drug cartel in Mexico in terms of scale of operations. This renegotiation, however, forced Garcia brego to guarantee the product's arrival from Colombia to its destination. Organized crime groups opt for protection racketeering in an effort to control markets and "maintaining internal order. El Seor de los Cielos es una serie de televisin estadounidense producida y grabada ntegramente en Mxico.Es producida por Telemundo Global Studios (antes Telemundo Studios) y Argos Comunicacin.Durante la primera temporada, la televisora colombiana, Caracol Televisin, tambin particip en la produccin. [103] However, continual disagreement was leading the Gulf Cartel and Los Zetas into an inevitable rupture. [254], According to CNN, more than 400 prison inmates escaped from several prisons in Tamaulipas from January 2010 to March 2011 due to corruption. [10] It is currently based in Matamoros, Tamaulipas, directly across the U.S. border from Brownsville, Texas . The Mexican Mafia, also known as La eMe, is a Mexican American criminal organization in the United States. When the hostilities began, the Gulf organization joined forces with its former rivals, the Sinaloa Cartel and La Familia Michoacana, aiming to take out Los Zetas. [270] Since February 2010, the major cartels have aligned in two factions, one integrated by the Jurez Cartel, Tijuana Cartel, Los Zetas and the Beltrn-Leyva Cartel;[271] the other faction integrated by the Gulf Cartel, Sinaloa Cartel, La Familia Cartel (now extinct) and the Knights Templar Cartel.[272][273]. [197] Although cocaine is not grown in Africa, Mexican organizations, such as the Gulf Cartel, are currently exploiting West Africa's struggling rule-of-law caused by war, crime and poverty, to stage and expand supply routes to the increasingly lucrative European illegal drug market. [189] Reports mention that Mexican drug cartels operate in more than 1,000 cities in the United States. [138], The confrontations started around 10:00am, and extended to 06:00pm, around the time Crdenas Guiln was killed. [320] His former friends and associates mentioned that the drug lord was paying one of Carlos Salinas de Gortari's deputy attorneys general more than $1.5million a month for his protection. It operates in more than half of the country's 32 states. [178] Crdenas Vela had held a grudge on Flores Borrego and the Metros because he believed that they had led the Mexican military to track down and kill his uncle Antonio Crdenas Guilln on 5 November 2010. [296] The Mexican military mentioned that in the states of Tamaulipas and Nuevo Leon, where the Gulf Cartel and Los Zetas fight for territory, abductions are carried out very commonly. El Cartel De Los Sapos En la vida real: Fernando Henao Montoya. [223][224] In addition, El Universal newspaper mentions that the narco-corruption in Tamaulipas is due to the fact the opposing political parties, the PAN and the Party of the Democratic Revolution (PRD), rarely win an election and "practically do not exist". Flemming, Gary. [203][204] Their conflict has even occurred on U.S. soil, where the Gulf Cartel killed two Zeta members in Brownsville, Texas on 5 October 2010. [220] After the PRI lost the presidency in 2000 to the National Action Party (PAN), the arrangement between the government and the cartels was lost, as well the pax mafiosa. [1] Est escrita por Luis Zelkowicz y Mariano Calasso, basada en una idea . Authorities believe that Gonzlez Pizaa reincorporated in organized crime and decided to join with the Gulf Cartel to end the war with Los Zetas, and bring back the "old school" ways when they were together. [21] Around 1994, it was estimated that the Gulf Cartel handled as much as "one-third of all cocaine shipments" into the United States from the Cali Cartel suppliers. [329] One leader of the Gulf Cartel confessed after his apprehension that "drug trafficking is their main business, but due to the difficulties they have been encountering, oil theft has been an important financial cushion" for the cartel. [164] Banners written by Los Zetas, the Gulf Cartel's former armed wing, appeared all across Mexico, celebrating the death of Crdenas Guilln. For example, the drug producers and suppliers,[284] although not considered in the basic structure, are critical operators of any drug cartel, along with the financers and money launderers. [332] Bars and casinos are often the hubs for money laundering of the drug cartels. Vicente Carrillo Fuentes era Victor Casillas en la serie, protagonizado por Ral Mndez. The Mexican criminal organizations like the Gulf Cartel launder money through counterfeiting, since they are free from taxes and more accessible to people who cannot buy original products. Comparte. Observations indicate that the Gulf Cartel controls territories and imposes its own rulesoften violent and bloodyover the population. [146] A news video from Televisa, also on YouTube, shows images from the confrontations of that day. [3] Some media outlets also referred to him by another name, Efran Snchez Castillo. [24], Garcia Abrego's reach became known when a United States Federal Bureau of Investigation (FBI) agent named Claude de la O, in 1986, stated in testimony against Garca brego that he received over US$100,000 in bribes and had leaked information that could have endangered an FBI informant as well as Mexican journalists. [340] Arms trafficking from the U.S. to Mexico, however, is often carried out individually, and there is no criminal group in Mexico or an international organization that is solely dedicated to this activity. [252] CNN mentioned that the state government of Tamaulipas later recognized "their inability to work with the federal government. US-trained cartel terrorises Mexico Founders of the Zetas drug gang learned special forces techniques at Ft. Bragg before waging a campaign of carnage. 0:00 / 7:04 Un periodista transmiti la balacera en Sinaloa durante el intento de captura del hijo de 'El Chapo' Univision Noticias 7.51M subscribers Subscribe 22K Share 3.7M views 2 years ago. [70] Between 2001 and 2008, the organization of the Gulf Cartel and Los Zetas was collectively known as La Compaa (The Company). [61] His goal was to protect himself from rival drug cartels and from the Mexican military, to perform vital functions as the leader of the most powerful drug cartel in Mexico. [228][229] The municipal president of Tampico, Tamaulipas, scar Prez Inguanzo, was arrested 12 November 2011, due to his "improper exercise of public functions and forgery" of certain documents. [244] In the border city of Reynosa, 85 inmates escaped from a prison on 10 September 2010. 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[314], A U.S. agent mentioned that the drug cartels that operate on the MexicoUnited States border, and principally across from Texas, are "in control of not only the narcotrafficking, but also the human smuggling. "The Sinaloa Cartel demonstrated a tremendous ability to mobilize rapidly and take effective control of the city," says Raul Benitez, an expert on Latin America's . However, Ezekiel died in a shooting with the Mexican Marines in Matamoros, Tamaulipas in 2010,[274] and Costilla Sanchez became the sole head of the cartel until his arrest in September 2012. According to El Universal, there are several music videos on YouTube that exalt the power of this armed group through narcocorridos. "[1][2], Aurelio Cano Flores was born in Tamaulipas, Mexico on 3 May 1972. [28] He was quickly extradited to the United States where he stood trial eight months after his arrest. He was the first drug trafficker to be on that list. They pointedly noted that they had carried out executions and kidnappings under orders of the Gulf Cartel when they served as their enforcers, and they were created by them for that sole purpose. [1] Het kartel heeft zijn hoofdbasis in de grensstad Matamoros. [312] It operates primarily on the TabascoVeracruzTamaulipas corridor. 3:04. [238] Cabeza de Vaca is accused by a Bloomberg/El Financiero of having a big and unexplained wealth of 951 million pesos. [17], By the 1980s, Garca brego began incorporating cocaine into the drug trafficking operations and started to have the upper hand on what was now considered the Gulf Cartel, the greatest criminal dynasty in the US-Mexico border. Reports mention that Antonio Crdenas was being protected by the Los Escorpiones (The Scorpions), the alleged armed wing of the Gulf Cartel and the personal army of Antonio Crdenas, who was serving as snipers and bodyguards for him. They began to organize kidnappings;[74] impose taxes, collect debts, and operate protection rackets;[75] control the extortion business;[76] securing cocaine supply and trafficking routes known as plazas (zones) and executing its foes, often with grotesque savagery. [171] According to reports by the Mexican government, Los Escorpiones was created by Antonio Crdenas Guillen and is composed of over 60 civilians, former police officers, and ex-military officials. [351], While the entire MexicoUnited States border has experienced high levels of drug trafficking and other illegal smuggling activities for decades, this activity tends to be concentrated in certain sectors within Texas. NARCOS: Crtel de los Cabrera presume su poderoso armamento en Durango El crtel de Sinaloa ha creado varias alianzas a lo largo de los meses para compensar la separacin de 'Los chapitos' y todos los brazos armados que apoyan a los hijos del ex lder del grupo, El chapo Guzmn. [269], The Sinaloa-Juarez alliance ceased to exist as well due to an unpaid debt in 2007, and now the Sinaloa and Juarez Cartel are at war against each other. By the end of 2011, Los Zetas had eclipsed the Sinaloa Cartel as the largest operating in Mexico by virtue of their geographic presence. The incident escalated as Crdenas Guilln threatened to kill them if they did not comply and as his gunmen prepared to shoot. [321] He is allegedly reported to have been protected by a large private army of gunmen. [265] The federal government is also constructing three military bases in Tamaulipas: in Ciudad Mier, San Fernando and Ciudad Mante. [124][125] Consequently, Los Zetas allied with the Jurez Cartel, the Beltrn-Leyva Cartel and the Tijuana Cartel. Born in the state of Tamaulipas, Cano Flores became a drug trafficker in 2001 while still serving as a police officer. "[307] Reports indicated that kidnappers working for the Gulf Cartel train with paintball equipment "to practice simulated kidnapping schemes in order to prepare for the actual kidnapping they intended to commit. The attack took place early Wednesday when gunmen used a car bomb to blow up the entrance to a state prison in Tula, Hidalgo. [213] Los Pelones emerged as an independent cartel during this fragmentation as well. [27] On 14 January 1996, Garca brego was arrested outside a ranch in Monterrey, Nuevo Len. "[315], Extortion [140] Public transportation and school classes in Matamoros were canceled, along with the suspension of activities throughout the municipality, since the cartel members hijacked the units of public transport and made dozens of roadblocks to prevent the mobilization of the soldiers, marines, and federal police forces. [87], The former leader of the Gulf Cartel, Osiel Crdenas Guilln, was captured in the city of Matamoros, Tamaulipas, on 14 March 2003, in a shootout between the Mexican military and Gulf Cartel gunmen. In addition, he was under observation and was widely known, since his surname meant more of the same. It was reported that after the fallout, Crdenas ordered Los Zetas to Baja California to wipe out the Tijuana Cartel. [194] In 2009, the Gulf organization concluded that expanding their market opportunities in Europe, combined with the euro strength against the U.S. dollar, justified establishing an extensive network in that continent. [285][286][287] In addition, the arms suppliers operate in a completely different circle,[288] and are technically not considered part of the cartel's logistics. According to the National Drug Intelligence Center, drug traffickers commonly use private vehicles and commercial trucks to traffic narcotics throughout the state. [181], InSight Crime explains that the fundamental disagreement between the Rojos and the Metros was over leadership. ' Los Emes ' son el brazo armado del crtel del Golfo, organizacin encabezada por Raciel Crdenas. [177], In the late 1990s, Osiel Crdenas Guilln, the former leader of the Gulf cartel, had other similar groups besides Los Zetas established in several cities in Tamaulipas. For the most part, the arms trafficking circles of the Gulf Cartel operate directly across the border in the United States, just like most of the criminal groups in Mexico. Los Negros (disbanded) Crtel del Noreste. [185] Thomas A. Shannon, a U.S. diplomat and ambassador, stated that criminal organizations like the Gulf Cartel have "substantially weakened" the institutions in Mexico and Central America, and have generated a surge of violence in the United States. [16][17] Originally known as the Matamoros Cartel (Spanish: Crtel de Matamoros),[18] the Gulf Cartel initially smuggled alcohol and other illegal goods into the U.S.[17] Once the Prohibition era ended, the criminal group controlled gambling houses, prostitution rings, a car theft network, and other illegal smuggling. "[226], The Exclsior newspaper reported that the former governors of Tamaulipas, Manuel Cavazos Lerma (19931999), Toms Yarrington (19992004), and Eugenio Hernndez Flores (20052010) have had close ties with the Gulf Cartel. [84], The standoff triggered a massive law enforcement effort to crackdown the leadership structure of the Gulf Cartel. At the time of his extradition, U.S. authorities indicated that he faced a minimum prison sentence of ten years and a maximum penalty of life in prison for his charges. [134] Government sources claimed that this operationwhere more than 660 marines, 17 vehicles, and 3 helicopters participatedleft 8 dead: three marines, one soldier, and four gunmen, including Antonio Crdenas. To increase the ranks of their cartel after the deaths or arrests of their members; To exterminate members of their rival gangs; To kidnap people for money and other ransom. [11][12] Besides drug trafficking, the Gulf Cartel operates through protection rackets, assassinations, extortions, kidnappings, and other criminal activities. Het kartel dankt zijn naam aan de Golf van Mexico en is een van de grootste kartels van het land, en het oudste kartel van het land. [362], On 30 June 2019, Mario Alberto Crdenas Medina, the son of Osiel's brother Mario, was arrested in the state of Mexico. El Crtel Del Golfo es un crtel de drogas de Mxico aunque, en sus comienzos, la actividad principal de la organizacin era el contrabando de licores a Estados Unidos durante la poca de la prohibicin en este pas en los aos 30s, siendo as la organizacin criminal ms antigua del pas. It is believed the Mexican government knew all Garca brego's whereabouts all along and had refused to arrest him due to information he possessed about the extent of corruption within the government. Crdenas Guilln eventually let them go and threatened to kill them if they ever returned to his home turf. [230] In addition, La Jornada mentions that the Gulf Cartel owns "all of Matamoros", where they act as the State itself and conduct all forms of criminal activities. The potential alliance was conducted by Juan Reyes Meja Gonzlez (alias "R1"), from the Gulf Cartel; and Rogelio Gonzlez Pizaa (alias "Z-2"), from Los Zetas. [328] They were reported to have stolen around 40% of the oil products in 2011 in northern Mexico and then selling it illegally in Mexico and in the American black market. [30] Juan Garca brego is currently serving 11 life terms in a maximum security prison in Colorado, U.S.[31] In 1996, it was disclosed that Garca brego's organization paid millions of dollars in bribes to politicians and law enforcement officers for his protection. [180], Originally, the Gulf cartel was running smoothly, but the infighting between the two factions in the Gulf cartel triggered when Flores Borrego was killed on 2 September 2011. [14] He was the highest drug lord of the Gulf Cartel to be convicted by a U.S. jury in 15 years. [1], The U.S. Department of State was offering up to US$5 million for information leading to his arrest and/or conviction. It was later proven after his arrest that the deputy attorney general in charge of Mexico's federal Judicial Police had accumulated more than US$9million for protecting Garca brego. Government officials state that there are currently 400-500 official members of the Mexican Mafia with thousands of hitmen and . The area that Meja Gonzlez wanted was given to Samuel Flores Borrego, suggesting that the Metros were above the Rojos. [293] In addition, the Mexican drug cartels also tax several Mexican businesses inside the United States and threaten them with property damage and murder if they do not comply.[294]. It is clear, however, that after the capture and extradition of Osiel Crdenas Guilln, Los Zetas outclassed the Gulf Cartel in revenue, membership, and influence. And although there wasn't any visible confrontation between the two, the intensity of the situation was clear through the background noises of grenade explosions and automatic gunfire. [178] When the Rojos turned on the Metros, the largest faction in the Gulf cartel, firefights broke throughout Tamaulipas and drug loads were stolen among each other, but the Metros managed to retain control of the major cities that stretched from Matamoros to Miguel Alemn, Tamaulipas. At first, estimates mentioned that 148 inmates had escaped, but later counts gave the exact figures. In Sicario: Day of Soldado (2018) the CIA framed the Matamoros Cartel for killing the antagonists men to intentionally start a cartel war between rivals. [16] The act prohibited U.S. citizens and companies from doing any kind of business activity with him, and virtually froze all his assets in the U.S.[17]. [317] Many of the extortions are first carried out on the phone. But on 24 February 2010, hundreds of trucks marked with C.D.G, XXX, and M3 (the insignias of the Gulf Cartel) began to hit the streets of northern Tamaulipas. [178] The infighting between the Metros and the Rojos of the Gulf cartel began in 2010, when Juan Meja Gonzlez, nicknamed El R-1, was overlooked as the candidate of the regional boss of Reynosa and was sent to the "Frontera Chica," an area that encompasses Miguel Alemn, Camargo and Ciudad Mier directly across the U.S.Mexico border from Starr County, Texas.
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