Sinaloa Cartel

“Agent Warren,” a heavy set judge said plainly, “ I need you to inform the jury about your experience involving the Sinaloa cartel and the murder of Robert Mendes.” I sat in silence. It had been almost two years since I’d heard that name. My name for while undercover was Paul White which the other members of the gang decided it didn’t it fit me well enough so they called me gringo. When I was assigned this job it was meant to be relatively short, but that changed when I learned that their operation

Mexican Modern War There are seven drug cartels in Mexico (CRS 1). The most important cartels are Sinaloa and Juarez. The Sinaloa cartel operates in the states of Nayarit, Sinaloa and Mexico State (Reforma 1). The Juarez cartel operates in Sinaloa, Nuevo León, Chihuahua, Jalisco, Morelos; and Quintana Roo. Mexican cartels employ individuals and groups of enforcers, known as sicarios. Statistics show that more than twenty people are killed daily in Ciudad Juarez, Chihuahua in crimes related

A widely propagated myth would have us believe that Mexican drug lord Joaquin "El Chapo" Guzman Loera and his Sinaloa Federation are less violent than many of their competitors. Statements from journalists and analysts allege that Sinaloa is more businesslike than Los Zetas, whose reputation for brutality is well-documented, and that this business savvy somehow renders the group relatively benign. In turn, this has led many to believe that the Mexican government could broker a deal with the leader

Joaquin Guzmán's uncle. Aviles was a key player in the Sinaloa drug business, seen as a pioneer for finding new methods of transporting the rural produce to urban areas for shipment by way of

been existed for many decades, but now it is expanding further due to the born of new drug trafficking organizations or cartels. The cartels fight against each other to win control or to open new trafficking routes into the United States, on their fights many innocent people die or disappear every day. Residents from some states tired of all the crimes committed by the cartels and sometimes the authorities; had decided to protect themselves by forming self- defense groups Also, other movement has

Despite the lack of official FTOs in Mexico, non-state violence is at an all-time high and the country is more dangerous than ever. This is because of the presence and prevalence of drug cartels throughout the country. These drug cartels employ violent tactics as part of their drug trafficking network. But these cartels are more than just criminal organizations. The scope of the violence, the fear they instill in the population, and the influence they have on policy shows that these organizations should

El Chapo is a Mexican drug lord who leads the Sinaloa cartel which, is one of the most powerful criminal organizations in Mexico since the late 20th century. El Chapo was born on April 4, 1957 but, others say he was born December 25, 1954 so, there’s not an official date on when he was born. He was born in La Tuna, Badiraguato, Sinaloa. As, a child El Chapo’s family was very poor, because of this he had to even go out and sell oranges. He also had an abusive father who was in the drug trade. When

The Sinaloa Cartel is considered the largest and wealthiest organized crime syndicate in the Western Hemisphere. Run by drug kingpin Joaquin “El Chapo” Guzman, the Sinaloa Cartel is the biggest player in the Mexican drug trafficking trade. “Mexican drug trafficking is estimated by analysts to be worth $13 billion US a year,” according to the Canadian Broadcasting Company (CBC, 2015, par. 2). Heavily involved in the production and distribution of marijuana, cocaine and opium, the Sinaloa Cartel is

We’ve seen the imagery what seems like daily here in the United States, decapitated bodies hanging off a bridge on a major Mexican Highway, a banner above displaying drug cartel propaganda. The photos of car after car riddled with what seems to be hundreds of bullets, broken and blood smeared windows with bloody sheets covering the bodies of those who were attacked. The violence in Mexico has taken the lives of an estimated hundred thousand people since the official declaration of war made by President

origin of the Mexican cartel started with a Mexican police officer called Miguel Gallardo nicknamed the 'Godfather ' who established the Guadalajara cartel in the 1980 's (Hausmann, Austin & Mia, 2009). He managed to control all the drug trade and drug trafficking routes throughout Mexico to the US and was the first Mexican drug chief that was linked to Columbia’s cocaine cartel. Since Gallardo there has been a number of cartels; Knights Templar, Sinaloa Cartel, Los Zetas, Gulf Cartel, Beltran-Leyva Organisation