Sinaloa Cartel
US sends FBI to probe consular slayings in Mexico
Mar 15, 2010 17:07 EDT
Faced with a brazen challenge from drug cartels, US FBI agents have joined a Mexican probe into attacks on US consular staff and their families that left three dead in this border city, officials said Monday.
US sends FBI to probe consular slayings in Mexico
Mar 15, 2010 15:57 EDT
Faced with a brazen challenge from drug cartels, US FBI agents have joined a Mexican probe into attacks on US consular staff and their families that left three dead in this border city, officials said Monday.
US sends FBI to probe consular slayings in Mexico
Mar 15, 2010 13:58 EDT
Faced with a brazen challenge from drug cartels, US FBI agents have joined a Mexican investigation into attacks on US consular staff and their families that left three dead in this border city, officials said Monday.
Obama outraged by consulate killings in Mexico
Mar 15, 2010 08:48 EDT
Suspected drug gang "hit teams" killed two Americans and a Mexican linked to a US consulate in coordinated shootings that marked an ominous turn in Mexico's drug war.
Mexico drug war worsens as US consular staff hit
Mar 15, 2010 07:16 EDT
Suspected "hit teams" from Mexico's powerful Juarez Cartel killed two Americans and a Mexican man linked to the US consulate in Ciudad Juarez in coordinated weekend shootings that marked an ominous turn in the drug war ravaging northern Mexico.
Mexico drug war worsens as US consular staff hit
Mar 15, 2010 01:06 EDT
Suspected "hit teams" from Mexico's powerful Juarez Cartel killed two Americans and a Mexican man linked to the US consulate in Ciudad Juarez in coordinated weekend shootings that marked an ominous turn in the drug war ravaging northern Mexico.
Guatemala arrests show drug corruption to the core
Mar 03, 2010 17:57 EST
Guatemala arrests show how drug cartels target weak nations, threaten global security. The arrests of Guatemala's drug czar and national police chief underscore how deeply the world's multibillion-dollar drug industry can corrupt small countries with weak institutions ? a trend the Obama administration warned Wednesday threatens global security.
Juarez drug capo's turf war feeds Mexico bloodshed
Feb 25, 2010 12:02 EST
CIUDAD JUAREZ, Mexico (Reuters) - A Mexican drug lord's turf battle with a more powerful rival is stoking a surge in killings on the U.S. border and threatens to overwhelm President Felipe Calderon's army-led war on traffickers.
Alleged Mexican cartel figure pleads not guilty
Feb 23, 2010 15:51 EST
Alleged leading figure in Mexican drug cartel pleads not guilty to conspiracy in Chicago. A man accused of being one of the leaders of a powerful Mexican drug cartel pleaded not guilty Tuesday to charges that he conspired to import and sell large amounts of cocaine and heroin in the United States.
Son of Mexican drug kingpin pleads not guilty in US court
Feb 23, 2010 13:20 EST
A leading Mexican drug figure suspected of plotting attacks on government buildings in the United States and Mexico pleaded not guilty in a US court Tuesday to trafficking charges.
AP IMPACT: Drug cartels co-opt rehab for recruits
Feb 04, 2010 15:39 EST
AP IMPACT: Mexican drug cartels run rehab clinics, forcing recovering addicts into their ranks. Mexico's powerful cartels have taken to running drug rehabilitation centers, turning recovering addicts into hit men and smugglers and giving some an ultimatum: Work for us or we'll kill you.
From spas to banks, Mexico economy rides on drugs
Jan 22, 2010 07:40 EST
ZAPOPAN, Mexico (Reuters) - At a modern factory in a city whose main claim to fame is an image of the Virgin Mary revered for granting miracles, Mexican pharmaceuticals firm Grupo Collins churns out antibiotics and other medicines.
Death toll in Mexican prison fight rises to 24
Jan 21, 2010 12:57 EST
Death toll in Mexican prison fight rises to 24, inter-gang dispute suspected. The death toll from a brawl at a northern Mexican prison has risen to 24 after the body of another inmate was found.
Jail fight in northern Mexico kills 23
Jan 20, 2010 11:01 EST
DURANGO, Mexico (Reuters) - A fight at a jail between rival drug gangs in northwestern Mexico killed 23 inmates on Wednesday, the army said.
Cartel Inc: In the company of Narcos
Jan 14, 2010 14:19 EST
RIO BRAVO, Mexico (Reuters) - Late last year, Mexican soldiers raided a house in Rio Bravo, a dilapidated town just across the border from Texas. What they found was a kind of "back office" that belonged to the Gulf cartel, the country's most violent drug gang.
Mexico captures top Tijuana drug trafficker 'El Teo'
Jan 12, 2010 21:32 EST
Teodoro "El Teo" Garcia Simental, one of Mexico's most brutal drug traffickers was arrested, in the second major victory for the government against the narcotics trade in a month.
Mexico captures top Tijuana drug trafficker 'El Teo'
Jan 12, 2010 19:23 EST
Teodoro "El Teo" Garcia Simental, one of Mexico's most brutal drug traffickers was detained Tuesday, in the second major victory for the government against the narcotics trade in a month.
Mexico captures major Tijuana drug gang leader
Jan 12, 2010 17:57 EST
TIJUANA, Mexico (Reuters) - Mexican police captured a drug kingpin on Tuesday known for having the corpses of tortured rivals dissolved in acid and blamed for much of a surge in violence in the northern border city of Tijuana.
Biographical data on alleged Tijuana drug lord
Jan 12, 2010 15:32 EST
Biographical information on alleged Tijuana drug lord Teodoro Garcia Simental. NAME ? Teodoro Garcia Simental
Mexico captures top Tijuana drug trafficker 'El Teo'
Jan 12, 2010 15:27 EST
Teodoro "El Teo" Garcia Simental, one of Mexico's most-wanted and brutal drug traffickers, was detained Tuesday, in the second major victory for the government in less than a month.
Facts from the Wikipedia page:
 Joaquín Guzmán, leader of the Sinaloa Cartel | |
| Founded | Early 1970s |
|---|---|
| In | Sinaloa State of Mexico |
| Years active | Early 1970s–present |
| Territory | Mexico: Sinaloa, Sonora, Chihuahua, Nayarit, Jalisco United States: California, Oregon, Texas |
| Ethnicity | Mexican |
| Membership | Estimated to have well over 1,000 foot soldiers. Command and control elements are much more limited. |
| Criminal activities | Cocaine, marijuana, heroin and methamphetamine production, transport and wholesaling; controls numerous plazas/drug trafficking corridors, drug trafficking, money laundering, extortion, kidnapping, murder and arms trafficking. |
| Allies | La Familia Michoacana |
| Rivals | Gulf Cartel, Tijuana Cartel, Los Zetas, Juárez Cartel, Beltrán-Leyva Cartel |
