Sinaloa Cartel - Wikipedia
Founded in the late 1960s by Pedro Avilés Pérez in Sinaloa, the cartel initially focused on smuggling marijuana into the United States. Pérez is credited with pioneering the use of aircraft for drug smuggling, laying the groundwork for large-scale trafficking operations.
Sinaloa cartel | Leader Caught, Arrest, History, Members, & Facts ...
Jan 1, 2025 · 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 …
Sinaloa Cartel - InSight Crime
Mar 15, 2024 · The Sinaloa Cartel, considered the largest and most powerful drug trafficking organization in the Western Hemisphere, is a network of some of Mexico’s most important drug lords. Members work together to protect themselves.
What we know about the Sinaloa cartel and its leaders | CNN
Jul 27, 2024 · The Sinaloa Cartel uses military-grade weapons to perpetrate violence in Mexico against other traffickers, civilians, government officials and security forces, according to a U.S. indictment ...
In the heartland of Mexico's Sinaloa cartel, the old ways have …
Oct 16, 2024 · MEXICO CITY (AP) — Cellphone chats have become death sentences in the continuing, bloody factional war inside Mexico’s Sinaloa drug cartel. Cartel gunmen stop youths on the street or in their cars and demand their phones.
Notorious Sinaloa Cartel Leaders in Federal Custody Following …
In December of 2022, HSI and the FBI secured indictments against several members of Sinaloa Cartel to include Joaquin GUZMAN Lopez, son of “El Chapo” Guzman. Ismael Zambada-Garcia was the partner and co-head of the Sinaloa Cartel with …
Hundreds dead in Mexican city since cartel leaders ... - CBS News
Dec 4, 2024 · The Sinaloa Cartel, one of Mexico's biggest drug trafficking organizations, was built on cocaine smuggling but over the past decade has changed focus to feeding the U.S. opioid addiction.
Civil war in the home of Mexico’s Sinaloa cartel: Fear grips Culiacan
Sep 27, 2024 · Shootouts in broad daylight, convoys of armed men travelling through the city outskirts, and more than 90 people confirmed dead so far have characterised the latest cartel war in one of the most...
Corpses found wearing sombreros in Mexico as cartel violence …
Sep 23, 2024 · Mexican media reported at least 10 new deaths this weekend — including corpses found wearing sombreros or with pizza slices pegged onto them with knives — in the northwestern state of Sinaloa,...
Cártel de Sinaloa - Wikipedia, la enciclopedia libre
El Cártel de Sinaloa, o también conocido como Cártel del Pacífico, 2 fue una organización criminal mexicana dedicada al narcotráfico y diferentes actividades delictivas.