[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. [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. [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. In 1989 Claude was removed from the case for unknown reasons, retiring a year later. Drug Wars: Narco Warfare in the twenty-first century. [219] Back in the days of the 71-year rule of the Institutional Revolutionary Party (PRI), it was believed that they ran exactly that show: if the drug cartels got off the line, the Mexican government would conduct some arrests, make some disappearances, and the drug lords would get their people straight and back on the line again. [193] Reports indicated that the Gulf Cartel was using the BlackBerry smartphones to communicate with 'Ndrangheta, since the texts are "normally difficult to intercept". Cabeza de Vaca has been for 11 years a public servant, which questions according to El Financiero, the origin of its wealth. On 18 August 2013, Gulf Cartel leader Mario Ramirez Trevino was captured. 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. officials. Malherbe tried to bribe officials $2million for his release, but it was denied. According to the media outlet, Baltazar Hinojosa brother in law, owns a shell company created by the law firm, where its board of directors' members is his wife and three daughters. [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. 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. Gente Nueva, also known as Los Chapos, in reference to their drug lord Joaqun Guzmn Loera, is a large group of well-trained and experienced gunmen that function as one of the elite armed wings of the Sinaloa Cartel, created to counter, battle and destroy the Jurez Cartel's influence in the Mexican north-west, as well as to battle and destroy La Lnea which is currently the Jurez Cartel's largest remaining cell. En la serie 'El Chapo', Joaqun Guzmn Loera elimin a su enemigo Raciel Crdenas, pero despert a una fiera dormida, pues el ejrcito de 'Los Emes' reaccion violentamente para defender su . Aurelio Cano Flores (born 3 May 1972), commonly referred to by his aliases Yankee and/or Yeyo, is an imprisoned Mexican drug trafficker and former high-ranking leader of the Gulf Cartel, a Mexican drug trafficking organization. Das Golf-Kartell, Cartel del Golfo oder auch CDG ist eine kriminelle Vereinigung in Mexiko. [261] CNN mentioned that the troops "replaced half of the policemen" in the state of Tamaulipas. By the end of 2011, Los Zetas had eclipsed the Sinaloa Cartel as the largest operating in Mexico by virtue of their geographic presence. Aurelio Cano Flores, commonly referred to by his aliases Yankee and/or Yeyo, is an imprisoned Mexican drug trafficker and former high-ranking leader of the Gulf Cartel, a Mexican drug trafficking organization. [71], One of the first missions of Los Zetas was to eradicate Los Chachos, a group of drug traffickers under the orders of the Milenio Cartel, who disputed the drug corridors of Tamaulipas with the Gulf Cartel in 2003. [143] La Jornada newspaper mentioned that over 80 SUV's packed with gunmen fought to protect Crdenas Guilln, and over 300 grenades were used in the shootout that day. [131][132], Costilla was often viewed as the "strongest leader" of the two, but collaborated with Antonio Crdenas, who acted as representative of his jailed brother. [156][157][158][159][160][161][162] The death of Antonio Crdenas Guillen also caused a spiral of violence in Reynosa, Tamaulipas a number of days after he was killed. [311] People smuggling is currently controlled by a cell within the Gulf Cartel known as Los Flacos, dedicated to the kidnapping and smuggling of undocumented migrants as far as South America to the United States. [354], Illicit drugs also are smuggled into and through Texas via commercial aircraft, cars, buses, passenger trains, pedestrians, and package delivery services. His role in Mexican law enforcement and his ties with the Gulf Cartel allowed him to recruit several other policemen into the criminal organization's ranks. [302][303][304] Investigators believe that more unreported kidnappings have occurred in nearby locations. [45][46][47], Following brego's 1996 arrest by Mexican authorities and subsequent deportation to the United States, a power vacuum was left and several top members fought for leadership. [133] However, Antonio died in an eight-hour shooting with the Mexican government forces on 5 November 2010, in the border city of Matamoros, Tamaulipas. Los Zetas operates in 17 states, while Sinaloa operates in 16 states. [1] Est escrita por Luis Zelkowicz y Mariano Calasso, basada en una idea . [141] The street confrontations generated a wave of panic among the population and caused the publication and broadcast of messages through social networks like Twitter and Facebook, reporting the clashes between authorities and the cartel members. [178] Each of these groups were identified by their radio codes: the Rojos (The Red ones) were based in Reynosa; the Metros were headquartered in Matamoros; and the Lobos (The wolves) were established in Laredo. Jesus BustamanteReuters. [79], In 2002, there were three main divisions of the Cartel, all ruled over by Crdenas and led by: Jorge Eduardo "El Coss" Costilla Sanchez, Antonio "Tony Tormenta" Crdenas Guillen, and Heriberto "El Lazca" Lazcano Lazcano. [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. 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. [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. [78] The group operated similar to Los Zetas, but with less complexity and success. [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. [266], In 2003, the arrest of several high-profile cartel leaders, including the heads of the Tijuana Cartel and Gulf Cartel, Benjamn Arellano Flix and Osiel Crdenas Guilln, turned the war on drugs into a trilateral war. [242] Authorities are still trying to understand how the prisoners escaped. The Gulf Cartel, along with their rival group Los Zetas, have been the two drug cartels with the most kidnappings in all of Mexico, and "more than half of the country's kidnappings are attributed to them. Some experts believed that the death of Antonio Crdenas would be dreadful for the Gulf Cartel, and that Los Zetas would overthrow them and eventually take control of Tamaulipas. [112] The U.S. federal court awarded two helicopters owned by Crdenas to the Business Development Bank of Canada and the GE Canada Equipment Financing respectively, and both of them were brought from "drug proceeds". [268] After a dispute, however, Crdenas ordered Arellano beaten, and the Gulf-Tijuana alliance ceased to exist at that point. [116] Unwilling to stand for such abuse, Los Zetas responded and countered the accusations by posting their own banners throughout Tamaulipas. [58], As confrontations with rival groups heated up, Osiel Crdenas Guilln sought and recruited over 30 deserters of the Mexican Army's elite Grupo Aeromvil de Fuerzas Especiales (GAFE) to form part of the cartel's armed wing. [248] The federal government "strongly condemned" the prison breaks and said that the work by the state and municipal authorities of Tamaulipas "lack effective control measures" and urged them to strengthen their institutions. 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. Los Zetas is the largest drug cartel in Mexico in terms of scale of operations. Instead, he created warehouses along the Mexican's northern border to preserve hundreds of tons of cocaine; this allowed him to create a new distribution network and increase his political influence. [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. [115] According to narco-banners left by the Gulf Cartel in Matamoros, Tamaulipas, and Reynosa, Tamaulipas, the reason for their rupture was that Los Zetas had expanded their operations to include extortion, kidnapping, assassinations, theft, and other actions with which it disagreed. [211], On 10 November 2014, a document from the Mexican government was released to the media and claimed that Los Rojos faction of the Gulf Cartel was planning to ally with Los Zetas. [33], Further theories put forward to allege the arrest of Garca brego was to satisfy U.S. demands and meet certification, from the Department of Justice (DOJ), as a trade partner, the vote set to take place on 1 March. In June 2019, Carlos Abraham Ros Surez, also known as El Oaxaco, was arrested. [356] Apart from using these common ways, once the product is across the border, common cars and trucks are used for faster distribution in different cities. [289], Protection racketeering [7][8] To keep the Gulf Cartel afloat, he reportedly intimidated and used violence against rival drug traffickers and Mexican law enforcement officers. Balatazar Hinojosa Ochoa is also accused of coopting with DTOs of the Gulf Cartel while being mayor of Matamoros in 2006. By negotiating with the Cali Cartel,[20] Garca brego was able to secure 50% of the shipment out of Colombia as payment for delivery, instead of the US$1,500 per kilogram they were previously receiving. [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". Since the group's inception as a drug trafficking organization, it has recruited soldiers from the Mexican military that train cartel members and lead operations. In 1986, according to Proceso, Cabeza de Vaca was arrested for stealing weapons under the orders for a Drug Trafficking Organization (DTOs) of the Gulf Cartel. 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. It is the first time in 87 years, a governor from the opposition wins in the state. [202] Soon, the violence generated between these two groups had spread to Tamaulipas' neighboring states of Nuevo Len and Veracruz. [88] He was one of the FBI Ten Most Wanted Fugitives, which was offering $2million for his capture. "[290] It is generally seen as a way where criminals change the legal face of security and provide their own form of "insurance". [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. [73] Once Crdenas consolidated his position and supremacy, he expanded the responsibilities of Los Zetas, and as years passed, they became much more important for the Gulf Cartel. [239] Cabeza de Vaca is accused of not reporting its total wealth and having properties both in Texas, Tamaulipas, and Mexico City. [337][338][339] Nonetheless, there are indeed circles within the Gulf Cartel that coordinate the arms trafficking routes inside Mexico. And in doing so, they inherently become a "competitor" with the state, who also claims sovereignty over its territories. In August 2007, La Maa gang, an alleged sub-group of the criminal group Los Zetas and the Gulf Cartel, was reported to have controlled the extortion business in Matamoros, Tamaulipas. He was also a leader in Camargo, Tamaulipas, where he coordinated heroin, cocaine, and marijuana shipments to the United States. [136] This military-led operation was a result of more than six months of intelligence work. The drug organizations usually use the Interstates 10, 20, 25, 30, and 35, as well as U.S. [353] The Gulf of Mexico also presents a danger to the flow of drugs to Texas; the Port of Houston and the Port of Brownsville enable traffickers to use small vessels and pleasure craft to transport illicit drugs into and from southern Texas. [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], The U.S. Department of State was offering up to US$5 million for information leading to his arrest and/or conviction. [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. [144] And even after the drug lord was killed, the roadblocks continued throughout the rest of the day. [334] Bank accounts inside the United States also launder millions of dollars for the drug lords of the Gulf Cartel. [11][15], On 24 March 2010, the United States Department of the Treasury sanctioned Cano Flores under the Foreign Narcotics Kingpin Designation Act (sometimes referred to simply as the "Kingpin Act"), for his involvement in drug trafficking along with fifty-three other international criminals and ten foreign entities. A l'heure actuelle, le cartel est divis par des luttes internes incessantes, ce qui a intensifi la violence dans des villes comme Matamoros, Tampico et Reynosa. Cano Flores, also known as "Yeyo", was a former Mexican police officer and is the highest-ranking Gulf Cartel member to be convicted by a U.S. jury in 15 years. "[260] The Joint Operation Nuevo Len-Tamaulipas issued in 2007, along with several other military-led operation by the federal government, have brought thousands of troops to restore order in Tamaulipas. La cifra es prcticamente similar a la del ao pasado. 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. 1- Rafael Caro .El C. [93][94] Reports from the PGR and El Universal state that while in prison, Crdenas and Benjamn Arellano Flix, from the Tijuana Cartel, formed an alliance. [190] In 2013, high ranking Gulf Cartel member Aurelio Cano Flores became the highest cartel member to be convicted by a U.S. jury in 15 years[191] In January 2020, high-ranking U.S. Gulf Cartel member Jorge Costilla-Sanchez pleaded guilty to an international drug trafficking conspiracy to distribute cocaine and marijuana into the United States. [362], On 30 June 2019, Mario Alberto Crdenas Medina, the son of Osiel's brother Mario, was arrested in the state of Mexico. [241], On 25 March 2010, in the city of Matamoros, 40 inmates escaped from a federal prison. The attack took place early Wednesday when gunmen used a car bomb to blow up the entrance to a state prison in Tula, Hidalgo. 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[321] He is allegedly reported to have been protected by a large private army of gunmen. [251] Consequently, the federal government did not hesitate to assign the Mexican Army and the Federal Police to vigilate the prisons until further notice; they were also left in charge of searching for the fugitives. El Cartel de Sinaloa Y El Cartel del Golfo..Vs El Cartel de Juarez, Los Zetas Y Los Beltran Leyva..Pelean Por La Plaza De Ciudad Juarez. [14] He was the highest drug lord of the Gulf Cartel to be convicted by a U.S. jury in 15 years. Moreover, the Mexican drug traffickers often use small boats to transport drugs through the coastal areas of South Texas, usually operating at night to prevent them from being spotted by law enforcement officials. [201] The war then spread out through 11 municipalities of Tamaulipas, 9 of them bordering the state of Texas. In Western Europe, the primarily increase has been in the use of cocaine. [146] A news video from Televisa, also on YouTube, shows images from the confrontations of that day. With their expansion within the Gulf cartel, their disentanglement and Z-40's takeover they probably started to look more like the Vampiros from Zero Zero Zero or like regular Sicarios. [188] The strong ties the Gulf Cartel has with the prison gangs in the United States have also raised concern to American officials. [330] They have also been reported to steal vehicles. [200] The clash between these two groups first happened in Reynosa, Tamaulipas and then expanded to Nuevo Laredo and Matamoros. [257] As a result, most of the police forces in Tamaulipas are believed to be "corrupt" due to their low wages and the presence of organized crime, who can easily bribe them. [129][130] Mario Crdenas Guilln, brother of Osiel and Antonio, is the other leader of Gulf Cartel and head of the Rojos, the other faction within the Gulf Cartel and the parallel version of the Metros. He served as head of cartel's operations in Oaxaca. Along with Antonio Crdenas, the following members of Los Escorpiones were killed: Sergio Antonio Fuentes, alias El Tyson or Escorpin 1; Ral Marmolejo Gmez, alias Escorpin 18; Hugo Lira, alias Escorpin 26; and Refugio Adalberto Vargas Corts, alias Escorpin 42. [54] His luck ended in November 2000 when he was captured in Tampico, Tamaulipas and imprisoned in La Palma. [172] After the rupture between the Gulf Cartel and Los Zetas (which until then had served as the cartel's armed wing), Los Escorpiones became the armed wing of the entire Gulf organization. [124][125] Consequently, Los Zetas allied with the Jurez Cartel, the Beltrn-Leyva Cartel and the Tijuana Cartel. 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. Era el encargado de controlar las operaciones de. [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. Kidnappings Some of the revenue of the Gulf Cartel is often laundered in several bank accounts, properties, vehicles, and gasoline stations. The Gulf Cartel (Spanish: Crtel del Golfo, Golfos, or CDG)[7][8] is a criminal syndicate and drug trafficking organization in Mexico,[9] and perhaps one of the oldest organized crime groups in the country. US-trained cartel terrorises Mexico Founders of the Zetas drug gang learned special forces techniques at Ft. Bragg before waging a campaign of carnage. [3] He joined the Gulf Cartel, a Mexican drug trafficking organization, in 2001, while still working in the Federal Judicial Police. [126][127], Osiel Crdenas' brother, Antonio Crdenas Guilln, along with Jorge Eduardo Costilla Snchez (El Coss), a former policeman, filled in the vacuum left by Osiel and became the leaders of the Gulf Cartel. After his imprisonment a short time later, Jorge Madrazo Cullar created the National Public Security System (SNSP), to fight the drug cartels along the U.S.Mexico border. [80], Upon the arrest of the Gulf Cartel boss Crdenas in 2003 and his extradition in 2007, the panorama for Los Zetas changedthey started to become synonymous with the Gulf Cartel, and their influences grew within the organization. [183] Like other drug trafficking organizations, the Gulf Cartel also subverts government institutions, particularly at state and local levels, by using their large profits to bribe officials. [214] The massacre of the 72 migrants and the clandestine mass graves with more than 250 bodies in San Fernando, Tamaulipas,[215][216] mounted with the assassination of the governor candidate Rodolfo Torre Cant (2010),[217] the increasing violence generated between drug groups, and the state's inability to ensure tranquility, has led specialists to conclude that "neither the regional nor federal government have control over the territory of Tamaulipas. [292] The Gulf Cartel operates in a similar way, and often extorts businesses for protection money in the areas where it operates, pledging to kill those who do not agree to pay the fee. Although its founder Juan Nepomuceno Guerra smuggled alcohol in large quantities to the United States during the Prohibition era, and heroin for over 40 years,[15] it was not until the 1980s that the cartel was shifted to trafficking cocaine, methamphetamine and marijuana under the command of Juan Nepomuceno Guerra and Juan Garca brego. [301], In the United States, the Gulf Cartel has been responsible for several kidnappings, primarily in the McAllen metropolitan area. [246] On 5 April 2010, in the same prison, a convoy of 10 trucks filled with gunmen broke into the cells and liberated 13 inmates, and the authorities later mentioned that 11 of them were "extremely dangerous. [1] [2] Es ist eines der ltesten mexikanischen Drogenkartelle, welches vor allem die am Golf von Mexiko liegende Grenzstadt Heroica Matamoros beherrscht. [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. [86] The FBI and the DEA mounted numerous charges against him and issued a US$2million bounty for his arrest. [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. [13] The members of the Gulf Cartel are known for intimidating the population and for being particularly violent.[14]. [42], In addition, it was brought up that Garca brego had previously been arrested in Brownsville, Texas for six-year-old auto theft charges, but was released later with no charges whatsoever. [262] On 7 November 2011, about 1,660 policemen were released from their duties because they had either failed their control tests or refused to take them. Conspiracy to distribute more than five kilograms of cocaine and more than 1,000 kilograms of marijuana (21 U.S.C. Garca brego was apprehended on 14 January 1996, and Mexico shortly after received certification on 1 March. "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 . [343] Prostitutes are also used as informants and spies, and provide their sexual favors to extract information from certain targets. "[234], On 5 June 2016, citizens from Tamaulipas elected a governor from the opposition party, Fransico Javier Garcia Cabeza de Vaca member of Accion Nacional (National Action). [123], Tamaulipas was mostly spared from the violence until early 2010, when the Gulf Cartel's enforcers, Los Zetas, split from and turned against the Gulf Cartel, sparking a bloody turf war. [114] Some sources reveal that as a result of the supremacy of Los Zetas, the Gulf Cartel felt threatened by the growing force of their enforcer group and decided to curtail their influence, but eventually failed in their attempt, instigating a war. The Gulf Cartel during the late 1980s and early 1990s era is briefly portrayed in Netflixs Narcos: Mexico series (2018 - 2021) with Mexican actor Jess Ochoa playing Juan Nepomuceno Guerra and Flavio Medina playing as nephew Juan Garca brego. "[253] In a prison in the state of Zacatecas, on 16 May 2009, an armed commando liberated 53 Gulf Cartel members using 10 trucks and even a helicopter. [62] Among his first contacts was Arturo Guzmn Decena, an Army lieutenant who was reportedly asked by Crdenas to look for the "best men possible. Other sources state that Cano Flores was arrested on 11 June 2009. [227] On 30 January 2012, the Attorney General of Mexico issued a communiqu ordering the past three governors of Tamaulipas and their families to remain in the country as they are being investigated for possible cooperation with the Mexican drug cartels. The drug lord of the revenue of the Gulf Cartel is often laundered in several Bank,. 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