Cartels & Criminal Organizations
8 entries in the Narcos compendium.
Cali CartelThe 'Gentlemen of Cali' who broke with Escobar.Sinaloa CartelMexico's dominant cartel since the 1990s.Medellín CartelThe confederation that transformed cocaine into a large-scale transnational commodity.Gulf CartelThe gatekeepers of Matamoros who turned their own elite enforcers against them.Tijuana CartelThe Arellano-Felix family's cartel in Baja California.Guadalajara CartelThe original federation that controlled Mexico's drug corridors in the 1980s.La Familia MichoacanaFrom vigilante origins to a cartel that produced methamphetamine and claimed divine justice.Juárez CartelMasters of the air routes who turned the border into their personal highway.
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