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Types of Gangs

Beltrán-Leyva Cartel
Beltrán-Leyva Cartel

The Beltrán Leyva Cartel (also known as the Beltrán Leyva Organization (BLO); Spanish: Cártel de los Beltrán Leyva (CBL)) was a Mexican drug cartel and organized crime syndicate, headed by the five Beltrán Leyva brothers: Marcos Arturo, Carlos, Alfredo, Mario Alberto and Héctor.

Gulf Cartel
Gulf Cartel

gulf cartel: murderous gang that dominates texas' drug imports The Gulf cartel is one of Mexico's oldest, dating back to the Prohibition era. With roots in the United States, Europe, West Africa, Asia, Central America, and South America, the organization wields significant power over the drug-trafficking trade - despite losing ground to rivals in recent years.

Juárez Cartel
Juárez Cartel

The Juárez Cartel relies on two enforcement gangs to exercise control over both sides of the border: La Linea, a group of corrupt (current and former) Chihuahua police officers, is prevalent on the Mexican side, while the Barrio Azteca street gang operates in Mexico and in Texan cities such as El Paso, Dallas and Houston, as well as in New Mexico and Arizona.

Los ÁNtrax
Los ÁNtrax

Los Ántrax is an enforcer gang of the Mexican drug trafficking organization known as the Sinaloa Cartel. The group was led by the drug lords Jesús Peña and Rodrigo Aréchiga Gamboa, and they are responsible for a number of homicides and for providing armed security services to Ismael El Mayo Zambada. The gang operates in the capital city of Culiacán, Sinaloa, where its members conduct homicides and violent attacks.

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Los Negros
Los Negros

Los Negros ("The Black Ones") was a criminal organization that was once the armed wing of the Sinaloa Cartel and after a switch of alliances, became the armed wing of the Sinaloa splinter gang, the Beltrán-Leyva Cartel. In 2010 it went independent and had been contesting the control of the Beltrán-Leyva Cartel.

Sinaloa Cartel
Sinaloa Cartel

The Sinaloa Cartel (Spanish: Cártel de Sinaloa) is an international drug trafficking, money laundering, and organized crime syndicate. Established during the mid-1980s, the Sinaloa Cartel is based primarily in the city of Culiacán, Sinaloa, with operations in the Mexican states of Baja California, Durango, Sonora, and Chihuahua.

Sonora Cartel
Sonora Cartel

The Sonora Cartel, also known as Caro-Quintero Organization, is a Mexico based criminal cartel. Upon the cartel's disintegration, its leaders are incorporated into the Tijuana Cartel and Sinaloa Cartel.

Tijuana Cartel
Tijuana Cartel

The Tijuana Cartel is believed to have ties with the FARC a Colombia guerrilla group that also has ties with some other Mexican drug Cartels. In 1990's, the Tijuana Cartel concluded that expanding their market opportunities in Colombia, in exchange drug for weapons.

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