Cocaine & heroin cartels (late 1970s-Present)
- Medellín Cartel (1976–1993)
- Cali Cartel (1977−1998)
- Norte del Valle Cartel (1990−2012)
- North Coast Cartel (1999−2004)
Zambada is likely Mexico's most enduring and powerful drug lord.
Joaquín "El Chapo" Guzmán
According to the U.S. Drug Enforcement Administration (DEA).As of 2017, the Sinaloa Cartel is the most active drug cartel involved in smuggling illicit drugs into the United States and trafficking them throughout the United States.
Joaquín "El Chapo" Guzmán
According to the U.S. Drug Enforcement Administration (DEA).Pablo Emilio Escobar Gaviria
As of 2017, the Sinaloa Cartel is the most active drug cartel involved in smuggling illicit drugs into the United States and trafficking them throughout the United States.
Peña retired from the DEA in 2014. Peña was raised in Kingsville, Texas, and attended Texas A&I University (now Texas A&M University-Kingsville) where he studied Sociology and Psychology. In 2019, he published Manhunters: How We Took Down Pablo Escobar co-authored with Steve Murphy.
In 2019, he was found guilty of a number of criminal charges related to his leadership of the Sinaloa Cartel, and is currently serving a life sentence at ADX Florence.
Miguel Ángel Félix Gallardo
Javier Peña is an American retired DEA agent who investigated Pablo Escobar and the Medellín Cartel with his former colleague Stephen Murphy. Peña worked as a consultant on the Netflix series Narcos.
| Javier Peña |
|---|
| Born | 1948 Texas, U.S. |
| Occupation | Civil Servant |
| Known for | DEA agent, investigated Pablo Escobar |
Guzmán earned enough standing and began working for Félix Gallardo directly. Throughout most of the late 1970s and early 1980s, the Mexican drug traffickers were also middlemen for the Colombian trafficking groups, and transported cocaine through the U.S.-Mexico border.
Javier Peña retired from the Drug Enforcement Administration (DEA) as a Special Agent in Charge (SAC) in January 2014 after 30 years of service.
Cast and characters
Michael Peña and Diego Luna play the lead roles in Season 1 of Narcos: Mexico.The star of the Netflix hit show Narcos, Pedro Pascal, has said the series can't continue unless its cast and crew can be kept safe after one of its location scouts was shot dead in Mexico. Any motive for his death is currently unclear and no witnesses have yet come forward.
Isabella Bautista, a character in the Netflix series Narcos: Mexico portrayed by Teresa Ruiz, is loosely based on Ávila.
And Joaquín Guzmán Loera, convicted last week of being the world's biggest drug lord and leader of crime's mightiest syndicate, Mexico's Sinaloa cartel, became famous as “El Chapo”.
| Joaquín "El Chapo" Guzmán |
|---|
| Born | Joaquín Archivaldo Guzmán Loera 4 April 1957 La Tuna, Badiraguato Municipality, Sinaloa, Mexico |
| Other names | El Chapo (Shorty) El Rápido (Speedy) |
| Occupation | Leader of Sinaloa Cartel |
| Net worth | U.S. $2–$4 billion (2016 estimate) |
Félix Gallardo kept a low profile, and in 1987 moved with his family to Guadalajara. He was arrested in Mexico on April 8, 1989, and was charged by the authorities in Mexico and the United States with the kidnapping and murder of DEA agent Enrique Camarena, racketeering, drug smuggling, and multiple violent crimes.
Operations. The Sinaloa Cartel has a presence in 17 of the 31 Mexican states, with important centers in Mexico City, Tepic, Toluca, Zacatecas, Guadalajara, and most of the state of Sinaloa.
Los Tigres del Norte wrote a song called "La Reina del Sur" is based on the story of Teresa Mendoza, a fictional drug lord. The author of the book about Teresa Mendoza, La Reina del Sur stated that the story is partly based on Sandra Ávila Beltrán's life.
Narco-state
- 2.1 Guinea-Bissau.
- 2.2 Mexico.
- 2.3 Suriname.
- 2.4 United Kingdom.
- 2.5 United States.
- 2.6 Venezuela.
It is in the sierra or countryside where an identity of drug trafficking was created and then consolidated once it crossed into the urban sphere. Narcoculture has been defined as a code of conduct and lifestyle for those that participate in the "narco world."
Guzmán began working with Héctor Luis Palma Salazar by the late 1970s, one of the nation's rising drug lords. He helped Salazar map routes to move drugs through Sinaloa and into the United States.
The Guadalajara Cartel (Spanish: Cártel de Guadalajara) was a Mexican drug cartel which was formed in the 1980s by Rafael Caro Quintero, Miguel Ángel Félix Gallardo and Ernesto Fonseca Carrillo in order to ship cocaine and marijuana to the United States.
