[258], On 9 May 2011, the Mexican government, along with Sedena, disarmed all police forces in the state of Tamaulipas, beginning with the cities of Matamoros and Reynosa. The latter was released from prison months earlier even though he was scheduled to serve 16-years behind bars in January. [225] PRI's main opposition party, the PAN, claimed that government elections in Tamaulipas are likely to encounter an "organized crime influence. [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. The incident escalated as Crdenas Guilln threatened to kill them if they did not comply and as his gunmen prepared to shoot. [270] Since February 2010, the major cartels have aligned in two factions, one integrated by the Jurez Cartel, Tijuana Cartel, Los Zetas and the Beltrn-Leyva Cartel;[271] the other faction integrated by the Gulf Cartel, Sinaloa Cartel, La Familia Cartel (now extinct) and the Knights Templar Cartel.[272][273]. [235] He won under the slogan "winds of change are coming" to Tamaulipas. [268] After a dispute, however, Crdenas ordered Arellano beaten, and the Gulf-Tijuana alliance ceased to exist at that point. [254], According to CNN, more than 400 prison inmates escaped from several prisons in Tamaulipas from January 2010 to March 2011 due to corruption. [41] During the four-week trial, 84 witnesses, ranging from "law enforcement officers to convicted drug smugglers," confessed that Garca brego smuggled loads of Colombian cocaine on planes and then stored them in several border cities along the MexicoUnited States border before being smuggled to the Rio Grande Valley. [138], The confrontations started around 10:00am, and extended to 06:00pm, around the time Crdenas Guiln was killed. [209] The complexity and territorial advantage of Los Zetas forced the Gulf Cartel to seek for an alliance with the Sinaloa Cartel and La Familia Michoacana; in addition, Stratfor mentioned that these three organizations also united because they hold a "profound hate" for Los Zetas. [276] In addition, within the Gulf Cartel there is believed to be two groupsthe Rojos and the Metros. Due to the Gulf Cartel's territory in northern Tamaulipas, primarily in the border cities of Reynosa and Matamoros, they have been able to establish a sophisticated and extensive drug trafficking and distribution network along the U.S.Mexico border in South Texas. [334] Bank accounts inside the United States also launder millions of dollars for the drug lords of the Gulf Cartel. Felipe Cabrera Sarabia, conocido como el "Inge", fue durante mucho tiempo un lugarteniente de Ismael el "Mayo" Zambada y Joaqun el "Chapo" Guzmn. 3:04. [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. [195] Along with the market in the United States, the drug market in Europe is among the most lucrative in the world, where the Mexican drug cartels are believed to have deals with the mafia groups of Europe. Two such sectors are the Rio Grande Valley and West Texas, near the El PasoJurez metropolitan area. By constructing a tunnel, the cartel can get their product across the tight border security with the possibility of no detection. [206] Confrontations between these two groups have paralyzed entire cities in broad daylight. Los llamados Emes en la serie de televisin del Chapo, producida por Netflix y Univisin, son el brazo armado del Crtel del Golfo, que pelea por el control de Nuevo Laredo, Tamaulipas, con el Crtel de Sinaloa, liderado por Joaqun Guzmn. [1][10][A 1] On 4 November 2010, he was indicted along with 19 other drug traffickers of La Compaa (The Company), a name that refers to the Gulf Cartel and Los Zetas collectively, and charged with conspiracy to traffic over 5 kilos (11lbs) of cocaine and at least 1,000 kilos (2204.6lbs) of marijuana to the United States for future distribution. [3] Some media outlets also referred to him by another name, Efran Snchez Castillo. The Zetas' emergence also offered a hint of the challenge for the Mexican state. Stealing oil from PEMEX and selling it illegally has been one of the many funding activities of the Gulf Cartel. For example, the drug producers and suppliers,[284] although not considered in the basic structure, are critical operators of any drug cartel, along with the financers and money launderers. [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. "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 . [96] Through his violence and intimidation, Heriberto Lazcano took control of both Los Zetas and the Gulf Cartel after Cardenas' extradition. [1], The U.S. Department of State was offering up to US$5 million for information leading to his arrest and/or conviction. 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. [95] And while his brother Antonio Crdenas Guilln led the Gulf Cartel, Crdenas still made vital orders from La Palma through messages from his lawyers and guards. [196], The Gulf Cartel and other Mexican drug trafficking groups are active in the northern and western parts of Africa. The creation of Los Zetas brought a new era of drug trafficking in Mexico, and little did Crdenas know that he was creating the most violent drug cartel in the country. [278] Below is the basic structure of the cartel: It's worth noting that there are other operating groups within the drug cartels. Los Zetas is the largest drug cartel in Mexico in terms of scale of operations. [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. When the hostilities began, the Gulf organization joined forces with its former rivals, the Sinaloa Cartel and La Familia Michoacana, aiming to take out Los Zetas. He is also a former member of the Federal Judicial Police in Tamaulipas. [103] However, continual disagreement was leading the Gulf Cartel and Los Zetas into an inevitable rupture. [36] His prosecutors, however, tried Garca brego as a U.S. citizen because he also had an American birth certificate, although Mexican authorities claimed the certificate was "fraudulent. Moreover, through handwritten notes, Crdenas gave orders on the movement of drugs along Mexico and to the United States, approved executions, and signed forms to allow the purchase of police forces. 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. [323], FBI agents have claimed that the Gulf Cartel moves millions of dollars in cash through the Rio Grande Valley each month, a tempting amount for many U.S. [27] On 14 January 1996, Garca brego was arrested outside a ranch in Monterrey, Nuevo Len. While in prison, Crdenas and Arellano formed an alliance to defend themselves from the Sinaloa and Juarez Cartels,[267] who had also allied with each other, and were planning to take over the smuggling routes and territories of the Gulf and Tijuana Cartel. [40], According to the factual documents presented in court on 8 May 1998, the Matamoros-based criminal syndicate of the Gulf Cartel was responsible for trafficking tremendous amounts of narcotics into the United States from the mid-1970s to the mid-1990s, and Garca brego was given eleven life sentences in prison. Se basa en el libro El cartel de los sapos, escrito por el ex narcotraficante colombiano Andrs Lpez Lpez, conocido en el mundo del narcotrfico con el alias de "Florecita" quien escribi el . Cartel gunmen used at least three car bombs and superior firepower to storm a prison in central Mexico to break out a regional leader and eight of his top associates. Critics say that the strategy of capturing drug kingpins often resulted in the increase in extortion, as the cartels look for other sources of money. Crdenas Guilln eventually let them go and threatened to kill them if they ever returned to his home turf. [186] The U.S. National Drug Threat Assessment mentioned that the drug trafficking organizations like the Gulf Cartel tend to be less structured in U.S. than in Mexico, and often rely on street gangs to operate inside the United States. [182], Some experts have found it difficult to argue that the Gulf Cartel does not impose a direct threat to the state since they "do not seek political change," and that they only want to be left alone with their business. [309], Before 2010, it was not clear whether the Gulf Cartel controls the human trafficking business in its territory or whether it simply taxes operators for using their smuggling corridors. [185] Thomas A. Shannon, a U.S. diplomat and ambassador, stated that criminal organizations like the Gulf Cartel have "substantially weakened" the institutions in Mexico and Central America, and have generated a surge of violence in the United States. [21] Around 1994, it was estimated that the Gulf Cartel handled as much as "one-third of all cocaine shipments" into the United States from the Cali Cartel suppliers. border. Era el encargado de controlar las operaciones de. There is a circle of experts who believe that the start of the Mexican Drug War did not begin in 2006 (when Felipe Caldern sent troops to Michoacn to stop the increasing violence), but in 2004 in the border city of Nuevo Laredo, when the Gulf Cartel and Los Zetas fought off the Sinaloa Cartel and Los Negros. 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. [118] Other reports mention, however, that the rupture occurred due to a disagreement about who would take on the leadership of the cartel after the extradition of Osiel. [49] He did not have the leadership skills nor the support of the Colombian drug-provisioners. [230] In addition, La Jornada mentions that the Gulf Cartel owns "all of Matamoros", where they act as the State itself and conduct all forms of criminal activities. [301], In the United States, the Gulf Cartel has been responsible for several kidnappings, primarily in the McAllen metropolitan area. Flemming, Gary. 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. Some of the revenue of the Gulf Cartel is often laundered in several bank accounts, properties, vehicles, and gasoline stations. Narcotics are also smuggled through the railroads that connect the U.S. and Mexico. [265] The federal government is also constructing three military bases in Tamaulipas: in Ciudad Mier, San Fernando and Ciudad Mante. In addition to trafficking drugs, Garca brego would ship cash to be laundered, in the millions. Exmilitares de lite entrenados por fuerzas especiales de Estados Unidos e Israel. [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. They began to organize kidnappings;[74] impose taxes, collect debts, and operate protection rackets;[75] control the extortion business;[76] securing cocaine supply and trafficking routes known as plazas (zones) and executing its foes, often with grotesque savagery. [171] According to reports by the Mexican government, Los Escorpiones was created by Antonio Crdenas Guillen and is composed of over 60 civilians, former police officers, and ex-military officials. [124][125] Consequently, Los Zetas allied with the Jurez Cartel, the Beltrn-Leyva Cartel and the Tijuana Cartel. El Seor de los Cielos es una serie de televisin estadounidense producida y grabada ntegramente en Mxico.Es producida por Telemundo Global Studios (antes Telemundo Studios) y Argos Comunicacin.Durante la primera temporada, la televisora colombiana, Caracol Televisin, tambin particip en la produccin. [212], In June 2020, Insight Crime journalist Victoria Dittmar claimed that the Gulf Cartel had undergone "fragmentation" at some point in time. [72] This gang was controlled by Dionisio Romn Garca Snchez alias El Chacho, who had decided to betray the Gulf Cartel and switch his alliance with the Tijuana Cartel; however, he was eventually killed by Los Zetas. [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. [354], Illicit drugs also are smuggled into and through Texas via commercial aircraft, cars, buses, passenger trains, pedestrians, and package delivery services. En California, son los apenas 200 miembros de la "Eme" quienes ordenan los asesinatos, secuestros, contrabando de narcticos, robo y otros delitos, a nombre de los crteles mexicanos de la. [205] In the midsts of violence and panic, local authorities and the media tried to minimize the situation and claim that "nothing was occurring", but the facts were impossible to cover up. [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. [168] Others explained how his death allowed Jorge Eduardo Costilla Snchez to take full directive of the cartel, and that would tighten relations with Colombia and straighten the Gulf Cartel's path, something quite difficult with Antonio Crdenas as co-leader. Monterrey who was arrested in January 2012 for working in a kidnapping ring within the Gulf Cartel. [314], A U.S. agent mentioned that the drug cartels that operate on the MexicoUnited States border, and principally across from Texas, are "in control of not only the narcotrafficking, but also the human smuggling. [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". [300] The Mexican Lucha libre wrestler Lzaro Gurrola, known as the Estrella Dorada (Golden Star), was also arrested for kidnapping people for the Gulf Cartel. [189] Reports mention that Mexican drug cartels operate in more than 1,000 cities in the United States. [95], The arrest and extradition of Crdenas, however, caused for several top lieutenants from both the Gulf Cartel and Los Zetas to fight over important drug corridors to the United States, especially the cities of Matamoros, Nuevo Laredo, Reynosa, and Tampicoall situated in the state of Tamaulipas. Those who were more loyal to the Crdenas family stayed with the Rojos, while those loyal to Jorge Eduardo Costilla Snchez, like Flores Borrego, defended the Metros. [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. 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. [239] Cabeza de Vaca is accused of not reporting its total wealth and having properties both in Texas, Tamaulipas, and Mexico City. [343] Prostitutes are also used as informants and spies, and provide their sexual favors to extract information from certain targets. [1] Est escrita por Luis Zelkowicz y Mariano Calasso, basada en una idea . El Cartel De Los Sapos En la vida real: Fernando Henao Montoya. They pointedly noted that they had carried out executions and kidnappings under orders of the Gulf Cartel when they served as their enforcers, and they were created by them for that sole purpose. 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Their network is international, and is believed to have dealings with crime groups in Europe, West Africa, Asia, Central America, South America, and the United States. [44] He was also held responsible in 1984 for the massacre of 6 people in La Clnica Raya, a hospital where rival drug members were being treated, and was also blamed for the massacre of the Cereso prison in 1991, where 18 prisoners were slainboth in Matamoros, Tamaulipas. According to El Universal, there are several music videos on YouTube that exalt the power of this armed group through narcocorridos. When the series begins, he is ex military, 30 years old, and the ruthless leader of 'Los Emes', the armed wing of the Gulf Cartel, which is the top threat to the Sinaloa Cartel. [344], Counterfeiting Los Zetas operates in 17 states, while Sinaloa operates in 16 states. Antonio Crdenas Guilln, Jorge Eduardo Costilla Snchez, Heriberto Lazcano Lazcano and 15 of their top lieutenants, have been charged in U.S. federal courts with drug trafficking-related crimes,[360][361] while the U.S. State Department announced rewards totaling US$50million for information leading to their capture. [178][179] Other sources indicate that the infighting could have been caused by the suspicions that the Rojos were "too soft" on the Gulf cartel's bitter enemy, Los Zetas. They also fought for coastal cities Acapulco, Guerrero and Cancn, Quintana Roo; the state capital of Monterrey, Nuevo Len, and the states of Veracruz and San Luis Potos. [17], By the 1980s, Garca brego began incorporating cocaine into the drug trafficking operations and started to have the upper hand on what was now considered the Gulf Cartel, the greatest criminal dynasty in the US-Mexico border. After Osiel Crdenas Guilln took full control of the Gulf Cartel in 1999, he found himself in a no-holds-barred fight to keep his notorious organization and leadership untouched, and sought out members of the Mexican Army Special Forces to become the military armed-wing of the Gulf Cartel. That's why I asked because it would seem . Cano Flores was later sentenced to 35 years in prison and ordered to forfeit US$15 billion on 13 May 2013, making him "highest ranking Gulf Cartel member to be convicted by a U.S. jury in the past 15 years. Drug Wars: Narco Warfare in the twenty-first century. [326] In addition, due to the low-paying salaries of many policemen, the Gulf Cartel often "buys" many law enforcement officers in Mexico. [312] It operates primarily on the TabascoVeracruzTamaulipas corridor. 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. [38] According to The Brownsville Herald, Garca brego went into the courtroom grinning and talking animatedly with his lawyers who helped him translate his words from Spanish into the English language. It is the first time in 87 years, a governor from the opposition wins in the state. [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. Het Golfkartel bestaat sinds 1930, toen Juan Nepomuceno Guerra ( 18 juli 1915 - 12 juli 2001) alcohol begon te smokkelen tijdens de drooglegging. [90] After his capture, Crdenas was sent to the federal, high-security prison La Palma. In the show members of Los Emes either wear a kind of black uniform with patches or at least all grey outifts. "[1][2], Aurelio Cano Flores was born in Tamaulipas, Mexico on 3 May 1972. The area that Meja Gonzlez wanted was given to Samuel Flores Borrego, suggesting that the Metros were above the Rojos. [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. Los Zetas o Crtel de Los Zetas fue un crtel y organizacin terrorista mexicana, considerado como el crtel ms poderoso y sanguinario de Mxico, cuyas actividades delictivas iban desde el narcotrfico, terrorismo, transporte de drogas, extorsin, secuestro, homicidios, trfico de personas, hurto de combustible, robo a bancos, camiones de valores, lavado de dinero hasta delitos informticos. [116] Unwilling to stand for such abuse, Los Zetas responded and countered the accusations by posting their own banners throughout Tamaulipas. [177], In the late 1990s, Osiel Crdenas Guilln, the former leader of the Gulf cartel, had other similar groups besides Los Zetas established in several cities in Tamaulipas. [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. Prior to his arrest on 10 June 2009, he was operating as the Gulf Cartel leader in Camargo, Tamaulipas and coordinated heroin, cocaine, and marijuana shipments to the United States. [117] Also, Los Zetas mentioned that the Gulf Cartel also kills innocent civilians, and then blames them for their atrocities. "[23], Garca brego's ties extended beyond the Mexican government corruption and into the United States. [63] In response to the rising power of the Gulf Cartel, the rival Sinaloa Cartel[77] established a heavily armed, well-trained enforcer group known as Los Negros. [25][26], Garca brego's business had grown to such length that the FBI placed him on the Top Ten Most Wanted in 1995. [61] His goal was to protect himself from rival drug cartels and from the Mexican military, to perform vital functions as the leader of the most powerful drug cartel in Mexico. [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. Unbelievable! 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. In addition, he was under observation and was widely known, since his surname meant more of the same. 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