![]() The group has been known to have increased the power that its members have by purchasing military weapons and parts from the United States. ![]() ![]() The Jalisco New Generation Cartel is spread out across 23 of the Mexico's 32 states and currently finds itself at war with at least ten cartels. The Jalisco New Generation Cartel was once allied to the Sinaloa Cartel as El Chapo depended on its firepower to combat Los Zetas.Ĭommandeered by Nemesio ‘El Mencho’ Oseguera, the group set itself apart from other cartels in the country butchering its enemies and today is considered by the Mexican government as the most dangerous group in the country. The cartel employs gatekeepers assigned to Ports Of Entry and controls Arizona and California area smuggling corridors into the United States.' How they get drugs into the US: 'Illicit drugs distributed by the Sinaloa Cartel are primarily smuggled into the United States through crossing points located along the. The DEA said the Sinaloa Cartel 'exports and distributes wholesale amounts of fentanyl, heroin, methamphetamine, cocaine, and marijuana in the United States by maintaining distribution hubs in various cities.' The Drug Enforcement Administration views the Sinaloa Cartel as one of the top two criminal organizations along with its rival, the Jalisco New Generation Cartel. With El Chapo in prison, the cartel has been plagued by internal fighting between Zambada and three of El Chapo’s four sons, known as ‘Los Chapitos’. While it has carved out a presence in 15 of the 32 Mexican states, the cartel also expanded its operations into the United States, Europe, Asia and South America. People are scared.'įounded in 1989 by Héctor Palma, Joaquín ‘El Chapo’ Guzmán and Ismael ‘El Mayo’ Zambada, the Sinaloa Cartel today stands as one of the most established transnational drug trafficking organizations. We are already scared because the thing is very ugly. 'They have also killed a lot of people here. We are afraid,' one resident told Mexican news network FORO TV. A tenth body was located on a road near the bridge. ![]() The gruesome hangings come after nine bodies were hung off an overpass in the Zacatecas municipality of Ciudad Cuauhtémoc last Thursday before dawn. Two other bodies were also found tied to tree branches on a road that connects the towns of San Gabriel and San Ignacio. Three of the bodies were hung from a bridge that crosses a stream in the village of San José de Lourdes and discovered by locals around 7am local time.Īnother three bodies were left hanging off of trees in the town of Montemariana. Seven of the eight individuals were identified as Julio César de los Santos, 15 César Alejandro Meza Salazar, 19 Alfonso Hernández Guzmán, 22 Jesús Meza Pinedo, 21 Marcos de los Santos Luna, 48 José Meza Aviña 52 and Alfonso Hernández Salas, 78. ![]()
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