[9] Cano Flores also has two aliases: Yeyo and Yankee. The drug organizations usually use the Interstates 10, 20, 25, 30, and 35, as well as U.S. [138], The confrontations started around 10:00am, and extended to 06:00pm, around the time Crdenas Guiln was killed. [9], Cano Flores was arrested by the Mexican federal police on 10 June 2009 while in possession of a firearm, a magazine device, and 30 rounds of ammunition. [3] Some media outlets also referred to him by another name, Efran Snchez Castillo. [248] The federal government "strongly condemned" the prison breaks and said that the work by the state and municipal authorities of Tamaulipas "lack effective control measures" and urged them to strengthen their institutions. [306] FBI investigators said that victims are "kidnapped, threatened, assaulted, drugged and transported into Mexico to meet with Cartel members. [111] In exchange for another life-sentence, Crdenas agreed to collaborate with U.S. agents in intelligence information. [289], Protection racketeering Milenio Cartel (defunct) The Gulf Cartel (Spanish: Crtel del Golfo, Golfos, or CDG) [7] [8] is a criminal syndicate and drug trafficking organization in Mexico, [9] and perhaps one of the oldest organized crime groups in the country. It was reported that after the fallout, Crdenas ordered Los Zetas to Baja California to wipe out the Tijuana Cartel. [110], Nearly $30million of the former drug lord's assets were distributed among several Texan law enforcement agencies. On 18 August 2013, Gulf Cartel leader Mario Ramirez Trevino was captured. [178] The infighting between the Metros and the Rojos of the Gulf cartel began in 2010, when Juan Meja Gonzlez, nicknamed El R-1, was overlooked as the candidate of the regional boss of Reynosa and was sent to the "Frontera Chica," an area that encompasses Miguel Alemn, Camargo and Ciudad Mier directly across the U.S.Mexico border from Starr County, Texas. 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. [208] The bloodbath in Tamaulipas has caused thousands of deaths, but most of shootings and body counts often go unreported. The United States Department of the Treasury had named Cano Flores in 2009 as a close associate of the Zeta bosses Heriberto Lazcano Lazcano and Miguel Trevio Morales, considered by the government as "significant foreign narcotics traffickers. 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. The leakage of Mexican special forces into organized crime began in the 1990s when the powerful Gulf cartel recruited a group of ex-Gafe troops to create its own paramilitary enforcement unit,. US-trained cartel terrorises Mexico Founders of the Zetas drug gang learned special forces techniques at Ft. Bragg before waging a campaign of carnage. [214] The massacre of the 72 migrants and the clandestine mass graves with more than 250 bodies in San Fernando, Tamaulipas,[215][216] mounted with the assassination of the governor candidate Rodolfo Torre Cant (2010),[217] the increasing violence generated between drug groups, and the state's inability to ensure tranquility, has led specialists to conclude that "neither the regional nor federal government have control over the territory of Tamaulipas. Prostitution circles are believed to be used by the Gulf Cartel to persuade journalists to favor them in the media. [144] And even after the drug lord was killed, the roadblocks continued throughout the rest of the day. "[247] In Nuevo Laredo on 17 December 2010, about 141 inmates escaped from a federal prison. "[295] And, there are several kidnapping rings of the Gulf Cartel throughout several parts of Tamaulipas. That's why I asked because it would seem . Kidnappings [269], The Sinaloa-Juarez alliance ceased to exist as well due to an unpaid debt in 2007, and now the Sinaloa and Juarez Cartel are at war against each other. In 2010 he was named in a U.S. federal indictment with 19 other high-ranking drug lords of La Compaa (The Company), a name used to describe the Gulf Cartel and Los Zetas as a conglomerate. [319], Bribery In August 2007, La Maa gang, an alleged sub-group of the criminal group Los Zetas and the Gulf Cartel, was reported to have controlled the extortion business in Matamoros, Tamaulipas. [122] Soon after his death, Los Zetas demanded the Gulf Cartel to hand over the killer, but they didn't, and observers believe that triggered the war. [115] According to narco-banners left by the Gulf Cartel in Matamoros, Tamaulipas, and Reynosa, Tamaulipas, the reason for their rupture was that Los Zetas had expanded their operations to include extortion, kidnapping, assassinations, theft, and other actions with which it disagreed. [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. 3:04. [240] Also according to Proceso, Baltazar Hinojosa is under investigation by the United States Department of Treasury for laundering money through the Panama Papers target, the law firm Mossack Fonseca. By Chris Arsenault 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. [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. [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. Gente Nueva, also known as Los Chapos, in reference to their drug lord Joaqun Guzmn Loera, is a large group of well-trained and experienced gunmen that function as one of the elite armed wings of the Sinaloa Cartel, created to counter, battle and destroy the Jurez Cartel's influence in the Mexican north-west, as well as to battle and destroy La Lnea which is currently the Jurez Cartel's largest remaining cell. [172] After the rupture between the Gulf Cartel and Los Zetas (which until then had served as the cartel's armed wing), Los Escorpiones became the armed wing of the entire Gulf organization. [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. [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. 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