Editing Héctor Beltrán Leyva (section)

== Career ==
Although originally a part of the Sinaloa Cartel,
<nowiki> </nowiki>the four Beltrán Leyva brothers broke ties with the organization in 
2008 after Alfredo Beltrán Leyva was arrested by Mexican military 
special forces, and the Beltrán Leyva brothers blamed their boss Joaquín Guzmán (a.k.a. ''El Chapo'') of treason.<sup>[6][7]</sup>
<nowiki> </nowiki>In response to the supposed betrayal, the Beltrán Leyva brothers 
ordered the murder of 22-year-old Édgar Guzmán López, a son of Joaquín 
Guzmán, who was killed in a shopping center parking lot by at least 15 
gunmen using assault rifles and grenade launchers.<sup>[8][9]</sup>

The remaining four Beltrán Leyva brothers established the Beltrán Leyva Cartel and forged a collaboration pact with their former rivals: the Gulf Cartel and Los Zetas.
<nowiki> </nowiki>Today, the Beltrán Leyva Cartel is responsible for the procurement of 
fire arms and ammunitions from the United States in furtherance of their
<nowiki> </nowiki>criminal enterprise and is responsible for the trafficking of multi-ton
<nowiki> </nowiki>amounts of illicit drugs, including cocaine, marijuana, heroin, and methamphetamine.
<nowiki> </nowiki>Héctor Beltrán Leyva is also credited with rising rates of violence 
within Mexico, as his organization is reportedly responsible for kidnapping, torture, murder, and various other acts of violence against numerous men, women, and children in Mexico.<sup>[1]</sup>
<nowiki> </nowiki>The cartel is considered one of the most ruthless and brutal in the way
<nowiki> </nowiki>they dispose of their enemies. The organization is connected with the 
assassinations of numerous Mexican law enforcement officials,<sup>[8][10]</sup> including Édgar Eusebio Millán Gómez, the former acting commissioner of the Mexican Federal Preventive Police.<sup>[11]</sup>