Mexican drug cartels
Mexican drug cartels are rival organized crime organizations that have been fighting a 13-year war against each other as well as the Mexican government in order to gain control of the illegal drug trade.
Forces[edit]
Mexico[edit]
- Mexican Army
- Mexican Air Force
- Mexican Navy
- Mexican Naval Infantry
- Mexican Federal Police/National Guard
- Mexican state and municipal police forces
- Community self-defense groups(autodefensas)
United States[edit]
- DEA
- Border vigilante groups
- American state and municipal police forces
The Drug cartels[edit]
- Sinaloa Cartel
- Gulf Cartel
- Juárez Cartel
- Knights Templar Cartel
- Tijuana Cartel
- La Familia Cartel (disbanded)
- Los Zetas
- Beltrán-Leyva Cartel (disbanded)
- Jalisco New Generation Cartel
- Independent Cartel of Acapulco
- La Barredora
- Northeast Cartel
- Santa Rosa de Lima Cartel
Commanders and Leaders[edit]
Mexico[edit]
- Enrique Peña Nieto
- Felipe Calderón
- Mariano Francisco Saynez Mendoza
- Guillermo Galván Galván
- Sergio Aponte Polito
- Andres Manuel Lopez Obrador
The Drug cartels[edit]
- Joaquín "El Chapo" Guzmán
- Ismael Zambada García
- Ignacio Coronel Villarreal (deceased)
- Antonio Cárdenas Guillén (deceased)
- Jorge Eduardo Costilla Sánchez
- Vicente Carrillo Fuentes
- Luis Fernando Sánchez Arellano,
- Heriberto Lazcano Lazcano (deceased)
- Miguel Treviño Morales
- Arturo Beltrán Leyva (deceased)
- Héctor Beltrán Leyva
- Nazario Moreno González (deceased
- Rafael Caro Quintero
- Nemesio Oseguera Cervantes
- Enedina Arellano Felix
Strength[edit]
Mexico[edit]
- 50,000 soldiers
- 35,000 Federal police
The Drug cartels[edit]
- 100,00 foot soldiers
Casualties and Losses[edit]
Mexico[edit]
- 1,000+ Police and prosecutors killed
- 138 Army soldiers killed
- 14 Marines killed
- 318 Federal Police killed
- 58 reporters killed
- 1,000 children killed
The Drug Cartels[edit]
- 121,199 cartel members detained
- 8,500 convicted