Editing Miguel Ángel Félix Gallardo (section)

== Division of territory ==
Félix Gallardo kept a low profile and in 1987 moved with his family to Guadalajara city. He then decided to divide up the trade he controlled as it would 
be more efficient and less likely to be brought down in one law 
enforcement swoop.<sup>[12]</sup> Félix Gallardo convened the nation's top drug narcos at a house in the resort of Acapulco where he designated the ''plazas'' or territories. The Tijuana route would go to the Arellano Felix brothers. The Ciudad Juárez route would go to the Carrillo Fuentes family. Miguel Caro Quintero would run the Sonora corridor. The control of the Matamoros, Tamaulipas corridor - then becoming the Gulf Cartel- would be left undisturbed to Juan García Abrego. Meanwhile, Joaquín Guzmán Loera and Ismael Zambada García would take over Pacific coast operations, becoming the Sinaloa Cartel. Guzmán and Zambada brought veteran Héctor Luis Palma Salazar back into the fold. Félix Gallardo still planned to oversee national 
operations; he had the contacts so he was still the top man, but he 
would no longer control all details of the business.<sup>[''citation needed'']</sup>