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[[File:Sinaloa.png|thumb|300px|right|The home of the Sinaloa cartel]] | |||
The '''Sinaloa Cartel'''(also known by its Spanish initials '''CDS''', ''Cartel de Sinaloa'') is a drug trafficking and organized crime syndicate based in the city of [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Culiac%C3%A1n,_Sinaloa <u>Culiacán, Sinaloa</u>], with operations in the Mexican states of [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Baja_California <u>Baja California</u>], [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Durango <u>Durango</u>], [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sonora <u>Sonora</u>] and [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Chihuahua_(state) <u>Chihuahua</u>].The cartel is also known as the '''Guzmán-Loera Organization'''(for its leader, [[Joaquín Guzmán]]) and the '''Pacific Cartel''', the latter due to the coast of Mexico from which it originated. The cartel has also been called the '''Federation''' and the '''Blood Alliance'''.<sup class="reference" id="cite_ref-Wilson_7-1">[http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sinaloa_Cartel#cite_note-Wilson-7 <u>[</u>]</sup>The 'Federation' was partially splintered when the Beltrán-Leyva brothers broke apart from the Sinaloa Cartel. One of its current biggest rivals, the [[Jalisco New Generation Cartel]], was a splinter from a Federation member, the Milenio Cartel. | |||
The '''Sinaloa Cartel''' (also known by its Spanish initials '''CDS''', ''Cartel de Sinaloa'') is a | |||
The [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/United_States_Intelligence_Community <u>United States Intelligence Community</u>] considers the Sinaloa Cartel "the most powerful drug trafficking organization in the world"<u><sup> </sup></u>and in 2011, the ''[http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Los_Angeles_Times <u>Los Angeles Times</u>]'' called it "Mexico's most powerful organized crime group."The Sinaloa Cartel is associated with the label "Golden Triangle", which refers to the states of [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sinaloa <u>Sinaloa</u>], [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Durango <u>Durango</u>], and [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Chihuahua_(state) <u>Chihuahua</u>]. The region is a major producer of Mexican opium and marijuana.<sup class="reference" id="cite_ref-LastNarco_12-1">[http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sinaloa_Cartel#cite_note-LastNarco-12 <u>[12</u>]]</sup> According to the [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/U.S._Attorney_General <u>U.S. Attorney General</u>], the Sinaloa Cartel is responsible for importing into the United States and distributing nearly 200 tons of cocaine and large amounts of heroin between 1990 and 2008. It controls most of the western part of the US-Mexico border, but also smuggles drugs over water using narco-submarines. | The [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/United_States_Intelligence_Community <u>United States Intelligence Community</u>] considers the Sinaloa Cartel "the most powerful drug trafficking organization in the world"<u><sup> </sup></u>and in 2011, the ''[http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Los_Angeles_Times <u>Los Angeles Times</u>]'' called it "Mexico's most powerful organized crime group."The Sinaloa Cartel is associated with the label "Golden Triangle", which refers to the states of [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sinaloa <u>Sinaloa</u>], [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Durango <u>Durango</u>], and [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Chihuahua_(state) <u>Chihuahua</u>]. The region is a major producer of Mexican opium and marijuana.<sup class="reference" id="cite_ref-LastNarco_12-1">[http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sinaloa_Cartel#cite_note-LastNarco-12 <u>[12</u>]]</sup> According to the [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/U.S._Attorney_General <u>U.S. Attorney General</u>], the Sinaloa Cartel is responsible for importing into the United States and distributing nearly 200 tons of cocaine and large amounts of heroin between 1990 and 2008. It controls most of the western part of the US-Mexico border, but also smuggles drugs over water using narco-submarines. | ||
In 2019, well-equipped gunmen(they had body armor, 50 caliber rifles, rockets launchers and other military equipment) | In 2019, well-equipped gunmen(they had body armor, 50 caliber rifles, rockets launchers and other military equipment) ambushed Mexican police in Culiacán to rescue Guzman's son, [[Ovidio Guzmán López]]. This was a success for them and an embarrassment for Mexico's President Andres Manuel Lopez Obrador, who had already been criticized for his perceived shortcomings in fighting the cartels. | ||
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