Who are the drug lords today?
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Who are the drug lords today?
Most Wanted Fugitives
- Yulan Andony Archaga Carias.
- Chuen Yip.
- Rafael Caro-Quintero.
- Ismael Zambada Garcia.
- Kenny Jing Ang Chen.
- Dario Antonio Usuga David.
- Nemesio Oseguera-Cervantes.
- Julio Alex Diaz.
Who is Mexico’s biggest drug lord?
In July 2019, a U.S. court condemned Joaquin “El Chapo” Guzman to a life sentence in prison and ordered him to pay restitution $12.6 billion for his role in running the Sinaloa Cartel and smuggling industrial quantities of marijuana, cocaine, meth, fentanyl and heroin into the United States.
Where is El Mencho now?
Now, he sits in a U.S. jail awaiting trial on federal gun and drug charges. In October 2018, El Mencho was outed as a top U.S. target by then-Attorney General Jeff Sessions during a national news conference.
What was El Chapo worth?
Guzmán, the infamous former leader of the Sinaloa cartel, is serving a life sentence in a US prison. He was one of the biggest traffickers of drugs to the US and, in 2009, entered Forbes’ list of the world’s richest men at number 701, with an estimated worth of $1bn.
Who was boss before El Chapo?
Ismael “El Mayo” Zambada
| Ismael Zambada | |
|---|---|
| Occupation | Leader of Sinaloa Cartel |
| Height | 5 ft 9 in (1.75 m) |
| Predecessor | Joaquin Guzmán Loera |
| Criminal status | Fugitive |
Who are the Sinaloa Cartel and what do they do?
The Sinaloa cartel is thought to control the majority of the US drug market. In the US, the Sinaloa cartel is one of six Mexican transnational criminal organizations in operation, joining the Jalisco New Generation cartel, the Juarez cartel, the Gulf cartel, Los Zetas cartel, and the Beltran Leyva Organization.
Is the Gulf Cartel weakening?
“In recent years, the Gulf cartel has weakened due to the arrest of key leaders in Mexico and intra-cartel conflict, which has led to a decline in its drug trafficking influence in the United States.” Police officers near the covered body of a person who died after a bus was set on fire in Guadalajara in 2012.
What is the structure of a cartel designed to do?
“The structure is designed to minimize the risk by minimizing the number of sales or ‘touches’ that have to be made,” says Borland. “The guys at the highest corporate level — the cartel guys — only make one sale.