Gulf Cartel
Criminal group based in Tamaulipas / From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
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The Gulf Cartel (Spanish: Cártel del Golfo, Golfos, or CDG)[6][7] is a criminal syndicate and drug trafficking organization in Mexico,[8] and perhaps one of the oldest organized crime groups in the country.[9] It is currently based in Matamoros, Tamaulipas, directly across the U.S. border from Brownsville, Texas.
Cártel del Golfo | |
Founded | 1930s |
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Founded by | Juan Nepomuceno Guerra, Juan García Ábrego |
Founding location | Matamoros, Tamaulipas, Mexico |
Years active | 1930s−present |
Territory | Mexico: Tamaulipas, Nuevo León, San Luis Potosí, Veracruz, Jalisco U.S.A.: Texas, Louisiana, Georgia |
Ethnicity | Majority Mexican and Mexican-American, minority Guatemalan |
Criminal activities | Drug trafficking, money laundering, extortion, kidnapping, human trafficking, people smuggling, robbery, murder, arms trafficking, bribery, fencing, counterfeiting |
Allies | Medellín Cartel (defunct) Cali Cartel (defunct) Los Mexicles (current status unknown) Narcosatanists[1][2] (defunct) Camorra[3] 'Ndrangheta Serbian mafia[4][3] Jalisco New Generation Cartel |
Rivals | Los Zetas Juárez Cartel Guadalajara Cartel (defunct) Sinaloa Cartel[5] (starting in 2021) La Familia Michoacana Beltrán-Leyva Cartel Tijuana Cartel Los Negros (disbanded) Cártel del Noreste |
Their network is international, and is believed to have dealings with crime groups in Europe, West Africa, Asia, Central America, South America, and the United States.[10][11] Besides drug trafficking, the Gulf Cartel operates through protection rackets, assassinations, extortions, kidnappings, and other criminal activities.[12] The members of the Gulf Cartel are known for intimidating the population and for being particularly violent.[13]
Although its founder Juan Nepomuceno Guerra smuggled alcohol in large quantities to the United States during the Prohibition era, and heroin for over 40 years,[14] it was not until the 1980s that the cartel was shifted to trafficking cocaine, methamphetamine and marijuana under the command of Juan Nepomuceno Guerra and Juan García Ábrego.