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Drug cartels are criminal organizations developed with the primary purpose of promoting and controlling drug trafficking
Illegal drug trade

The illegal drug trade or drug trafficking is a global black market consisting of the cultivation, manufacture, distribution and sale of Law controlled drugs....
 operations. They range from loosely-managed agreements among various drug traffickers to formalized commercial enterprises. Drug cartels are not strictly cartel
Cartel

A cartel is a formal agreement among firms. It is a formal organization of producers that agree to coordinate prices and production. Cartels usually occur in an Oligopoly, where there is a small number of sellers and usually involve homogeneous products....
s proper.

Drug cartels operate in many countries throughout Latin America
Latin America

Latin America is a region of the Americas where Romance languages ? particularly Spanish language and Portuguese language, and variably French language ? are primarily spoken....
, including Mexico
Mexico

The United Mexican States , commonly known as Mexico , is a federalism constitutionalism republic in North America. It is bordered on the north by the United States; on the south and west by the Pacific Ocean; on the southeast by Guatemala, Belize, and the Caribbean Sea; and on the east by the Gulf of Mexico....
, Central America
Central America

Central America is a central geography region of the Americas. It is the southernmost, isthmus portion of the North American continent, which connects with South America on the southeast....
 and Colombia
Colombia

Colombia , officially the Republic of Colombia , is a country in north-western South America. Colombia is bordered to the east by Venezuela and Brazil; to the south by Ecuador and Peru; to the north by the Caribbean Sea; to the north west by Panama; and to the west by the Pacific Ocean....
, and in Afghanistan
Afghanistan

Afghanistan , officially the Islamic republic of Afghanistan, is a landlocked country that is located approximately in the center of Asia....
 and South Asia
South Asia

South Asia, also known as Southern Asia, is the southern region of the Asian continent, which comprises the sub-Himalayan countries and, for some authorities , also includes the adjoining countries on the west and the east....
. They are the cause of extreme gangster-like violence and thousands of murders, particularly in Mexico all along the U.S.






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Drug cartels are criminal organizations developed with the primary purpose of promoting and controlling drug trafficking
Illegal drug trade

The illegal drug trade or drug trafficking is a global black market consisting of the cultivation, manufacture, distribution and sale of Law controlled drugs....
 operations. They range from loosely-managed agreements among various drug traffickers to formalized commercial enterprises. Drug cartels are not strictly cartel
Cartel

A cartel is a formal agreement among firms. It is a formal organization of producers that agree to coordinate prices and production. Cartels usually occur in an Oligopoly, where there is a small number of sellers and usually involve homogeneous products....
s proper.

Drug cartels operate in many countries throughout Latin America
Latin America

Latin America is a region of the Americas where Romance languages ? particularly Spanish language and Portuguese language, and variably French language ? are primarily spoken....
, including Mexico
Mexico

The United Mexican States , commonly known as Mexico , is a federalism constitutionalism republic in North America. It is bordered on the north by the United States; on the south and west by the Pacific Ocean; on the southeast by Guatemala, Belize, and the Caribbean Sea; and on the east by the Gulf of Mexico....
, Central America
Central America

Central America is a central geography region of the Americas. It is the southernmost, isthmus portion of the North American continent, which connects with South America on the southeast....
 and Colombia
Colombia

Colombia , officially the Republic of Colombia , is a country in north-western South America. Colombia is bordered to the east by Venezuela and Brazil; to the south by Ecuador and Peru; to the north by the Caribbean Sea; to the north west by Panama; and to the west by the Pacific Ocean....
, and in Afghanistan
Afghanistan

Afghanistan , officially the Islamic republic of Afghanistan, is a landlocked country that is located approximately in the center of Asia....
 and South Asia
South Asia

South Asia, also known as Southern Asia, is the southern region of the Asian continent, which comprises the sub-Himalayan countries and, for some authorities , also includes the adjoining countries on the west and the east....
. They are the cause of extreme gangster-like violence and thousands of murders, particularly in Mexico all along the U.S. border.

Significant Drug Cartels in Colombia
Colombia

Colombia , officially the Republic of Colombia , is a country in north-western South America. Colombia is bordered to the east by Venezuela and Brazil; to the south by Ecuador and Peru; to the north by the Caribbean Sea; to the north west by Panama; and to the west by the Pacific Ocean....


  • Cali Cartel
    Cali Cartel

    The Cali Cartel was a drug cartel based in southern Colombia, around the city of Cali and the Valle del Cauca Department. The Cali Cartel was founded by the Rodr?guez Orejuela brothers, Gilberto Rodr?guez Orejuela and Miguel Rodr?guez Orejuela, as well as associate Jos? Santacruz Londo?o....
     - based in Cali
    Calì

    Cal?, also written in english as Cali, is a italian surname, widespread mainly in the Ionian Sea side of Sicily.For the surname Cal? is assumed the origin of the greek word kalos , or from its Sanskrit root kali, "time"....
    .
  • Medellín Cartel
    Medellín Cartel

    The Medell?n Cartel was an organized network of Illegal drugs trade originating in the city of Medell?n in Colombia and operating through the 1970s and 1980s....
     - based in Medellín
    Medellín

    Medell?n , officially the Municipio de Medell?n or Municipality of Medell?n, is the List of capitals and largest cities by country in Colombia....
     and prominent during the 1970s-1980s.
  • Norte del Valle Cartel
    Norte del Valle Cartel

    The Norte del Valle Cartel, or North Valley Cartel, is a drug cartel that operates principally in the north of the Valle del Cauca Departments of Colombia of Colombia....
     - based in Valle del Cauca.


Significant Drug Cartels in Mexico
Mexico

The United Mexican States , commonly known as Mexico , is a federalism constitutionalism republic in North America. It is bordered on the north by the United States; on the south and west by the Pacific Ocean; on the southeast by Guatemala, Belize, and the Caribbean Sea; and on the east by the Gulf of Mexico....

  • Gulf Cartel
    Gulf Cartel

    The Gulf Cartel is a Mexican drug trafficking organization based in Matamoros, Tamaulipas, Tamaulipas. Heavy operations also include the cities of Reynosa and Nuevo Laredo....
     - based in Matamoros
    Matamoros

    The name Matamoros, meaning moors-killer or Moor-slayer in Spanish language, may refer to:...
    , Tamaulipas
    Tamaulipas

    Tamaulipas is one of the 31 States of Mexico of Mexico and is located in the northeast....
  • Juárez Cartel
    Juárez Cartel

    The Ju?rez Cartel is a Mexican drug trafficking cartel based in Ciudad Ju?rez, Mexico. The cartel has most recently transformed itself into the Golden Triangle Alliance, or La Alianza Tri?ngulo de Oro, because of its leaders in three Mexican states....
     (Carrillo-Fuentes Cartel) - based in Ciudad Juárez
    Ciudad Juárez

    Ciudad Ju?rez, also known as just Ju?rez and formerly known as El Paso del Norte, is a city and seat of the Ju?rez in the Mexican state of Chihuahua ....
    , Chihuahua
  • Sinaloa Cartel
    Sinaloa Cartel

    The Sinaloa Cartel is a Mexican Illegal drug trade cartel primarily operating out of the states of Baja California, Sinaloa, Durango, Sonora and Chihuahua ....
     - based in Culiacan
    Culiacán

    Culiac?n is a city in northwestern Mexico, the largest city in the state of Sinaloa as well as its capital and capital of the municipality of Culiac?n....
    , Sinaloa
    Sinaloa

    Sinaloa is one of the 31 mexican state of Mexico....
  • Sonora Cartel
    Sonora Cartel

    The Sonora Cartel, also called the Caro-Quintero Organization, is a Mexico based polydrug cartel....
     (Caro-Quintero Cartel) - based in Hermosillo
    Hermosillo

    Hermosillo, formerly named Sant?sima Trinidad del Pitic is the largest city and capital of the Mexico States of Mexico of Sonora, and is located in the center of the state, 167 miles from the border with the United States....
    , Sonora
    Sonora

    Sonora is one of the 31 States of Mexico and is located in the northwest of the country....
  • Tijuana Cartel (Arellano-Felix Cartel) - based in Tijuana
    Tijuana

    Tijuana , is the largest city of the Mexican state of Baja California, situated on the United States?Mexico border adjacent to its sister city of San Diego, California....
    , Baja California
    Baja California

    Baja California is the northernmost States of Mexico of Mexico. Before becoming a state in 1953, the area was known as the North Territory of Baja California....