List of Mexico's 37 most-wanted drug lords
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This is a list of Mexico's 37 most-wanted drug lords as published by Mexican federal authorities on 23 March 2009. Mexico
offers up to $30 million peso
s (about $2.4 million US dollars) for the capture of each of the fugitives. The United States
also offers rewards for two of them. As of 18 January 2011, Mexico had captured or killed 20 of the 37 in the most-wanted list. The 21 June 2011 arrest of José de Jesús Méndez Vargas
, a.k.a. "El Chango", brought the total to twenty-one captured or killed so far. The list is divided into the drug cartels that the drug lord
s in question are ascribed to.
Mexico offers up to 30 million pesos (about 2.4 million U.S. dollars) for each of the following:
Gulf Cartel
Juárez Cartel
Pacific Cartel (a.k.a Sinaloa Cartel
Tijuana Cartel
Mexico
The United Mexican States , commonly known as Mexico , is a federal constitutional 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...
offers up to $30 million peso
Mexican peso
The peso is the currency of Mexico. Modern peso and dollar currencies have a common origin in the 15th–19th century Spanish dollar, most continuing to use its sign, "$". The Mexican peso is the 12th most traded currency in the world, the third most traded in the Americas, and by far the most...
s (about $2.4 million US dollars) for the capture of each of the fugitives. The United States
United States
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also offers rewards for two of them. As of 18 January 2011, Mexico had captured or killed 20 of the 37 in the most-wanted list. The 21 June 2011 arrest of José de Jesús Méndez Vargas
José de Jesús Méndez Vargas
José de Jesús Méndez Vargas is a Mexican drug lord and leader of the La Familia drug cartel, headquartered in the state of Michoacán....
, a.k.a. "El Chango", brought the total to twenty-one captured or killed so far. The list is divided into the drug cartels that the drug lord
Drug lord
A drug lord, drug baron or kingpin is the term used to describe a person who controls a sizable network of persons involved in the illegal drugs trade. Such figures are often difficult to bring to justice, as they might never be directly in possession of something illegal, but are insulated from...
s in question are ascribed to.
30 million pesos rewards
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Mexico offers up to 30 million pesos (about 2.4 million U.S. dollars) for each of the following:
Beltrán Leyva Cartel
- Arturo Beltrán Leyva, a.k.a. "El Barbas" - Killed on 16 December 2009
- Héctor Beltrán LeyvaHéctor Beltrán LeyvaHéctor Beltrán Leyva is a Mexican drug lord and leader of the Beltrán Leyva Cartel.Héctor Beltrán Leyva is the brother of Arturo Beltrán Leyva , former leader of the cartel...
, a.k.a. "El General" - Sergio Villarreal BarragánSergio Villarreal BarragánSergio Enrique Villarreal Barragán a.k.a. El Grande, , is a former Mexican federal police officer who then worked as a lieutenant for Héctor Beltrán Leyva of the criminal organisation called the Beltrán Leyva Cartel. He got his name El Grande because he is tall.-Biography:In 1990 at age 20, he was...
, a.k.a. "El Grande" - Captured on 13 September 2010 - Edgar Valdez Villareal, a.k.a. "La Barbie" - Captured on 31 August 2010
La Familia Michoacana
- Nazario Moreno GonzálezNazario Moreno GonzálezNazario Moreno González was a Mexican drug lord of the La Familia drug cartel, headquartered in the state of Michoacán.-Biography:...
, a.k.a. "El Chayo" - Killed on 9 December 2010 - Servando Gómez MartínezServando Gómez MartínezServando Gómez Martínez, a.k.a. La Tuta and El Profe is a Mexican drug trafficker who worked for La Familia Michoacana drug cartel, headquartered in the Mexican state of Michoacán. However, Martinez and Dionicio Loya Plancarte later broke with La Familia and formed the Knights Templar Cartel...
, a.k.a. "El Profe"; "La Tuta" - José de Jesús Méndez VargasJosé de Jesús Méndez VargasJosé de Jesús Méndez Vargas is a Mexican drug lord and leader of the La Familia drug cartel, headquartered in the state of Michoacán....
, a.k.a. "El Chango"- Captured on 21 June 2011 - Dionicio Loya PlancarteDionicio Loya PlancarteDionicio Loya Plancarte is one of the former leaders of the Mexican drug cartel known as La Familia Michoacana, headquartered in the Mexican state of Michoacán. Loya was arrested by the Mexican Army in Morelia, Michoacán along with other 60 cartel members on April 18, 2009 during a religious...
, a.k.a. "El Tío" - Captured on 18 April 2009
Gulf CartelGulf CartelThe Gulf Cartel is one of the most powerful drug cartels in Mexico, and perhaps the oldest organized crime group in the country...
- Jorge Eduardo Costilla Sánchez, a.k.a. "El Coss"
- Ezequiel Cárdenas Guillén, a.k.a. "Tony Tormenta" - Killed on 5 November 2010
Los Zetas Cartel
- Heriberto Lazcano LazcanoHeriberto Lazcano LazcanoHeriberto Lazcano Lazcano, is a Mexican drug trafficker who heads the Mexican drug cartel known as Los Zetas.-Biography:...
, a.k.a. "El Lazca"; "Z-3"; "El Verdugo"; "El Bronce"; "El Pitirijas" - Miguel Angel Treviño MoralesMiguel Treviño MoralesMiguel Angel Treviño Morales is a Mexican drug trafficker who is a commander of the drug cartel known as Los Zetas, currently led by Heriberto Lazcano...
, a.k.a. "L-40"; "Comandante 40"; "La Mona" - Omar Treviño MoralesAlejandro Treviño MoralesAlejandro Treviño-Morales, alias Omar Treviño-Morales, alias Oscar Treviño-Morales, , brother of Miguel Treviño Morales, is a mid-level leader of the criminal Mexican mercenary group called Los Zetas...
, a.k.a. "L-42" - Iván Velázquez CaballeroIván Velázquez-CaballeroIván Velázquez-Caballero is a Mexican drug lord of the Los Zetas Cartel. He is currently a fugitive. The government of Mexico has listed Velazquez-Caballero as one of its 37 most wanted drug lords and offers the equivalent of over $2 million USD for information leading to his capture.-References:...
, a.k.a. "El Talibán"; "L-50" - Gregorio Sauceda GamboaGregorio Sauceda-GamboaGregorio Sauceda Gamboa is a Mexican drug lord of the Gulf Cartel. He was captured on 30 April 2009.-References:...
, a.k.a. "El Goyo"; "Metro-2"; "Caramuela" - Captured on 30 April 2009
Juárez CartelJuárez CartelThe Juárez Cartel , also known as the Vicente Carrillo Fuentes Organization, is a Mexican drug cartel based in Ciudad Juárez, Chihuahua, Mexico, across the border from El Paso, Texas...
- Vicente Carrillo FuentesVicente Carrillo FuentesVicente Carrillo Fuentes is a Mexican drug lord who heads the Juárez Cartel in Mexico, which controls one of the primary transportation routes for billions of dollars worth of illegal drug shipments entering the United States from Mexico annually.Carrillo Fuentes is currently at large and is...
, a.k.a. "El Viceroy"; "El General" - Vicente Carrillo LeyvaVicente Carrillo FuentesVicente Carrillo Fuentes is a Mexican drug lord who heads the Juárez Cartel in Mexico, which controls one of the primary transportation routes for billions of dollars worth of illegal drug shipments entering the United States from Mexico annually.Carrillo Fuentes is currently at large and is...
- Captured on 3 April 2009
Pacific Cartel (a.k.a Sinaloa CartelSinaloa CartelThe Sinaloa Cartel is the most powerful drug cartel in Mexico and considered by the United States Intelligence Community as "the most powerful drug trafficking organization in the world." The Sinaloa Cartel is based in the city of Culiacán, Sinaloa, but also operates in the Mexican states of Baja...
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- Joaquín Guzmán Loera, a.k.a. "El Chapo"
- Ismael Zambada GarcíaIsmael Zambada GarcíaIsmael Zambada García , also known as El Mayo Zambada, is a Mexican drug lord and one of the two Sinaloa cartel leaders...
, a.k.a. "El Mayo Zambada" - Ignacio Coronel Villarreal, a.k.a. "El Nacho Coronel" - Killed on 29 July 2010
- Juan José Esparragoza MorenoJuan José Esparragoza MorenoJuan José Esparragoza Moreno a.k.a: El Azul , is a former Mexican Federal Judicial Police officer turned drug trafficker. Esparragoza was born in Huichiopa, in the Mexican state of Sinaloa...
, a.k.a. "El Azul" - Vicente Zambada NieblaIsmael Zambada GarcíaIsmael Zambada García , also known as El Mayo Zambada, is a Mexican drug lord and one of the two Sinaloa cartel leaders...
, a.k.a. "El Vicentillo" - Captured on 19 March 2009
Tijuana CartelTijuana CartelThe Tijuana Cartel is a Mexican drug cartel based in Tijuana. The cartel has been described as "one of the biggest and most violent criminal groups in Mexico"...
- Teodoro García SimentalTeodoro García SimentalTeodoro García Simental is a former lieutenant of the Mexican criminal organization known as the Tijuana Cartel.- Biography :...
, a.k.a. "El Teo"; "El Lalo"; "El 68"; "El K-1"; "El Alamo 6"; "El Tres Letras" - Captured on 12 January 2010
- Fernando Sánchez ArellanoLuis Fernando Sánchez ArellanoLuis Fernando Sánchez Arellano , a.k.a.: El Ingeniero, is a Mexican drug trafficker leader of the Tijuana Cartel, a Mexican drug trafficking cartel based in Tijuana, Baja California...
, a.k.a. "El Ingeniero".
15 million pesos rewards
Mexico offers 15 million pesos (about 1.2 million dollars) for each of the following:Beltrán Leyva Cartel
- Francisco Hernández García, a.k.a. "El 2000"; "El Panchillo"
- Alberto Pineda Villa, a.k.a. "El Borrado" killed on September 12, 2009.
- Marco Antonio Pineda Villa, a.k.a. "El MP" - Killed on 12 September 2009
- Héctor Huerta RíosHéctor Huerta RíosHéctor Huerta Ríos is a Mexican drug lord of the Beltrán Leyva Cartel. He was captured on 25 March 2009.-References:...
, a.k.a. "La Burra"; "El Junior" - Captured on 25 March 2009
Gulf Cartel
- Sigifredo Nájera TalamantesSigifredo Nájera-TalamantesSigifredo Nájera Talamantes is a Mexican drug lord of the Gulf Cartel. He was captured on 23 March 2009. The government of Mexico had listed Nájera Talamantes as one of its 37 most-wanted drug lords and offered the equivalent of over $1 million USD for information leading to his capture.-References:...
, a.k.a. "El Canicón" - Captured on 23 March 2009 - Sergio Enrique Ruiz TlapancoSergio Enrique Ruiz-TlapancoSergio Enrique Ruiz Tlapanco is a Mexican drug lord of the Gulf Cartel. He was captured in November 2009. The government of Mexico had listed Ruiz Tlapanco as one of its 37 most-wanted drug lords and offered the equivalent of over $1 million USD for information leading to his capture.-References:...
, a.k.a. "El Tlapa" - Captured in November 2009
Los Zetas
- Ricardo Almanza Morales, a.k.a. "El Gori"
- Eduardo Almanza Morales, a.k.a. "El Gori"
- Raymundo Almanza Morales, a.k.a. "El Gori" - Captured on 22 May 2009
- Flavio Méndez SantiagoFlavio Méndez SantiagoFlavio Méndez Santiago is a Mexican drug lord of the Gulf Cartel. He was captured on 18 January 2011.-References:...
, a.k.a. "El Amarillo" - Captured on 18 January 2011 - Sergio Peña Solís and/or René Solís Carlos, a.k.a. "El Concord"; "El Colosio"
- Raúl Lucio Fernández LechugaRaúl Lucio Fernandez-LechugaRaúl Lucio Fernandez-Lechuga is a Mexican drug lord of the Los Zetas. He is currently a fugitive. The government of Mexico has listed Fernandez-Lechuga as one of its 37 most wanted drug lords and offers the equivalent of over $2 million USD for information leading to his capture.-References:...
, a.k.a. "El Lucky"
Summary
| No. | Cartel | Name | Alias | Reward | Status | Killed/Captured | Photo |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Beltrán Leyva | Arturo Beltrán Leyva | El Barbas | $30M | Killed | 2009-12-16 | |
| 2 | Beltrán Leyva | Héctor Beltrán Leyva Héctor Beltrán Leyva Héctor Beltrán Leyva is a Mexican drug lord and leader of the Beltrán Leyva Cartel.Héctor Beltrán Leyva is the brother of Arturo Beltrán Leyva , former leader of the cartel... |
El General | $30M | Fugitive | - | |
| 3 | Beltrán Leyva | Sergio Villarreal Barragán Sergio Villarreal Barragán Sergio Enrique Villarreal Barragán a.k.a. El Grande, , is a former Mexican federal police officer who then worked as a lieutenant for Héctor Beltrán Leyva of the criminal organisation called the Beltrán Leyva Cartel. He got his name El Grande because he is tall.-Biography:In 1990 at age 20, he was... |
El Grande | $30M | Captured | 2010-09-13 |  |
| 4 | Beltrán Leyva | Edgar Valdez Villareal | La Barbie | $30M | Captured | 2010-08-31 | |
| 5 | Beltrán Leyva | Francisco Hernández García | El 2000 | $15M | Fugitive | - | |
| 6 | Beltrán Leyva | Alberto Pineda Villa | El Borrado | $15M | Killed | 2009-09-12 | |
| 7 | Beltrán Leyva | Marco Antonio Pineda Villa | El MP | $15M | Killed | 2009-09-12 | |
| 8 | Beltrán Leyva | Héctor Huerta Ríos Héctor Huerta Ríos Héctor Huerta Ríos is a Mexican drug lord of the Beltrán Leyva Cartel. He was captured on 25 March 2009.-References:... |
La Burra | $15M | Captured | 2009-03-25 | |
| 9 | La Familia Michoacana | Nazario Moreno González Nazario Moreno González Nazario Moreno González was a Mexican drug lord of the La Familia drug cartel, headquartered in the state of Michoacán.-Biography:... |
El Chayo | $30M | Killed | 2010-12-09 | |
| 10 | La Familia Michoacana | Servando Gómez Martínez Servando Gómez Martínez Servando Gómez Martínez, a.k.a. La Tuta and El Profe is a Mexican drug trafficker who worked for La Familia Michoacana drug cartel, headquartered in the Mexican state of Michoacán. However, Martinez and Dionicio Loya Plancarte later broke with La Familia and formed the Knights Templar Cartel... |
El Profe | $30M | Fugitive | - | |
| 11 | La Familia Michoacana | José de Jesús Méndez Vargas José de Jesús Méndez Vargas José de Jesús Méndez Vargas is a Mexican drug lord and leader of the La Familia drug cartel, headquartered in the state of Michoacán.... |
El Chango | $30M | Captured | 2011-6-21 | |
| 12 | La Familia Michoacana | Dionicio Loya Plancarte Dionicio Loya Plancarte Dionicio Loya Plancarte is one of the former leaders of the Mexican drug cartel known as La Familia Michoacana, headquartered in the Mexican state of Michoacán. Loya was arrested by the Mexican Army in Morelia, Michoacán along with other 60 cartel members on April 18, 2009 during a religious... |
El Tío | $30M | Captured | 2009-04-18 | |
| 13 | Los Zetas Los Zetas Los Zetas is the second most powerful drug cartel in Mexico and considered by the U.S. Drug Enforcement Administration as the most violent drug cartel and paramilitary enforcement group in Mexico... |
Heriberto Lazcano Lazcano Heriberto Lazcano Lazcano Heriberto Lazcano Lazcano, is a Mexican drug trafficker who heads the Mexican drug cartel known as Los Zetas.-Biography:... |
El Lazca | $30M | Fugitive | - | |
| 14 | Gulf Cartel Gulf Cartel The Gulf Cartel is one of the most powerful drug cartels in Mexico, and perhaps the oldest organized crime group in the country... |
Jorge Eduardo Costilla Sánchez | El Coss | $30M | Fugitive | - |  |
| 15 | Gulf Cartel Gulf Cartel The Gulf Cartel is one of the most powerful drug cartels in Mexico, and perhaps the oldest organized crime group in the country... |
Ezequiel Cárdenas Guillén | Tony Tormenta | $30M | Killed | 2010-11-05 | |
| 16 | Los Zetas Los Zetas Los Zetas is the second most powerful drug cartel in Mexico and considered by the U.S. Drug Enforcement Administration as the most violent drug cartel and paramilitary enforcement group in Mexico... |
Miguel Angel Treviño Morales Miguel Treviño Morales Miguel Angel Treviño Morales is a Mexican drug trafficker who is a commander of the drug cartel known as Los Zetas, currently led by Heriberto Lazcano... |
Comandante 40 | $30M | Fugitive | - |  |
| 17 | Los Zetas Los Zetas Los Zetas is the second most powerful drug cartel in Mexico and considered by the U.S. Drug Enforcement Administration as the most violent drug cartel and paramilitary enforcement group in Mexico... |
Omar Treviño Morales Alejandro Treviño Morales Alejandro Treviño-Morales, alias Omar Treviño-Morales, alias Oscar Treviño-Morales, , brother of Miguel Treviño Morales, is a mid-level leader of the criminal Mexican mercenary group called Los Zetas... |
L-42 | $30M | Fugitive | - | |
| 18 | Los Zetas Los Zetas Los Zetas is the second most powerful drug cartel in Mexico and considered by the U.S. Drug Enforcement Administration as the most violent drug cartel and paramilitary enforcement group in Mexico... |
Iván Velázquez Caballero Iván Velázquez-Caballero Iván Velázquez-Caballero is a Mexican drug lord of the Los Zetas Cartel. He is currently a fugitive. The government of Mexico has listed Velazquez-Caballero as one of its 37 most wanted drug lords and offers the equivalent of over $2 million USD for information leading to his capture.-References:... |
L-50 | $30M | Fugitive | - | |
| 19 | Los Zetas Los Zetas Los Zetas is the second most powerful drug cartel in Mexico and considered by the U.S. Drug Enforcement Administration as the most violent drug cartel and paramilitary enforcement group in Mexico... |
Gregorio Sauceda Gamboa Gregorio Sauceda-Gamboa Gregorio Sauceda Gamboa is a Mexican drug lord of the Gulf Cartel. He was captured on 30 April 2009.-References:... |
El Goyo | $30M | Captured | 2009-04-30 | |
| 20 | Gulf Cartel Gulf Cartel The Gulf Cartel is one of the most powerful drug cartels in Mexico, and perhaps the oldest organized crime group in the country... |
Sigifredo Nájera Talamantes Sigifredo Nájera-Talamantes Sigifredo Nájera Talamantes is a Mexican drug lord of the Gulf Cartel. He was captured on 23 March 2009. The government of Mexico had listed Nájera Talamantes as one of its 37 most-wanted drug lords and offered the equivalent of over $1 million USD for information leading to his capture.-References:... |
El Canicón | $15M | Captured | 2009-03-23 | |
| 21 | Los Zetas Los Zetas Los Zetas is the second most powerful drug cartel in Mexico and considered by the U.S. Drug Enforcement Administration as the most violent drug cartel and paramilitary enforcement group in Mexico... |
Ricardo Almanza Morales | El Gori | $15M | Fugitive | - | |
| 22 | Los Zetas Los Zetas Los Zetas is the second most powerful drug cartel in Mexico and considered by the U.S. Drug Enforcement Administration as the most violent drug cartel and paramilitary enforcement group in Mexico... |
Eduardo Almanza Morales | El Gori | $15M | Fugitive | - | |
| 23 | Los Zetas Los Zetas Los Zetas is the second most powerful drug cartel in Mexico and considered by the U.S. Drug Enforcement Administration as the most violent drug cartel and paramilitary enforcement group in Mexico... |
Raymundo Almanza Morales | El Gori | $15M | Captured | 2009-05-22 | |
| 24 | Los Zetas Los Zetas Los Zetas is the second most powerful drug cartel in Mexico and considered by the U.S. Drug Enforcement Administration as the most violent drug cartel and paramilitary enforcement group in Mexico... |
Flavio Méndez Santiago Flavio Méndez Santiago Flavio Méndez Santiago is a Mexican drug lord of the Gulf Cartel. He was captured on 18 January 2011.-References:... |
El Amarillo | $15M | Captured | 2011-01-18 | |
| 25 | Los Zetas Los Zetas Los Zetas is the second most powerful drug cartel in Mexico and considered by the U.S. Drug Enforcement Administration as the most violent drug cartel and paramilitary enforcement group in Mexico... |
Sergio Peña Solís | El Concord | $15M | Fugitive | - | |
| 26 | Los Zetas Los Zetas Los Zetas is the second most powerful drug cartel in Mexico and considered by the U.S. Drug Enforcement Administration as the most violent drug cartel and paramilitary enforcement group in Mexico... |
Raúl Lucio Fernández Lechuga Raúl Lucio Fernandez-Lechuga Raúl Lucio Fernandez-Lechuga is a Mexican drug lord of the Los Zetas. He is currently a fugitive. The government of Mexico has listed Fernandez-Lechuga as one of its 37 most wanted drug lords and offers the equivalent of over $2 million USD for information leading to his capture.-References:... |
El Lucky | $15M | Fugitive | - | |
| 27 | Gulf Cartel Gulf Cartel The Gulf Cartel is one of the most powerful drug cartels in Mexico, and perhaps the oldest organized crime group in the country... |
Sergio Enrique Ruiz Tlapanco Sergio Enrique Ruiz-Tlapanco Sergio Enrique Ruiz Tlapanco is a Mexican drug lord of the Gulf Cartel. He was captured in November 2009. The government of Mexico had listed Ruiz Tlapanco as one of its 37 most-wanted drug lords and offered the equivalent of over $1 million USD for information leading to his capture.-References:... |
El Tlapa | $15M | Captured | 2009-11 | |
| 28 | Juárez Cartel Juárez Cartel The Juárez Cartel , also known as the Vicente Carrillo Fuentes Organization, is a Mexican drug cartel based in Ciudad Juárez, Chihuahua, Mexico, across the border from El Paso, Texas... |
Vicente Carrillo Fuentes Vicente Carrillo Fuentes Vicente Carrillo Fuentes is a Mexican drug lord who heads the Juárez Cartel in Mexico, which controls one of the primary transportation routes for billions of dollars worth of illegal drug shipments entering the United States from Mexico annually.Carrillo Fuentes is currently at large and is... |
El Viceroy | $30M | Fugitive | - | .jpg) |
| 29 | Juárez Cartel Juárez Cartel The Juárez Cartel , also known as the Vicente Carrillo Fuentes Organization, is a Mexican drug cartel based in Ciudad Juárez, Chihuahua, Mexico, across the border from El Paso, Texas... |
Vicente Carrillo Leyva | - | $30M | Captured | 2009-04-03 | |
| 30 | Juárez Cartel Juárez Cartel The Juárez Cartel , also known as the Vicente Carrillo Fuentes Organization, is a Mexican drug cartel based in Ciudad Juárez, Chihuahua, Mexico, across the border from El Paso, Texas... |
Juan Pablo Ledesma | El JL | $15M | Fugitive | - | |
| 31 | Sinaloa Cartel Sinaloa Cartel The Sinaloa Cartel is the most powerful drug cartel in Mexico and considered by the United States Intelligence Community as "the most powerful drug trafficking organization in the world." The Sinaloa Cartel is based in the city of Culiacán, Sinaloa, but also operates in the Mexican states of Baja... |
Joaquín Guzmán Loera | El Chapo | $15M | Fugitive | - | |
| 32 | Sinaloa Cartel Sinaloa Cartel The Sinaloa Cartel is the most powerful drug cartel in Mexico and considered by the United States Intelligence Community as "the most powerful drug trafficking organization in the world." The Sinaloa Cartel is based in the city of Culiacán, Sinaloa, but also operates in the Mexican states of Baja... |
Ismael Zambada García Ismael Zambada García Ismael Zambada García , also known as El Mayo Zambada, is a Mexican drug lord and one of the two Sinaloa cartel leaders... |
El Mayo Zambada | $15M | Fugitive | - |  |
| 33 | Sinaloa Cartel Sinaloa Cartel The Sinaloa Cartel is the most powerful drug cartel in Mexico and considered by the United States Intelligence Community as "the most powerful drug trafficking organization in the world." The Sinaloa Cartel is based in the city of Culiacán, Sinaloa, but also operates in the Mexican states of Baja... |
Ignacio Coronel Villarreal | El Nacho Coronel | $15M | Killed | 2010-07-29 |  |
| 34 | Sinaloa Cartel Sinaloa Cartel The Sinaloa Cartel is the most powerful drug cartel in Mexico and considered by the United States Intelligence Community as "the most powerful drug trafficking organization in the world." The Sinaloa Cartel is based in the city of Culiacán, Sinaloa, but also operates in the Mexican states of Baja... |
Juan José Esparragoza Moreno Juan José Esparragoza Moreno Juan José Esparragoza Moreno a.k.a: El Azul , is a former Mexican Federal Judicial Police officer turned drug trafficker. Esparragoza was born in Huichiopa, in the Mexican state of Sinaloa... |
El Azul | $15M | Fugitive | - |  |
| 35 | Sinaloa Cartel Sinaloa Cartel The Sinaloa Cartel is the most powerful drug cartel in Mexico and considered by the United States Intelligence Community as "the most powerful drug trafficking organization in the world." The Sinaloa Cartel is based in the city of Culiacán, Sinaloa, but also operates in the Mexican states of Baja... |
Vicente Zambada Niebla | El Vicentillo | $15M | Captured | 2009-03-19 | |
| 36 | Tijuana Cartel Tijuana Cartel The Tijuana Cartel is a Mexican drug cartel based in Tijuana. The cartel has been described as "one of the biggest and most violent criminal groups in Mexico"... |
Teodoro García Simental Teodoro García Simental Teodoro García Simental is a former lieutenant of the Mexican criminal organization known as the Tijuana Cartel.- Biography :... |
El Teo | $15M | Captured | 2010-01-12 |  |
| 37 | Tijuana Cartel Tijuana Cartel The Tijuana Cartel is a Mexican drug cartel based in Tijuana. The cartel has been described as "one of the biggest and most violent criminal groups in Mexico"... |
Fernando Sánchez Arellano Luis Fernando Sánchez Arellano Luis Fernando Sánchez Arellano , a.k.a.: El Ingeniero, is a Mexican drug trafficker leader of the Tijuana Cartel, a Mexican drug trafficking cartel based in Tijuana, Baja California... |
El Ingeniero | $15M | Fugitive | - |
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- Drug CartelDrug cartelDrug cartels are criminal organizations developed with the primary purpose of promoting and controlling drug trafficking operations. They range from loosely managed agreements among various drug traffickers to formalized commercial enterprises. The term was applied when the largest trafficking...
- FederalesFederalesFederales is a short term for the Mexican Federal Police or any of its predecessors, including the Federal Investigations Agency or the Federal Preventive Police. The term gained widespread usage by English-speakers due to popularization in such films as The Wild Bunch, The Treasure of the Sierra...
- Grupo de Operaciones Especiales (Mexico)Grupo de Operaciones Especiales (Mexico)The Grupo de Operaciones Especiales are the operative tactical group of the Federal Police of Mexico. Their mission is to carry out a variety of operations such as: hostage rescue, apprehension of highly dangerous criminals, counter-narcotics, counter-terrorism and fight organized crime...
- Los ZetasLos ZetasLos Zetas is the second most powerful drug cartel in Mexico and considered by the U.S. Drug Enforcement Administration as the most violent drug cartel and paramilitary enforcement group in Mexico...
- Los NegrosLos NegrosLos Negros was a criminal organization that was once the armed wing of the Sinaloa Cartel and after a switch of alliances, became the armed wing of the Beltrán Leyva Cartel. On 2010 it went independent and had been contesting the control of the Beltrán Leyva Cartel. It was then the criminal...
- Gulf CartelGulf CartelThe Gulf Cartel is one of the most powerful drug cartels in Mexico, and perhaps the oldest organized crime group in the country...
- RuralesRuralesRurales was the name commonly used to designate the Mexican Guardia Rural : a force of mounted police or gendarmerie that existed between 1861 and 1914...