Los Angeles Times: ‘Narcos’ vs. narco novelas: In Latin America’s cartel TV shows, a compelling complexity
‘Narcos’ vs. narco novelas: In Latin America’s cartel TV shows, a compelling complexity
A drug cartel is a criminal organization composed of independent drug lords who collude with each other in order to improve their profits and dominate the illegal drug trade. [1] Drug cartels form with the purpose of controlling the supply of the illegal drug trade and maintaining prices at a high level. The formations of drug cartels are common in Latin American countries. Rivalries between ...
The Sinaloa Cartel The Sinaloa Cartel (Cártel de Sinaloa, aka CDS) is one of the world’s oldest and most powerful drug cartels. Through its birthplace and stronghold in the Mexican state of Sinaloa, the cartel is one of the largest producers and traffickers of fentanyl and other illicit drugs to the United States. For decades, the Sinaloa Cartel has smuggled multi-kilogram quantities of ...
Mexico pushes back against a U.S. indictment accusing Sinaloa's governor and ten officials of allegedly running a drug trafficking cartel conspiracy.
Federal prosecutors in New York City charged several current and former Mexican government officials with conspiring with the Sinaloa Cartel to import large amounts of drugs into the U.S. in ...
Drug cartel, an illicit consortium of independent organizations formed to limit competition and control the production and distribution of illegal drugs. Drug cartels are extremely well-organized, well-financed, efficient, and ruthless. Since the 1980s, they have dominated the international
The U.S. Justice Department said on Wednesday it had charged the governor of Mexico's Sinaloa state, Ruben Rocha, and other officials for their alleged involvement with the Sinaloa Cartel, in a ...