Started in the 1980s in Matamoros, across the Rio Grande from Brownsville, the Gulf Cartel once controlled wide swaths of northern Mexico and drug trafficking lanes into South Texas.
By Jason Buch, San Antonio Express-News, San Antonio Express-News
Wed, 10/22/2014 - 3:56pm
Started in the 1980s in Matamoros, across the Rio Grande from Brownsville, the Gulf Cartel once controlled wide swaths of northern Mexico and drug trafficking lanes into South Texas.