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Bookmark or Share- Guadalajara Cartel - WikipediaThe Guadalajara Cartel (Spanish: Cártel de Guadalajara) also known as The Federation (Spanish: La Federación) was a Mexican drug cartel which was formed in 1980 by Miguel Ángel Félix Gallardo, Rafael Caro Quintero, and Ernesto Fonseca Carrillo in order to ship cocaine and marijuana to the United States.
- 'An atmosphere of terror': the bloody rise of Mexico's top cartelThe violence and the cartel’s struggles with rivals have also taken a horrific toll on Jalisco’s capital. Celebrated as one of Mexico’s most dynamic and culturally rich cities, Guadalajara ...
- ‘El Mencho’: Chasing the most powerful drug lord in MexicoMexico - Dec 27, 2022 - 11:39CET. The last time a relative of “El Mencho” was arrested, two Mexican marines were kidnapped in an act of revenge. Subsequently, a military siege was unleashed, with tanks and helicopters turning one of Guadalajara’s most exclusive neighborhoods into a war zone. On Tuesday, December 20, after the arrest of ...
- Guadalajara drug cartel founder, in first interview, talks ...Miguel Ángel Félix Gallardo, convicted in the murder of DEA agent Enrique "Kiki" Camarena, spoke for the first time in an exclusive Noticias Telemundo interview.
- How 100 Years of Failed Drug Policy Gave Rise to Mexico's CartelsIn 1985, members of the Guadalajara Cartel kidnapped, tortured, and killed undercover Drug Enforcement Administration (DEA) agent Camarena while he was on assignment in Mexico. His killing helped push the US Congress to pass the Anti-Drug Abuse Act one year later ( pdf ), which levels sanctions against drug-producing or drug-transit countries ...
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