Gulf Cartel
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| Leader(s) | Luis Alberto Flores Blanco (Pelochas), Juan Manuel Loza Salinas (alias "El Toro") |
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| Territory | Northeastern Mexico |
| Tamaulipas | |
| Nuevo León | |
| U. S. | |
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| Texas | |
| Founded | 1987 |
| Founding location | Matamoros |
| Allies | Sinaloa Cartel |
| 'Ndrangheta | |
| Los Mexicles | |
| Aryan Brotherhood of Texas | |
| Founders | Juan Nepomuceno Guerra |
| Juan García Ábrego | |
| Date of Reg. | |
| Date of Upd. | |
| ID | 2362046 |
About Gulf Cartel
The Gulf Cartel is a criminal syndicate and drug trafficking organization in Mexico, and perhaps one of the oldest organized crime groups in the country. It is currently based in Matamoros, Tamaulipas, directly across the U. S. border from Brownsville, Texas.
Mexico kidnapping: A twisted moral code explains cartel's apology
... It was signed by the " Scorpions Group" a splinter faction of the powerful Gulf Cartel...
Mexico cartel turns in own men over US kidnappings
...By Will GrantBBC Mexico correspondentReports from the Mexican border city of Matamoros say a splinter group of the Gulf Cartel, called the Scorpions Group, has apologised for kidnapping four US citizens last week, killing two of them, and has turned over the men it says are responsible...
A cartel's mistake could explain the Mexico kidnappings
... Matamoros is caught between warring factions of the Gulf Cartel, as they battle for control of the so-called plazas - the drug smuggling routes north into the US...
Colombian drug lord Otoniel to be extradited to US
... The Gulf Cartel is a formidable and violent organisation with a great deal of power...
Gulf Cartel Photos
