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href="/w/index.php?title=Operation_Safe_Veracruz&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="Operation Safe Veracruz (page does not exist)"><i>Safe Veracruz</i></a></li> <li><a href="/w/index.php?title=Operation_Safe_San_Luis_Potosi&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="Operation Safe San Luis Potosi (page does not exist)"><i>Safe San Luis Potosi</i></a></li> <li><a href="/w/index.php?title=Operation_Neza&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="Operation Neza (page does not exist)"><i>Neza</i></a></li> <li><a href="/w/index.php?title=Operation_Estado_de_Mexico&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="Operation Estado de Mexico (page does not exist)"><i>State of Mexico</i></a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Operation_Blue_Storm" title="Operation Blue Storm"><i>Blue Storm</i></a></li> <li><a class="mw-selflink selflink"><i>Kruz Control</i></a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Operation_Terminus" title="Operation Terminus"><i>Terminus</i></a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Operation_Bishop" title="Operation Bishop"><i>Bishop</i></a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Operation_Coyote" title="Operation Coyote"><i>Coyote</i></a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Project_Wildfire" title="Project Wildfire"><i>Wildfire</i></a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Operation_Black_Swan" class="mw-redirect" title="Operation Black Swan"><i>Black Swan</i></a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Operation_Diablo_Express" title="Operation Diablo Express"><i>Diablo Express</i></a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Project_Shadowfire" title="Project Shadowfire"><i>Shadowfire</i></a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Battle_of_Culiac%C3%A1n" title="Battle of Culiacán">Culiacán</a></li></ul> <p><b>Events:</b> </p> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Manhunt_of_Joaqu%C3%ADn_%22El_Chapo%22_Guzm%C3%A1n_(2001%E2%80%932014)" class="mw-redirect" title="Manhunt of Joaquín "El Chapo" Guzmán (2001–2014)">El Chapo manhunt</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Morelia_grenade_attacks" title="Morelia grenade attacks">Morelia</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/2009_Ciudad_Ju%C3%A1rez_prison_riot" title="2009 Ciudad Juárez prison riot">1st Juárez prison</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Murders_of_Raul_and_Brisenia_Flores" title="Murders of Raul and Brisenia Flores">Arivaca</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/2009_Guanajuato_and_Hidalgo_shootings" title="2009 Guanajuato and Hidalgo shootings">Guanajuato & Hidalgo</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Ciudad_Ju%C3%A1rez_rehab_center_attack" title="Ciudad Juárez rehab center attack">Juárez rehab</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Villas_de_Salv%C3%A1rcar_massacre" title="Villas de Salvárcar massacre">Villas de Salvárcar</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/2010_Chihuahua_shootings" title="2010 Chihuahua shootings">Chihuahua</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Nuevo_Le%C3%B3n_mass_graves" title="Nuevo León mass graves">Nuevo León</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Guerrero_mass_graves" title="Guerrero mass graves">Guerrero</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/2010_San_Fernando_massacre" title="2010 San Fernando massacre">San Fernando (2010)</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/2010_Saric_shootout" title="2010 Saric shootout">Saric</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/2010_Puebla_oil_pipeline_explosion" title="2010 Puebla oil pipeline explosion">Puebla</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Jaime_Zapata" title="Jaime Zapata">San Luis Potosi</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/2011_San_Fernando_massacre" title="2011 San Fernando massacre">San Fernando (2011)</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/2011_Durango_massacres" title="2011 Durango massacres">Durango</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Jose_Guerena_shooting" title="Jose Guerena shooting">Tucson</a></li> <li><a href="/w/index.php?title=Battle_of_Ru%C3%ADz&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="Battle of Ruíz (page does not exist)">Ruíz</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Coahuila_mass_graves" title="Coahuila mass graves">Coahuila</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/2011_Matamoros_mass_kidnapping" title="2011 Matamoros mass kidnapping">1st Matamoros</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/2011_Monterrey_casino_attack" title="2011 Monterrey casino attack">Monterrey</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Altamira_prison_brawl" title="Altamira prison brawl">Altamira</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Apodaca_prison_riot" title="Apodaca prison riot">Apodaca</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/2012_Nuevo_Laredo_massacres" title="2012 Nuevo Laredo massacres">Nuevo Laredo</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/2012_Boca_del_R%C3%ADo_murder_of_journalists" title="2012 Boca del Río murder of journalists">Boca del Río</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Cadereyta_Jim%C3%A9nez_massacre" title="Cadereyta Jiménez massacre">Cadereyta Jiménez</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Killing_of_Jose_Rodriguez" class="mw-redirect" title="Killing of Jose Rodriguez">Nogales</a></li> <li><a href="/w/index.php?title=2012_La_Joya_shooting&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="2012 La Joya shooting (page does not exist)">La Joya</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/2014_Iguala_mass_kidnapping" class="mw-redirect" title="2014 Iguala mass kidnapping">Iguala</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/1_May_2015_Jalisco_attacks" title="1 May 2015 Jalisco attacks">Jalisco</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/2015_San_Sebasti%C3%A1n_del_Oeste_ambush" title="2015 San Sebastián del Oeste ambush">San Sebastián del Oeste</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/2015_Tanhuato%E2%80%93Ecuandureo_shootout" title="2015 Tanhuato–Ecuandureo shootout">Tanhuato-Ecuandureo</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Topo_Chico_prison_riot" title="Topo Chico prison riot">Topo Chico</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/2018_Chimney_Canyon_shootout" title="2018 Chimney Canyon shootout">Chimney Canyon</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Salamanca_nightclub_shooting" title="Salamanca nightclub shooting">Salamanca</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Minatitl%C3%A1n_massacre" title="Minatitlán massacre">Minatitlán</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Uruapan_massacre" title="Uruapan massacre">Uruapan</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Coatzacoalcos_nightclub_fire" title="Coatzacoalcos nightclub fire">Coatzacoalcos</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/2019_Western_Michoac%C3%A1n_clashes" title="2019 Western Michoacán clashes">W Michoacan</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/LeBar%C3%B3n_and_Langford_families_massacre" title="LeBarón and Langford families massacre">LeBarón & Langford</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/2019_Villa_Uni%C3%B3n_shootout" title="2019 Villa Unión shootout">Villa Unión</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Cieneguillas_prison_riots" title="Cieneguillas prison riots">Cieneguillas</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Uruapan_arcade_shooting" title="Uruapan arcade shooting">Uruapan arcade</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Madera_ambush" title="Madera ambush">Madera</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Irapuato_massacres" title="Irapuato massacres">Irapuato</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Salvatierra_mass_graves" title="Salvatierra mass graves">1st Salvatierra</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Camargo_massacre" title="Camargo massacre">Camargo</a></li> <li><a href="/w/index.php?title=Coatepec_Harinas_attack&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="Coatepec Harinas attack (page does not exist)">Coatepec Harinas</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Battle_of_Doctor_Coss" title="Battle of Doctor Coss">Doctor Coss</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Capture_of_Aguililla" title="Capture of Aguililla">Aguililla</a></li> <li><a href="/w/index.php?title=Tarecuato_massacre&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="Tarecuato massacre (page does not exist)">Tarecuato</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Tula_prison_break" title="Tula prison break">Tula</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Las_Tinajas_massacre" title="Las Tinajas massacre">Las Tinajas</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Celaya_massacre" title="Celaya massacre">Celaya</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Tuzantla_shooting" class="mw-redirect" title="Tuzantla shooting">Tuzantla</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/San_Miguel_Totolapan_massacre" title="San Miguel Totolapan massacre">San Miguel Totolapan</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/2023_Ciudad_Ju%C3%A1rez_prison_attack" title="2023 Ciudad Juárez prison attack">2nd Juárez prison</a></li> <li><a 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1969–1999</th></tr><tr><td class="sidebar-content hlist"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Operation_Intercept" title="Operation Intercept"><i>Intercept</i></a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Night_Train_seizure" title="Night Train seizure"><i>Stopgap</i></a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Operation_Jackpot_(drug_investigation)" title="Operation Jackpot (drug investigation)"><i>Jackpot</i></a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Operation_Snowcap" title="Operation Snowcap"><i>Snowcap</i></a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Operation_Wipeout" title="Operation Wipeout"><i>Wipeout</i></a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Operation_Green_Sweep" title="Operation Green Sweep"><i>Green Sweep</i></a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Operation_Green_Merchant" title="Operation Green Merchant"><i>Green Merchant</i></a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Operation_Nifty_Package" title="Operation Nifty Package"><i>Nift Package</i></a></li></ul></td> </tr><tr><th class="sidebar-heading" style="background:transparent;padding-bottom:0;"> 2000–2009</th></tr><tr><td class="sidebar-content hlist"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Operation_Panama_Express" title="Operation Panama Express"><i>Panama Express</i></a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Operation_Pipe_Dreams" title="Operation Pipe Dreams"><i>Pipe Dreams</i></a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Operation_TKO" title="Operation TKO"><i>TKO</i></a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Operation_Web_Tryp" title="Operation Web Tryp"><i>Web Tryp</i></a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Operation_Xcellerator" title="Operation Xcellerator"><i>Xcellator</i></a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Operation_Sudden_Fall" title="Operation Sudden Fall"><i>Sudden Fall</i></a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Operation_True_Test" title="Operation True Test"><i>True Test</i></a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Operation_Solare" title="Operation Solare"><i>Solare</i></a></li></ul></td> </tr><tr><th class="sidebar-heading" style="background:transparent;padding-bottom:0;"> 2010–present</th></tr><tr><td class="sidebar-content hlist"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Operation_Lowrider" title="Operation Lowrider"><i>Lowrider</i></a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Operation_Martillo" title="Operation Martillo"><i>Martillo</i></a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Operation_Anvil_(Honduras)" title="Operation Anvil (Honduras)"><i>Anvil</i></a></li> <li><a class="mw-selflink selflink"><i>Kruz Control</i></a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Narcosobrinos_affair" title="Narcosobrinos affair"><i>Nacrosobrinos</i> affair</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Operation_Rio_Grande" title="Operation Rio Grande"><i>Rio Grande</i></a><hr /></li></ul></td> </tr><tr><th class="sidebar-heading" style="background:transparent;padding-bottom:0;"> <span class="nobold">Related topics</span></th></tr><tr><td class="sidebar-content hlist"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Plan_Colombia" title="Plan Colombia">Plan Colombia</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Plan_Mexico" class="mw-redirect" title="Plan Mexico">Plan Mexico</a></li></ul></td> </tr></tbody></table></div></td></tr></tbody></table></div></div></div> <p><b>Operation Kruz Control</b> was a twelve-month, multi-agency investigation of a <a href="/wiki/Drug_trafficking" class="mw-redirect" title="Drug trafficking">drug trafficking</a> organization in southern <a href="/wiki/Arizona" title="Arizona">Arizona</a>, between December 2012 and December 2013.<sup id="cite_ref-dea.gov_1-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-dea.gov-1"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>1<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>According to <a href="/wiki/Drug_Enforcement_Administration" title="Drug Enforcement Administration">Drug Enforcement Administration</a> (DEA) officials, the <a href="/wiki/Phoenix,_Arizona" title="Phoenix, Arizona">Phoenix</a>-based Luiz Armando Cruz organization, which works for the <a href="/wiki/Sinaloa_Cartel" title="Sinaloa Cartel">Sinaloa Cartel</a> of northern Mexico, is responsible for the smuggling of thousands of pounds of <a href="/wiki/Marijuana" class="mw-redirect" title="Marijuana">marijuana</a> into Arizona and New Mexico and the smuggling of the proceeds back into Mexico, via the <a href="/wiki/Agua_Prieta,_Sonora" class="mw-redirect" title="Agua Prieta, Sonora">Agua Prieta</a> corridor. The Cruz organization utilized both drivers in vehicles and backpackers to transport drug loads through remote desert areas near <a href="/wiki/San_Simon,_Arizona" title="San Simon, Arizona">San Simon</a> and <a href="/wiki/Willcox,_Arizona" title="Willcox, Arizona">Willcox, Arizona</a>, and then to <a href="/wiki/Tucson" class="mw-redirect" title="Tucson">Tucson</a> and Phoenix for further distribution.<sup id="cite_ref-dea.gov_1-2" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-dea.gov-1"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>1<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>DEA Special Agent in Charge Doug Coleman: "DEA and its partners are successfully striking back at drug traffickers who use the Arizona corridor to move their drugs into the United States and their illicit proceeds back to Mexico.... This investigation identified a transportation cell that used human backpackers to smuggle thousands of pounds of marijuana across the Arizona/Mexico border. The message to these criminals should be clear—use the cross border area at your own risk."<sup id="cite_ref-dea.gov_1-3" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-dea.gov-1"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>1<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>On the evening of December 13, 2013, police in Phoenix and Willcox conducted arrests and search warrants and raided stash houses believed to be used by the Cruz organization, arresting eleven individuals and seizing "1,400 pounds of marijuana, seven rifles, two handguns, a shotgun, two homes, nine vehicles, an ATV quad and a bank account." Furthermore, since the beginning of the operation in December 2012, <i>Kruz Control</i> investigators seized <a href="/wiki/US$" class="mw-redirect" title="US$">$</a>200,000, 27,000 pounds of marijuana, six vehicles and a King Quad ATV in other actions.<sup id="cite_ref-dea.gov_1-4" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-dea.gov-1"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>1<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-bensonnews-sun.com_2-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-bensonnews-sun.com-2"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>2<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>The following were arrested in police raids on December 13, 2013: Luis Armando Cruz, 39; Carlos Antonio Garcia, 31; Sergio Garcia-Morales, 32; Alma Dolores Escalante-Figueroa (wife of Cruz), 39; Felipe Escalante-Reyes, 22; Carime Itsel Reyes-Escalante, 19; Carlos Ramirez, 42; Sergio Robert Ramos-Moreno, 19; Trevon Xavier Marcus-Bondae, 18; Maxine Carter, 25; and Jeremiah Steven Woolsey, 24.<sup id="cite_ref-dea.gov_1-5" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-dea.gov-1"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>1<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-bensonnews-sun.com_2-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-bensonnews-sun.com-2"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>2<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>The following agencies participated in Operation Kruz Control: Drug Enforcement Administration (DEA), <a href="/wiki/United_States_Border_Patrol" title="United States Border Patrol">U.S. Border Patrol</a> and its Tactical Unit (BORTAC), the <a href="/wiki/Internal_Revenue_Service" title="Internal Revenue Service">Internal Revenue Service</a> Criminal Investigation, the <a href="/wiki/United_States_Marshals_Service" title="United States Marshals Service">U.S. Marshals Service</a>, Graham County Attorney's Office, Coolidge Police Department, <a href="/wiki/National_Drug_Intelligence_Center" title="National Drug Intelligence Center">National Drug Intelligence Center</a> Document and Media Exploitation (DOMEX), and Arizona <a href="/wiki/SWAT" title="SWAT">SWAT</a> teams from the Mesa Police Department, Apache Junction Police Department, <a href="/wiki/Tempe_Police_Department" title="Tempe Police Department">Tempe Police Department</a>, and the Pinal County Sheriff's Office.<sup id="cite_ref-dea.gov_1-6" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-dea.gov-1"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>1<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="References">References</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Operation_Kruz_Control&action=edit&section=1" title="Edit section: References"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <style data-mw-deduplicate="TemplateStyles:r1239543626">.mw-parser-output .reflist{margin-bottom:0.5em;list-style-type:decimal}@media 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style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"></div><table class="nowraplinks navbox-subgroup" style="border-spacing:0"><tbody><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:8.5em">Factions</th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-odd" style="padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Los_Metros" title="Los Metros">Los Metros</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Los_Rojos" title="Los Rojos">Los Rojos</a></li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:8.5em">Founders</th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-even" style="padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><i><a href="/wiki/Juan_Nepomuceno_Guerra" title="Juan Nepomuceno Guerra">Juan Nepomuceno Guerra</a></i></li> <li><i><a href="/wiki/Juan_Garc%C3%ADa_Abrego" title="Juan García Abrego">Juan García Abrego</a></i></li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:8.5em">Leaders</th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-odd" style="padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><i><a href="/wiki/%C3%93scar_Malherbe_de_Le%C3%B3n" title="Óscar Malherbe de León">Óscar Malherbe de León</a></i></li> <li><i><a href="/wiki/Osiel_C%C3%A1rdenas_Guill%C3%A9n" title="Osiel Cárdenas Guillén">Osiel Cárdenas Guillén</a></i></li> <li><i><a href="/wiki/Antonio_C%C3%A1rdenas_Guill%C3%A9n" title="Antonio Cárdenas Guillén">Antonio Cárdenas Guillén</a></i></li> <li><i><a href="/wiki/Jorge_Eduardo_Costilla_S%C3%A1nchez" title="Jorge Eduardo Costilla Sánchez">Jorge Eduardo Costilla Sánchez</a></i></li> <li><i><a href="/wiki/Mario_Ram%C3%ADrez_Trevi%C3%B1o" title="Mario Ramírez Treviño">Mario Ramírez Treviño</a></i></li> <li><i><a href="/wiki/Homero_C%C3%A1rdenas_Guill%C3%A9n" title="Homero Cárdenas Guillén">Homero Cárdenas Guillén</a></i></li></ul> </div></td></tr></tbody></table><div></div></td></tr></tbody></table><div></div></td></tr><tr><td colspan="2" class="navbox-list navbox-odd" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"></div><table class="nowraplinks mw-collapsible mw-collapsed navbox-subgroup" style="border-spacing:0"><tbody><tr><th scope="col" class="navbox-title" colspan="2"><div id="Juárez_Cartel" style="font-size:114%;margin:0 4em"><a href="/wiki/Ju%C3%A1rez_Cartel" title="Juárez Cartel">Juárez Cartel</a></div></th></tr><tr><td colspan="2" class="navbox-list navbox-odd" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"></div><table class="nowraplinks navbox-subgroup" style="border-spacing:0"><tbody><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:8.5em">Armed wings</th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-odd" style="padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/La_L%C3%ADnea_(gang)" title="La Línea (gang)">La Línea</a></li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:8.5em">Founders</th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-even" style="padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><i><a href="/wiki/Rafael_Aguilar_Guajardo" title="Rafael Aguilar Guajardo">Rafael Aguilar Guajardo</a></i></li> <li><i><a href="/wiki/Pablo_Acosta_Villarreal" title="Pablo Acosta Villarreal">Pablo Acosta Villarreal</a></i></li> <li><i><a href="/wiki/Amado_Carrillo_Fuentes" title="Amado Carrillo Fuentes">Amado Carrillo Fuentes</a></i></li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:8.5em">Leaders</th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-odd" style="padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><i><a href="/wiki/Vicente_Carrillo_Fuentes" title="Vicente Carrillo Fuentes">Vicente Carrillo Fuentes</a></i></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Juan_Pablo_Ledezma" title="Juan Pablo Ledezma">Juan Pablo Ledezma</a></li></ul> </div></td></tr></tbody></table><div></div></td></tr></tbody></table><div></div></td></tr><tr><td colspan="2" class="navbox-list navbox-odd" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"></div><table class="nowraplinks mw-collapsible mw-collapsed navbox-subgroup" style="border-spacing:0"><tbody><tr><th scope="col" class="navbox-title" colspan="2"><div id="Knights_Templar_Cartel" style="font-size:114%;margin:0 4em"><a href="/wiki/Knights_Templar_Cartel" title="Knights Templar Cartel">Knights Templar Cartel</a></div></th></tr><tr><td colspan="2" class="navbox-list navbox-odd" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"></div><table class="nowraplinks navbox-subgroup" style="border-spacing:0"><tbody><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:8.5em">Armed wings</th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-odd" style="padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/La_Resistencia_(gang)" title="La Resistencia (gang)">La Resistencia</a></li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:8.5em">Founders</th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-even" style="padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><i><a href="/wiki/Enrique_Plancarte_Sol%C3%ADs" title="Enrique Plancarte Solís">Enrique Plancarte Solís</a></i></li> <li><i><a href="/wiki/Servando_G%C3%B3mez_Mart%C3%ADnez" title="Servando Gómez Martínez">Servando Gómez Martínez</a></i></li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:8.5em">Leaders</th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-odd" style="padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><i><a href="/wiki/Enrique_Plancarte_Sol%C3%ADs" title="Enrique Plancarte Solís">Enrique Plancarte Solís</a></i></li> <li><i><a href="/wiki/Servando_G%C3%B3mez_Mart%C3%ADnez" title="Servando Gómez Martínez">Servando Gómez Martínez</a></i></li> <li><i><a href="/wiki/Nazario_Moreno_Gonz%C3%A1lez" title="Nazario Moreno González">Nazario Moreno González</a></i></li></ul> </div></td></tr></tbody></table><div></div></td></tr></tbody></table><div></div></td></tr><tr><td colspan="2" class="navbox-list navbox-odd" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"></div><table class="nowraplinks mw-collapsible mw-collapsed navbox-subgroup" style="border-spacing:0"><tbody><tr><th scope="col" class="navbox-title" colspan="2"><div id="Sinaloa_Cartel" style="font-size:114%;margin:0 4em"><a href="/wiki/Sinaloa_Cartel" title="Sinaloa Cartel">Sinaloa Cartel</a></div></th></tr><tr><td colspan="2" class="navbox-list navbox-odd" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"></div><table class="nowraplinks navbox-subgroup" style="border-spacing:0"><tbody><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:8.5em">Armed wings</th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-odd" style="padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Gente_Nueva" title="Gente Nueva">Gente Nueva</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Jalisco_New_Generation_Cartel" title="Jalisco New Generation Cartel">Jalisco New Generation Cartel</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Los_%C3%81ntrax" title="Los Ántrax">Los Ántrax</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Artistas_Asesinos" title="Artistas Asesinos">Artistas Asesinos</a></li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:8.5em">Founders</th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-even" style="padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><i><a href="/wiki/H%C3%A9ctor_Luis_Palma_Salazar" title="Héctor Luis Palma Salazar">Héctor Luis Palma Salazar</a></i></li> <li><i><a href="/wiki/Adri%C3%A1n_G%C3%B3mez_Gonz%C3%A1lez" title="Adrián Gómez González">Adrián Gómez González</a></i></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Joaqu%C3%ADn_%22El_Chapo%22_Guzm%C3%A1n" title="Joaquín "El Chapo" Guzmán"><i>Joaquín Guzmán Loera</i></a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Ismael_Zambada_Garc%C3%ADa" class="mw-redirect" title="Ismael Zambada García">Ismael Zambada García</a></li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:8.5em">Leaders</th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-odd" style="padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Joaqu%C3%ADn_%22El_Chapo%22_Guzm%C3%A1n" title="Joaquín "El Chapo" Guzmán"><i>Joaquín Guzmán Loera</i></a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Ismael_Zambada_Garc%C3%ADa" class="mw-redirect" title="Ismael Zambada García">Ismael Zambada García</a></li> <li><i><a href="/wiki/Juan_Jos%C3%A9_Esparragoza_Moreno" title="Juan José Esparragoza Moreno">Juan José Esparragoza Moreno</a></i></li> <li><i><a href="/wiki/Ignacio_Coronel_Villarreal" title="Ignacio Coronel Villarreal">Ignacio Coronel Villarreal</a></i></li></ul> </div></td></tr></tbody></table><div></div></td></tr></tbody></table><div></div></td></tr><tr><td colspan="2" class="navbox-list navbox-odd" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"></div><table class="nowraplinks mw-collapsible mw-collapsed navbox-subgroup" style="border-spacing:0"><tbody><tr><th scope="col" class="navbox-title" colspan="2"><div id="Tijuana_Cartel" style="font-size:114%;margin:0 4em"><a href="/wiki/Tijuana_Cartel" title="Tijuana Cartel">Tijuana Cartel</a></div></th></tr><tr><td colspan="2" class="navbox-list navbox-odd" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"></div><table class="nowraplinks navbox-subgroup" style="border-spacing:0"><tbody><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:8.5em">Founders</th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-odd" style="padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><i><a href="/wiki/Ram%C3%B3n_Arellano_F%C3%A9lix" title="Ramón Arellano Félix">Ramón Arellano Félix</a></i></li> <li><i><a href="/wiki/Benjam%C3%ADn_Arellano_F%C3%A9lix" title="Benjamín Arellano Félix">Benjamín Arellano Félix</a></i></li> <li><i><a href="/wiki/Francisco_Rafael_Arellano_F%C3%A9lix" title="Francisco Rafael Arellano Félix">Francisco Rafael Arellano Félix</a></i></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Carlos_Arellano_F%C3%A9lix" title="Carlos Arellano Félix">Carlos Arellano Félix</a></li> <li><i><a href="/wiki/Eduardo_Arellano_F%C3%A9lix" title="Eduardo Arellano Félix">Eduardo Arellano Félix</a></i></li> <li><i><a href="/wiki/Francisco_Javier_Arellano_F%C3%A9lix" title="Francisco Javier Arellano Félix">Francisco Javier Arellano Félix</a></i></li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:8.5em">Leaders</th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-even" style="padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Enedina_Arellano_F%C3%A9lix" title="Enedina Arellano Félix">Enedina Arellano Félix</a></li> <li><i><a href="/wiki/Luis_Fernando_S%C3%A1nchez_Arellano" title="Luis Fernando Sánchez Arellano">Luis Fernando Sánchez Arellano</a></i></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Edgardo_Leyva_Escand%C3%B3n" title="Edgardo Leyva Escandón">Edgardo Leyva Escandón</a></li></ul> </div></td></tr></tbody></table><div></div></td></tr></tbody></table><div></div></td></tr><tr><td colspan="2" class="navbox-list navbox-odd" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"></div><table class="nowraplinks mw-collapsible mw-collapsed navbox-subgroup" style="border-spacing:0"><tbody><tr><th scope="col" class="navbox-title" colspan="2"><div id="Los_Zetas" style="font-size:114%;margin:0 4em"><a href="/wiki/Los_Zetas" title="Los Zetas">Los Zetas</a></div></th></tr><tr><td colspan="2" class="navbox-list navbox-odd" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"></div><table class="nowraplinks navbox-subgroup" style="border-spacing:0"><tbody><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:8.5em">Founders</th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-odd" style="padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><i><a href="/wiki/Arturo_Guzm%C3%A1n_Decena" title="Arturo Guzmán Decena">Arturo Guzmán Decena</a></i></li> <li><i><a href="/wiki/Jaime_Gonz%C3%A1lez_Dur%C3%A1n" title="Jaime González Durán">Jaime González Durán</a></i></li> <li><i><a href="/wiki/Jes%C3%BAs_Enrique_Rej%C3%B3n_Aguilar" title="Jesús Enrique Rejón Aguilar">Jesús Enrique Rejón Aguilar</a></i></li> <li><i><a href="/wiki/Heriberto_Lazcano_Lazcano" title="Heriberto Lazcano Lazcano">Heriberto Lazcano</a></i></li> <li><i><a href="/wiki/Galindo_Mellado_Cruz" title="Galindo Mellado Cruz">Galindo Mellado Cruz</a></i></li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:8.5em">Leaders</th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-even" style="padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><i><a href="/wiki/Heriberto_Lazcano_Lazcano" title="Heriberto Lazcano Lazcano">Heriberto Lazcano</a></i></li> <li><i><a href="/wiki/Miguel_Trevi%C3%B1o_Morales" title="Miguel Treviño Morales">Miguel Treviño Morales</a></i></li> <li><i><a href="/wiki/Omar_Trevi%C3%B1o_Morales" title="Omar Treviño Morales">Omar Treviño Morales</a></i></li></ul> </div></td></tr></tbody></table><div></div></td></tr></tbody></table><div></div></td></tr><tr><td colspan="2" class="navbox-list navbox-odd" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"></div><table class="nowraplinks mw-collapsible mw-collapsed navbox-subgroup" style="border-spacing:0"><tbody><tr><th scope="col" class="navbox-title" colspan="2"><div id="Jalisco_New_Generation_Cartel" style="font-size:114%;margin:0 4em"><a href="/wiki/Jalisco_New_Generation_Cartel" title="Jalisco New Generation Cartel">Jalisco New Generation Cartel</a></div></th></tr><tr><td colspan="2" class="navbox-list navbox-odd" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"></div><table class="nowraplinks navbox-subgroup" style="border-spacing:0"><tbody><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:8.5em">Founders</th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-odd" style="padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Nemesio_Oseguera_Cervantes" title="Nemesio Oseguera Cervantes">Nemesio Oseguera Cervantes</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/%C3%89rick_Valencia_Salazar" title="Érick Valencia Salazar">Érick Valencia Salazar</a></li> <li><i><a href="/wiki/Abigael_Gonz%C3%A1lez_Valencia" title="Abigael González Valencia">Abigael González Valencia</a></i></li> <li><i><a href="/wiki/Mart%C3%ADn_Arzola_Ortega" title="Martín Arzola Ortega">Martín Arzola Ortega</a></i></li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:8.5em">Leaders</th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-even" style="padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Nemesio_Oseguera_Cervantes" title="Nemesio Oseguera Cervantes">Nemesio Oseguera Cervantes</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Jorge_Luis_Mendoza_C%C3%A1rdenas" title="Jorge Luis Mendoza Cárdenas">Jorge Luis Mendoza Cárdenas</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/%C3%89rick_Valencia_Salazar" title="Érick Valencia Salazar">Érick Valencia Salazar</a></li> <li><i><a href="/wiki/Mart%C3%ADn_Arzola_Ortega" title="Martín Arzola Ortega">Martín Arzola Ortega</a></i></li> <li><i><a href="/wiki/Rub%C3%A9n_Oseguera_Gonz%C3%A1lez" title="Rubén Oseguera González">Rubén Oseguera González</a></i></li> <li><i><a href="/wiki/Abigael_Gonz%C3%A1lez_Valencia" title="Abigael González Valencia">Abigael González Valencia</a></i></li> <li><i><a href="/wiki/Antonio_Oseguera_Cervantes" title="Antonio Oseguera Cervantes">Antonio Oseguera Cervantes</a></i></li> <li><i><a href="/wiki/Elvis_Gonz%C3%A1lez_Valencia" title="Elvis González Valencia">Elvis González Valencia</a></i></li> <li><i><a href="/wiki/Julio_Alberto_Castillo_Rodr%C3%ADguez" title="Julio Alberto Castillo Rodríguez">Julio Alberto Castillo Rodríguez</a></i></li> <li><i><a href="/wiki/Gerardo_Gonz%C3%A1lez_Valencia" title="Gerardo González Valencia">Gerardo González Valencia</a></i></li> <li><i><a href="/wiki/Jos%C3%A9_Gonz%C3%A1lez_Valencia" title="José González Valencia">José González Valencia</a></i></li> <li><i><a href="/wiki/Rosalinda_Gonz%C3%A1lez_Valencia" title="Rosalinda González Valencia">Rosalinda González Valencia</a></i></li></ul> <ul><li class="mw-empty-elt"></li></ul> </div></td></tr></tbody></table><div></div></td></tr></tbody></table><div></div></td></tr><tr><td colspan="2" class="navbox-list navbox-odd" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"></div><table class="nowraplinks mw-collapsible mw-collapsed navbox-subgroup" style="border-spacing:0"><tbody><tr><th scope="col" class="navbox-title" colspan="2"><div id="Other_cartels_and_drug_lordsCorrupt_officials" style="font-size:114%;margin:0 4em"><div class="hlist"><ul><li>Other cartels and drug lords</li><li>Corrupt officials</li></ul></div></div></th></tr><tr><td colspan="2" class="navbox-list navbox-odd" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"></div><table class="nowraplinks navbox-subgroup" style="border-spacing:0"><tbody><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%">Other cartels</th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-odd" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Independent_Cartel_of_Acapulco" title="Independent Cartel of Acapulco">Independent Acapulco</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Caborca_Cartel" title="Caborca Cartel">Caborca</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Colima_Cartel" title="Colima Cartel">Colima</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Guadalajara_Cartel" title="Guadalajara Cartel">Guadalajara</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Los_Negros" title="Los Negros">Los Negros</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Los_Rojos_Cartel" title="Los Rojos Cartel">Los Rojos</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Los_Viagras" title="Los Viagras">Los Viagras</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Milenio_Cartel" title="Milenio Cartel">Milenio</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/C%C3%A1rtel_del_Noreste" title="Cártel del Noreste">Noreste</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Nueva_Plaza_Cartel" title="Nueva Plaza Cartel">Nueva Plaza</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Oaxaca_Cartel" title="Oaxaca Cartel">Oaxaca</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Santa_Rosa_de_Lima_Cartel" title="Santa Rosa de Lima Cartel">Santa Rosa de Lima</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Sonora_Cartel" title="Sonora Cartel">Sonora</a></li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%">Early drug lords</th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-even" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><i><a href="/wiki/Miguel_%C3%81ngel_F%C3%A9lix_Gallardo" title="Miguel Ángel Félix Gallardo">Miguel Ángel Félix Gallardo</a></i></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Rafael_Caro_Quintero" title="Rafael Caro Quintero">Rafael Caro Quintero</a></li> <li><i><a href="/wiki/Ernesto_Fonseca_Carrillo" title="Ernesto Fonseca Carrillo">Ernesto Fonseca Carrillo</a></i></li> <li><i><a href="/wiki/H%C3%A9ctor_Luis_Palma_Salazar" title="Héctor Luis Palma Salazar">Héctor Luis Palma Salazar</a></i></li> <li><i><a href="/wiki/Jes%C3%BAs_Amezcua_Contreras" title="Jesús Amezcua Contreras">Jesús Amezcua Contreras</a></i></li> <li><i><a href="/wiki/Pedro_Avil%C3%A9s_P%C3%A9rez" title="Pedro Avilés Pérez">Pedro Avilés Pérez</a></i></li> <li><i><a href="/wiki/Juan_Nepomuceno_Guerra" title="Juan Nepomuceno Guerra">Juan Nepomuceno Guerra</a></i></li> <li><i><a href="/wiki/Juan_Garc%C3%ADa_%C3%81brego" class="mw-redirect" title="Juan García Ábrego">Juan García Ábrego</a></i></li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%">Corrupt officials</th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-odd" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><i><a href="/wiki/Miguel_Nazar_Haro" title="Miguel Nazar Haro">Miguel Nazar Haro</a></i></li> <li><i><a href="/wiki/Jos%C3%A9_de_Jes%C3%BAs_Guti%C3%A9rrez_Rebollo" class="mw-redirect" title="José de Jesús Gutiérrez Rebollo">José de Jesús Gutiérrez Rebollo</a></i></li> <li><i><a 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href="/wiki/Project_Wildfire" title="Project Wildfire"><i>Wildfire</i></a></li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:8.5em">Operations</th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-even" style="padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Operation_Baja_California" title="Operation Baja California"><i>Baja California</i></a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Operation_Bishop" title="Operation Bishop"><i>Bishop</i></a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Operation_Black_Swan" class="mw-redirect" title="Operation Black Swan"><i>Black Swan</i></a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Operation_Blue_Storm" title="Operation Blue Storm"><i>Blue Storm</i></a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Operation_Chihuahua" title="Operation Chihuahua"><i>Chihuahua</i></a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Operation_Community_Shield_(2005-present)" class="mw-redirect" title="Operation Community Shield (2005-present)"><i>Community Shield</i></a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Operation_Coyote" title="Operation Coyote"><i>Coyote</i></a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Operation_Diablo_Express" title="Operation Diablo Express"><i>Diablo Express</i></a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Operaci%C3%B3n_Escorpi%C3%B3n" title="Operación Escorpión"><i>Escorpión</i></a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/ATF_gunwalking_scandal#2009–2011:_Operation_Fast_and_Furious" title="ATF gunwalking scandal"><i>Fast and Furious</i></a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Operation_Jump_Start" title="Operation Jump Start"><i>Jump Start</i></a></li> <li><a class="mw-selflink selflink"><i>Kruz Control</i></a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Operaci%C3%B3n_Lince_Norte" title="Operación Lince Norte"><i>Lince Norte</i></a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Operation_Michoac%C3%A1n" title="Operation Michoacán"><i>Michoacán</i></a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Joint_Operation_Nuevo_Le%C3%B3n-Tamaulipas" title="Joint Operation Nuevo León-Tamaulipas"><i>Nuevo León-Tamaulipas</i></a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Operation_Phalanx_(2010-2016)" class="mw-redirect" title="Operation Phalanx (2010-2016)"><i>Phalanx</i></a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Operation_Quintana_Roo" title="Operation Quintana Roo"><i>Quintana Roo</i></a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Operation_Sinaloa" title="Operation Sinaloa"><i>Sinaloa</i></a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Operation_Solare" title="Operation Solare"><i>Solare</i></a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Operation_Terminus" title="Operation Terminus"><i>Terminus</i></a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/ATF_gunwalking_scandal#2006–2008:_Operation_Wide_Receiver_and_other_probes" title="ATF gunwalking scandal"><i>Wide Receiver</i></a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Operation_Xcellerator" title="Operation Xcellerator"><i>Xcellerator</i></a></li></ul> </div></td></tr></tbody></table><div></div></td></tr></tbody></table><div></div></td></tr><tr><td colspan="2" class="navbox-list navbox-odd" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"></div><table class="nowraplinks mw-collapsible mw-collapsed navbox-subgroup" style="border-spacing:0"><tbody><tr><th scope="col" class="navbox-title" colspan="2"><div id="MassacresDeaths" style="font-size:114%;margin:0 4em"><div class="hlist"><ul><li>Massacres</li><li>Deaths</li></ul></div></div></th></tr><tr><td colspan="2" class="navbox-list navbox-odd" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"></div><table class="nowraplinks navbox-subgroup" style="border-spacing:0"><tbody><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:8.5em"><a href="/wiki/List_of_massacres_in_Mexico" title="List of massacres in Mexico">Massacres</a></th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-odd" style="padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Ciudad_Ju%C3%A1rez_rehab_center_attack" title="Ciudad Juárez rehab center attack">Juárez rehab center</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Villas_de_Salv%C3%A1rcar_massacre" title="Villas de Salvárcar massacre">Villas de Salvárcar</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/2010_Chihuahua_shootings" title="2010 Chihuahua shootings">Chihuauha</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Nuevo_Le%C3%B3n_mass_graves" title="Nuevo León mass graves">Nuevo León</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Guerrero_mass_graves" title="Guerrero mass graves">Guerrero</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/2010_San_Fernando_massacre" title="2010 San Fernando massacre">2010 San Fernando</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/2011_San_Fernando_massacre" title="2011 San Fernando massacre">2011 San Fernando</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/2011_Durango_massacres" title="2011 Durango massacres">2011 Durango</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Coahuila_mass_graves" title="Coahuila mass graves">Coahuila</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/2011_Monterrey_casino_attack" title="2011 Monterrey casino attack">2011 Monterrey</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Altamira_prison_brawl" title="Altamira prison brawl">Altamira</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Apodaca_prison_riot" title="Apodaca prison riot">Apodaca</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/2012_Nuevo_Laredo_massacres" title="2012 Nuevo Laredo massacres">2012 Nuevo Laredo</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Cadereyta_Jim%C3%A9nez_massacre" title="Cadereyta Jiménez massacre">Cadereyta Jiménez</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/2014_Iguala_mass_kidnapping" class="mw-redirect" title="2014 Iguala mass kidnapping">2014 Iguala</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/2015_San_Sebasti%C3%A1n_del_Oeste_ambush" title="2015 San Sebastián del Oeste ambush">San Sebastián</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Topo_Chico_prison_riot" title="Topo Chico prison riot">Topo Chico</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Salamanca_nightclub_shooting" title="Salamanca nightclub shooting">Salamanca</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Minatitl%C3%A1n_shooting" class="mw-redirect" title="Minatitlán shooting">Minatitlán</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Uruapan_massacre" title="Uruapan massacre">Uruapan</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Coatzacoalcos_nightclub_fire" title="Coatzacoalcos nightclub fire">Coatzacoalcos</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/LeBar%C3%B3n_and_Langford_families_massacre" title="LeBarón and Langford families massacre">LeBarón & Langford</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Cieneguillas_prison_riots" title="Cieneguillas prison riots">Cieneguillas</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Irapuato_massacres" title="Irapuato massacres">Irapuato</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Camargo_massacre" title="Camargo massacre">Camargo</a></li> <li><a href="/w/index.php?title=Coatepec_Harinas_attack&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="Coatepec Harinas attack (page does not exist)">Coatepec Harinas</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Las_Tinajas_massacre" title="Las Tinajas massacre">Las Tinajas</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Celaya_massacre" title="Celaya massacre">Celaya</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/2023_Ciudad_Ju%C3%A1rez_prison_attack" title="2023 Ciudad Juárez prison attack">Juárez prison</a></li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:8.5em">Deaths</th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-even" style="padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/List_of_politicians_killed_in_the_Mexican_drug_war" title="List of politicians killed in the Mexican drug war">Politicians killed</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/List_of_journalists_and_media_workers_killed_in_Mexico" title="List of journalists and media workers killed in Mexico">Journalists and media workers killed</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Kiki_Camarena" title="Kiki Camarena"><i>Enrique Camarena</i> (DEA agent)</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Rodolfo_Torre_Cant%C3%BA" title="Rodolfo Torre Cantú"><i>Rodolfo Torre Cantú</i> (physician / politician)</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/%C3%89dgar_Eusebio_Mill%C3%A1n_G%C3%B3mez" title="Édgar Eusebio Millán Gómez"><i>Édgar Eusebio Millán Gómez</i> (police commander)</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Jaime_Zapata" title="Jaime Zapata"><i>Jaime Jorge Zapata</i> (US agent)</a></li></ul> </div></td></tr></tbody></table><div></div></td></tr></tbody></table><div></div></td></tr><tr><td colspan="2" class="navbox-list navbox-odd" 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