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colspan="2" class="infobox-image"><span class="mw-default-size" typeof="mw:File/Frameless"><a href="/wiki/File:Abel_Briones_Ruiz.png" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/f/f7/Abel_Briones_Ruiz.png/220px-Abel_Briones_Ruiz.png" decoding="async" width="220" height="259" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/f/f7/Abel_Briones_Ruiz.png 1.5x" data-file-width="225" data-file-height="265" /></a></span></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label">Born</th><td class="infobox-data"><div style="display:inline" class="nickname">Abel Briones Ruiz</div><br /><span style="display:none"> (<span class="bday">1973-10-31</span>) </span>31 October 1973<span class="noprint ForceAgeToShow"> (age 51)</span><br /><div style="display:inline" class="birthplace"><a href="/wiki/Matamoros,_Tamaulipas" title="Matamoros, Tamaulipas">Matamoros, Tamaulipas</a>, Mexico</div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" 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href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1129693374"><div class="hlist"><ul><li>Drug trafficking</li><li>Money laundering</li><li>Financial structuring</li></ul></div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label">Criminal status</th><td class="infobox-data category">Fugitive</td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label">Spouse</th><td class="infobox-data">Myriam Susana Beattie Martínez</td></tr><tr><th colspan="2" class="infobox-header">Notes</th></tr><tr><td colspan="2" class="infobox-full-data"><div style="text-align: left;">Wanted by the <a href="/wiki/U.S._District_Court_for_the_Southern_District_of_Texas" class="mw-redirect" title="U.S. District Court for the Southern District of Texas">U.S. District Court for the Southern District of Texas</a> since 2014</div></td></tr></tbody></table> <p><b>Abel Briones Ruiz</b> (born 31 October 1973) is a Mexican business owner and suspected drug trafficker for the <a href="/wiki/Gulf_Cartel" title="Gulf Cartel">Gulf Cartel</a>, a criminal group based in <a href="/wiki/Tamaulipas" title="Tamaulipas">Tamaulipas</a>, Mexico. According to the <a href="/wiki/United_States_District_Court_for_the_Southern_District_of_Texas" title="United States District Court for the Southern District of Texas">U.S. District Court for the Southern District of Texas</a>, between 2005 and 2014, Briones Ruiz and his network were responsible for cocaine trafficking from Mexico to the U.S., smuggling the cash proceeds back into Mexico, conducting money laundering from these earnings, and structuring financial activities to hide the illegal nature of his earnings. He did this through his family-run gasoline company, Combustibles Briones, S.A. de C.V. A fugitive from U.S. justice, Briones Ruiz faces up to life imprisonment and up to US$10 million in fines from his drug trafficking activities alone. </p> <meta property="mw:PageProp/toc" /> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Early_life_and_background">Early life and background</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Abel_Briones_Ruiz&action=edit&section=1" title="Edit section: Early life and background"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>Abel Briones Ruiz was born in <a href="/wiki/Matamoros,_Tamaulipas" title="Matamoros, Tamaulipas">Matamoros, Tamaulipas</a>, Mexico,<sup id="cite_ref-:3_1-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-:3-1"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>1<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> on 31 October 1973 to Abel Briones and Magdalena Ruiz Carrión. His birth was registered in Matamoros in 1974.<sup id="cite_ref-3" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-3"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>a<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-acta_2-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-acta-2"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>2<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> He is married to Myriam Susana Beattie Martínez.<sup id="cite_ref-JAXRQ_4-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-JAXRQ-4"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>3<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> His sister is Claudia Aidé and she is married to Rogelio Nieto González.<sup id="cite_ref-:0_5-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-:0-5"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>4<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-W16OA_6-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-W16OA-6"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>5<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>Briones Ruiz several hotels and a Matamoros-based gas company, Combustibles Briones, S.A. de C.V., which is located on the highway connecting Matamoros with <a href="/wiki/Reynosa" title="Reynosa">Reynosa</a>.<sup id="cite_ref-:3_1-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-:3-1"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>1<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-:2_7-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-:2-7"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>6<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> According to the <a href="/w/index.php?title=Public_Registry_of_Property_and_Commerce&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="Public Registry of Property and Commerce (page does not exist)">Public Registry of Property and Commerce</a> (RPPC), Briones Ruiz registered Combustibles Briones, S.A. de C.V. as a commercial entity and listed himself as a commercial business owner in 2009. In an RPPC assembly in 2012, he reported MXN$4.3 million in investments to justify an expansion in his company.<sup id="cite_ref-IFNmm_8-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-IFNmm-8"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>7<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> That year, Pemex granted a short-term license to Combustibles Briones, S.A. de C.V. to opened up a gas station.<sup id="cite_ref-:4_9-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-:4-9"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>8<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>In January 2016, Pemex granted Combustibles Briones, S.A. de C.V. a license to sell their standard and premium gasoline, effectively superseding the short-term license they owned. The licence allowed for Combustibles Briones, S.A. de C.V. to operate for 30 years should they follow the conditions stipulated in the contract. Among the conditions were for Combustibles Briones, S.A. de C.V. to ensure safety regulations, product control standards, insurance requirements, and that financial reports and transactions were kept for record-keeping.<sup id="cite_ref-:4_9-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-:4-9"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>8<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Career">Career</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Abel_Briones_Ruiz&action=edit&section=2" title="Edit section: Career"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>Briones Ruiz, known also by his alias "Cacho", is a suspected drug trafficker of the Gulf Cartel, a criminal group based in Tamaulipas.<sup id="cite_ref-:0_5-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-:0-5"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>4<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-PVepP_10-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-PVepP-10"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>9<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> On 22 October 2014, the <a href="/wiki/United_States_District_Court_for_the_Southern_District_of_Texas" title="United States District Court for the Southern District of Texas">U.S. District Court for the Southern District of Texas</a> (S.D. Tex) filed a sealed indictment against Briones Ruiz and three of his collaborators: Beattie Martínez, Nieto González, and an unnamed individual.<sup id="cite_ref-:0_5-2" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-:0-5"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>4<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-MF1rZ_11-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-MF1rZ-11"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>10<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> The indictment was unsealed in court on 18 May 2015.<sup id="cite_ref-:0_5-3" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-:0-5"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>4<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> According to the indictment, Briones Ruiz and his network conspired to smuggle with intent to distribute over 5 kg (11 lb) of <a href="/wiki/Cocaine" title="Cocaine">cocaine</a> from Mexico to the U.S. between 1 January 2005 and 22 October 2014. They were also charged with money laundering and illegal financial structuring.<sup id="cite_ref-:5_12-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-:5-12"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>11<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>For the drug charges, they faced from ten years to <a href="/wiki/Life_imprisonment_in_the_United_States" title="Life imprisonment in the United States">life imprisonment</a> and up to US$10 million in fines.<sup id="cite_ref-:0_5-4" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-:0-5"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>4<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-:5_12-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-:5-12"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>11<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> For the money laundering charges, they faced up to 20 years in prison and up to US$500,000 in fines. In addition, for smuggling drug proceeds internationally, they faced a maximum of 20 years in prison and US$500,000 in fines. Briones Ruiz and his wife were believed to have structured their transactions to hide the nature of their criminal activities; if found guilty, they faced up to ten years in prison and US$500,000 in fines. U.S. authorities were also seeking forfeiture of Nieto González's properties.<sup id="cite_ref-:0_5-5" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-:0-5"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>4<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>Briones Ruiz and the rest of his network are from Matamoros and U.S. authorities believe they are not residing in the U.S.<sup id="cite_ref-:0_5-6" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-:0-5"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>4<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-hDBkh_13-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-hDBkh-13"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>12<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> The case against Briones Ruiz and his network was built and prosecuted by Assistant U.S. Attorney Michael Hess. It included information from a joint investigation from the <a href="/wiki/Internal_Revenue_Service" title="Internal Revenue Service">Internal Revenue Service</a> (IRS), <a href="/wiki/Drug_Enforcement_Administration" title="Drug Enforcement Administration">Drug Enforcement Administration</a> (DEA), <a href="/wiki/United_States_Customs_and_Border_Protection_Authorization_Act" title="United States Customs and Border Protection Authorization Act">Customs and Border Protection</a> (CBP), <a href="/wiki/Texas_Department_of_Public_Safety" title="Texas Department of Public Safety">Texas Department of Public Safety</a>, Cameron County District Attorney's Office, <a href="/w/index.php?title=Cameron_County_Sheriff%27s_Office&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="Cameron County Sheriff's Office (page does not exist)">Cameron County Sheriff's Office</a>, <a href="/w/index.php?title=Willacy_County_Sheriff%27s_Office&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="Willacy County Sheriff's Office (page does not exist)">Willacy County Sheriff's Office</a>, and Texas police departments of <a href="/wiki/San_Benito,_Texas" title="San Benito, Texas">San Benito</a>, <a href="/wiki/Harlingen,_Texas" title="Harlingen, Texas">Harlingen</a>, <a href="/wiki/Port_Isabel,_Texas" title="Port Isabel, Texas">Port Isabel</a>, and <a href="/wiki/Brownsville,_Texas" title="Brownsville, Texas">Brownsville</a>, across the border from Matamoros.<sup id="cite_ref-:0_5-7" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-:0-5"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>4<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Economic_sanctions">Economic sanctions</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Abel_Briones_Ruiz&action=edit&section=3" title="Edit section: Economic sanctions"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>On 21 May 2015, the <a href="/wiki/Office_of_Foreign_Assets_Control" title="Office of Foreign Assets Control">Office of Foreign Assets Control</a> (OFAC), a branch of the <a href="/wiki/United_States_Department_of_the_Treasury" title="United States Department of the Treasury">United States Department of the Treasury</a>, sanctioned Briones Ruiz under the <a href="/wiki/Foreign_Narcotics_Kingpin_Designation_Act" title="Foreign Narcotics Kingpin Designation Act">Foreign Narcotics Kingpin Designation Act</a> ("Kingpin Act") for providing support to the international operations of the Gulf Cartel. He is designated as a Specially Designated Narcotics Trafficker (SDNT).<sup id="cite_ref-:1_14-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-:1-14"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>13<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> The economic sanction extends to four of Briones Ruiz's collaborators: Nieto González, Beattie de Briones, Ruiz Carrión and Claudia Aidé.<sup id="cite_ref-W16OA_6-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-W16OA-6"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>5<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> The sanction also extends to his company, Combustibles Briones, S.A. de C.V.<sup id="cite_ref-Xm02T_15-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Xm02T-15"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>14<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> As part of the sanction, the U.S. government prohibited U.S. citizens from engaging in business activities with these entities and individuals, and froze all of their U.S.-based assets.<sup id="cite_ref-:1_14-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-:1-14"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>13<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>According to the OFAC, Briones Ruiz and his collaborators are responsible for smuggling cocaine shipments from Mexico to the U.S. Southwestern border. The drugs were distributed in the U.S. states of Texas and Tennessee.<sup id="cite_ref-M0Rb7_16-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-M0Rb7-16"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>15<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> The earnings generated by their drug operations were smuggled back into Mexico by Briones Ruiz's network.<sup id="cite_ref-:1_14-2" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-:1-14"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>13<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> His network used Combustibles Briones, S.A. de C.V. to launder the Gulf Cartel's proceeds in Mexico and the U.S., where they deposited some of their earnings in Texan bank accounts. They bought multiple properties in Texas but U.S. authorities did not confirm how many. Most of the properties were seized by the U.S. Department of Justice as part of this investigation. Investigators stated that Briones Ruiz is the head of the criminal network and uses his family to further the Gulf Cartel's operations.<sup id="cite_ref-:2_7-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-:2-7"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>6<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>The information in the Kingpin Act designation was built by the DEA's field office in Brownsville and the S.D. Tex. If found guilty in a civil court, Briones Ruiz would face up to US$1.075 million in fines per violation. In a criminal court, Briones Ruiz (facing trial as a corporate officer of Combustibles Briones, S.A. de C.V.) would face up to 30 years in prison and up to US$5 million in fines. His corporation can face up to US$10 million in fines if a court determines that it participated in the stimulated charges.<sup id="cite_ref-:1_14-3" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-:1-14"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>13<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> Briones Ruiz has an outstanding arrest warrant for his arrest in the U.S.; they have not issued a formal extradition request.<sup id="cite_ref-:2_7-2" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-:2-7"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>6<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> Briones Ruiz is considered innocent until proven guilty of the drug offenses through <a href="/wiki/Procedural_due_process" title="Procedural due process">due process</a>.<sup id="cite_ref-:0_5-8" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-:0-5"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>4<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>On 10 July 2019, Mexico's <a href="/wiki/Unidad_de_Inteligencia_Financiera_(Mexico)" title="Unidad de Inteligencia Financiera (Mexico)">Financial Intelligence Unit</a> (UIF) informed the <a href="/wiki/Attorney_General_of_Mexico" title="Attorney General of Mexico">Attorney General's Office</a> (FGR) of the existence of eight gas stations that were suspected of being involved in money laundering.<sup id="cite_ref-52ykY_17-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-52ykY-17"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>16<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> Among them was Combustibles Briones, S.A. de C.V. The UIF highlighted that Briones Ruiz's company was sanctioned by the OFAC years back. In order to limit their suspected laundering activities, the Mexican government froze all Mexican bank accounts owned by Briones Ruiz, his sister and that of Combustibles Briones, S.A. de C.V.<sup id="cite_ref-0ARL6_18-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-0ARL6-18"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>17<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> The company was also blocked from being able to generate an official <a href="/wiki/Servicio_de_Administraci%C3%B3n_Tributaria" title="Servicio de Administración Tributaria">Tax Administration Service</a> (SAT) digital logo, which effectively prevents it from conducting business operations. However, Briones Ruiz and his sister responded by issuing <a href="/wiki/Writ_of_amparo" class="mw-redirect" title="Writ of amparo">writs of amparo</a> to prevent the government from freezing their bank accounts. In the report, the UIF noted that another of the sanctioned gas companies, KNG Ultra S.A. de C.V. (also known as Ultragas México), made business transactions with Combustibles Briones, S.A. de C.V.<sup id="cite_ref-IFpGP_19-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-IFpGP-19"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>18<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="See_also">See also</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Abel_Briones_Ruiz&action=edit&section=4" title="Edit section: See also"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Mexican_Drug_War" class="mw-redirect" title="Mexican Drug War">Mexican Drug War</a></li></ul> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Footnotes">Footnotes</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Abel_Briones_Ruiz&action=edit&section=5" title="Edit section: Footnotes"><span>edit</span></a><span 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Mazatlecos</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/South_Pacific_Cartel" title="South Pacific Cartel">South Pacific Cartel</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/Arturo_Beltr%C3%A1n_Leyva" title="Arturo Beltrán Leyva">Arturo Beltrán Leyva</a></i></li> <li><i><a href="/wiki/Alfredo_Beltr%C3%A1n_Leyva" title="Alfredo Beltrán Leyva">Alfredo Beltrán Leyva</a></i></li> <li><i><a href="/wiki/Carlos_Beltr%C3%A1n_Leyva" title="Carlos Beltrán Leyva">Carlos Beltrán Leyva</a></i></li> <li><i><a href="/wiki/Edgar_Valdez_Villarreal" title="Edgar Valdez Villarreal">Edgar Valdez Villarreal</a></i></li> <li><i><a href="/wiki/Sergio_Villarreal_Barrag%C3%A1n" title="Sergio Villarreal Barragán">Sergio Villarreal Barragán</a></i></li> <li><i><a href="/wiki/H%C3%A9ctor_Beltr%C3%A1n_Leyva" title="Héctor Beltrán Leyva">Héctor Beltrán Leyva</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/H%C3%A9ctor_Beltr%C3%A1n_Leyva" title="Héctor Beltrán Leyva">Héctor Beltrán Leyva</a></i></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Fausto_Isidro_Meza_Flores" title="Fausto Isidro Meza Flores">Fausto Isidro Meza Flores</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="La_Familia_Cartel" style="font-size:114%;margin:0 4em"><a href="/wiki/La_Familia_Michoacana" title="La Familia Michoacana">La Familia 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 id="Founders" 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/Nazario_Moreno_Gonz%C3%A1lez" title="Nazario Moreno González">Nazario Moreno González</a></i></li> <li><i><a href="/wiki/Carlos_Rosales_Mendoza" title="Carlos Rosales Mendoza">Carlos Rosales Mendoza</a></i></li> <li><i><a href="/wiki/Arnoldo_Rueda_Medina" title="Arnoldo Rueda Medina">Arnoldo Rueda Medina</a></i></li> <li><i><a href="/wiki/Dionisio_Loya_Plancarte" title="Dionisio Loya Plancarte">Dionisio Loya Plancarte</a></i></li> <li><i><a href="/wiki/Rafael_Cede%C3%B1o_Hern%C3%A1ndez" title="Rafael Cedeño Hernández">Rafael Cedeño Hernández</a></i></li> <li><i><a href="/wiki/Alberto_Espinoza_Barr%C3%B3n" title="Alberto Espinoza Barrón">Alberto Espinoza Barrón</a></i></li> <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/Jos%C3%A9_de_Jes%C3%BAs_M%C3%A9ndez_Vargas" title="José de Jesús Méndez Vargas">José de Jesús Méndez Vargas</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></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="Gulf_Cartel" style="font-size:114%;margin:0 4em"><a href="/wiki/Gulf_Cartel" title="Gulf Cartel">Gulf 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">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 href="/wiki/Arturo_Durazo_Moreno" title="Arturo Durazo Moreno">Arturo Durazo Moreno</a></i></li> <li><i><a href="/wiki/No%C3%A9_Ram%C3%ADrez_Mandujano" title="Noé Ramírez Mandujano">Noé Ramírez Mandujano</a></i></li> <li><i><a href="/wiki/Ra%C3%BAl_Salinas_de_Gortari" title="Raúl Salinas de Gortari">Raúl Salinas de Gortari</a></i></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Julio_C%C3%A9sar_Godoy_Toscano" title="Julio César Godoy Toscano">Julio César Godoy Toscano</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Tom%C3%A1s_Yarrington" title="Tomás Yarrington">Tomás Yarrington</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="ProjectsOperations" style="font-size:114%;margin:0 4em"><div class="hlist"><ul><li>Projects</li><li>Operations</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">Projects</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_Familia_Michoacana#Project_Coronado" title="La Familia Michoacana"><i>Coronado</i></a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/La_Familia_Michoacana#Project_Delirium" title="La Familia Michoacana"><i>Delirium</i></a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Project_Gunrunner" title="Project Gunrunner"><i>Gunrunner</i></a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Project_Shadowfire" title="Project Shadowfire"><i>Shadowfire</i></a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Project_Southern_Tempest" title="Project Southern Tempest"><i>Southern Tempest</i></a></li> <li><a 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 href="/wiki/Operation_Kruz_Control" title="Operation Kruz Control"><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> 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