Mexican drug cartel active in Chiapas and parts of Guatemala, founded in 2022 as a splinter group of the Sinaloa Cartel. It emerged after a betrayal by Juan Manuel Valdovinos Mendoza and was founded by Baldemar Calderón Carrillo. The cartel is involved in drug trafficking across the Guatemala-Mexico border and has published execution videos. It is allied with the Jalisco New Generation Cartel and rivals the Sinaloa Cartel.
CRIMENET has extracted 4 linkages for this organization, including 1 cooperative ties across 1 organization, 2 conflicts across 2 organizations, 1 other connections and footprints in 1 country.
the group is most active in the regions of the Soconusco and the Sierra Mariscal in southern Chiapas. As a Mexican cartel, they primarily operate here, however they do enter Guatemala and collaborate with local criminal groups there.