Mexican transnational criminal organization dedicated to drug trafficking and other illicit activities. Based in Culiacán, Sinaloa, it was founded in 1989 by Joaquín 'El Chapo' Guzmán, Ismael 'El Mayo' Zambada, and others. Considered the most important cartel in Mexico and one of the most influential globally, it controls major drug routes into the United States and operates in multiple continents. Currently divided into factions led by Iván Archivaldo Guzmán Salazar (Los Chapitos) and Ismael Zambada Sicairos (La Mayiza).
CRIMENET has extracted 474 linkages for this organization, including 238 cooperative ties across 85 organizations, 173 conflicts across 33 organizations, 63 other connections and footprints in 27 countries.
Locations outside Mexico include Latin America ( Guatemala , El Salvador , Honduras , Nicaragua , Costa Rica , Panama , Colombia , Bolivia , Peru , Ecuador , Venezuela , Brazil , Argentina )
recently in the Pacific ( New Zealand , Australia , and imports of raw products/chemicals from China )
the Anglo-Caribbean region ( Belize , Guyana )
Locations outside Mexico include Latin America ( Guatemala , El Salvador , Honduras , Nicaragua , Costa Rica , Panama , Colombia , Bolivia , Peru , Ecuador , Venezuela , Brazil , Argentina )
Locations outside Mexico include Latin America ( Guatemala , El Salvador , Honduras , Nicaragua , Costa Rica , Panama , Colombia , Bolivia , Peru , Ecuador , Venezuela , Brazil , Argentina )
Canada ( British Columbia , Eastern Canada )
imports of raw products/chemicals from China
Locations outside Mexico include Latin America ( Guatemala , El Salvador , Honduras , Nicaragua , Costa Rica , Panama , Colombia , Bolivia , Peru , Ecuador , Venezuela , Brazil , Argentina )
Locations outside Mexico include Latin America ( Guatemala , El Salvador , Honduras , Nicaragua , Costa Rica , Panama , Colombia , Bolivia , Peru , Ecuador , Venezuela , Brazil , Argentina )
Locations outside Mexico include Latin America ( Guatemala , El Salvador , Honduras , Nicaragua , Costa Rica , Panama , Colombia , Bolivia , Peru , Ecuador , Venezuela , Brazil , Argentina )
Locations outside Mexico include Latin America ( Guatemala , El Salvador , Honduras , Nicaragua , Costa Rica , Panama , Colombia , Bolivia , Peru , Ecuador , Venezuela , Brazil , Argentina )
much of meth's industrial-grade precursors sourced from China or India, as well as Germany
Locations outside Mexico include Latin America ( Guatemala , El Salvador , Honduras , Nicaragua , Costa Rica , Panama , Colombia , Bolivia , Peru , Ecuador , Venezuela , Brazil , Argentina )
the Anglo-Caribbean region ( Belize , Guyana )
Locations outside Mexico include Latin America ( Guatemala , El Salvador , Honduras , Nicaragua , Costa Rica , Panama , Colombia , Bolivia , Peru , Ecuador , Venezuela , Brazil , Argentina )
much of meth's industrial-grade precursors sourced from China or India, as well as Germany
Initially when Mexican cartels like Sinaloa first moved into the Netherlands to set up shop around 2015 for their new drug manufacturing operations.
recently in the Pacific ( New Zealand , Australia , and imports of raw products/chemicals from China )
Locations outside Mexico include Latin America ( Guatemala , El Salvador , Honduras , Nicaragua , Costa Rica , Panama , Colombia , Bolivia , Peru , Ecuador , Venezuela , Brazil , Argentina )
Locations outside Mexico include Latin America ( Guatemala , El Salvador , Honduras , Nicaragua , Costa Rica , Panama , Colombia , Bolivia , Peru , Ecuador , Venezuela , Brazil , Argentina )
Locations outside Mexico include Latin America ( Guatemala , El Salvador , Honduras , Nicaragua , Costa Rica , Panama , Colombia , Bolivia , Peru , Ecuador , Venezuela , Brazil , Argentina )
three suspected members of the cartel were arrested in Lipa in Batangas province in the Philippines with 84 kg (185 lb) of methamphetamine.
The cartel appears to still have major methamphetamine operations in cities throughout the U.S., such as in San Diego and Atlanta . The CDS as well as other large Mexican cartels have set up major cannabis (marijuana) growing operations in the remote forests and deserts of California .
Locations outside Mexico include Latin America ( Guatemala , El Salvador , Honduras , Nicaragua , Costa Rica , Panama , Colombia , Bolivia , Peru , Ecuador , Venezuela , Brazil , Argentina )
Territorio: México , Latinoamérica , Estados Unidos , Iberoamérica , Europa , Asia , África Occidental , Australia , Nueva Zelanda , Chile
También tiene contactos en Asia con la Yakuza japonesa para la compra de metanfetaminas al mercado estadounidense
miembros del Cuerpo Nacional de Policía desarticularon una célula del Cártel de Sinaloa en Madrid