Mexico
Mexican cartels (also known in Mexico as: La Mafia, Mañosos, Narcotraficantes, or simply as Narcos) is a generic term that usually refers to several, usually rival, criminal organizations involved in the Mexican Drug War:
- La Familia Cartel
- Gulf Cartel
- Juárez Cartel
- La Línea
- Los Negros
- Los Zetas
- Sinaloa Cartel
- Gente Nueva
- South Pacific Cartel
- Tijuana Cartel
- Los Caballeros Templarios
- La Resistencia
Several other are lesser-known criminal organizations:
- Colima Cartel
- Guadalajara Cartel
- Milenio Cartel
- Oaxaca Cartel
- Sonora Cartel
- Barrio Azteca
- Jalisco New Generation Cartel
- Cártel Independiente de Acapulco
- La Nueva Administración
- Cártel del Centro
- Cártel de La Calle
- Cártel de la Sierra
- La Mano Con Ojos (gang)
- Artistas Asesinos
- Los Mexicles
- Los Chachos (gang)
- La Barredora (gang)
- El Comando Del Diablo (gang)
- La Oficina (gang)
- Los Texas (gang)
Other organizations involved (or have been involved) in the drug trade in Mexico. It is worth mentioning, however, that this does not necessarily imply for the whole institutions mentioned below, just a selected few within it:
- Municipal police forces in Mexico
- Federal police forces in Mexico
- State police forces in Mexico
- Mexican Army
- Mexican Navy
- U.S. Customs and Border Protection
- Mexico City International Airport
- Club Tijuana (football)
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