Cartel: Cártel De Juárez
Also known as:
1. La Linea
Territory: Chihuahua, Durango & Sinaloa, have influence over 21 Mexican states.
Date appeared: 1920
Traffics in:
Known leaders:
1. Amado CARILLO Fuentes “El señor de los Cielos” (died in 1997)
2. Vicente CARILLO Leyva (son of Amado, detained in 2009)
3. Vicente CARILLO Fuentes
4. Rodolfo CARILLO Fuentes (assassinated)
5. Ismael ZAMBADA García “El mayo Zambada”
6. Juan José ESPARRAGOZA Moreno “El Azul” (leader until 2004)
7. Ricardo GARCÍA Urquiza (leader from 2004 to 2005, arrested in 2005)
Cartel notes:
1. One of the original seven (7) cartels.
2. Rivals are the Cártel de Tijuana and the Cártel de Sinaloa
3. At war with the Cártel de Sinaloa for control of the drug corridor into the United States through Chihuahua.
4. Have collaborated with the Beltrán Leyva DTO as well as the Zetas.
Notes:
1. The territory is in flux therefore the information is for reference only and is updated as new reliable information become available.
2. As information becomes available and is vetted as reliable it is updated.
Last update: 15oct2010