The capture and abatement of drug cartel leaders has
led to the fragmentation of groups and the emergence of criminal cells
throughout the country. U.S. authorities
and the PGR identify the current leadership
By: Doris Gómora, Dennis A. García y Marcos Muédano |
Translated by Valor for Borderland Beat
With the
capture and abatement of drug cartel leaders in recent years, the structures of
the drug cartels in Mexico has fragmented, giving way to a new map of organized
crime with the formation of criminal cells that operate in a territorial way; but
with the influence that they had in the large organizations, new groups also
rose up like the Jalisco New Generation Cartel (CJNG) who managed to
consolidate and expand their power to challenge the territories that are key to
the business of the multinational drug trade.
This
in-depth analysis of drug trafficking in the country is based on reports from
the PGR, the United States Department of Justice and the U.S. Treasury, as well
as interviews with experts.
With the arrests
of Joaquín “El Chapo” Guzmán, leader of the Sinaloa Cartel; Servando Gómez “La
Tuta”, leader of Los Caballeros Templarios; Vicente Carrillo Fuentes “El
Viceroy”, leader of the Juárez Cartel; Miguel and Omar Treviño Morales, leaders
of Los Zetas; and the abatement of Nazario Moreno “El Chayo”, who commanded La
Familia Michoacana; as well as Ignacio Nacho Coronel and Arturo Beltrán Leyva “El
Barbas”, a struggle for the territories worsened with the criminal cells who
were operating as their armed wings.
The blows
in recent years to drug cartels faded away the image of the great drug lords. Around 15 leaders whose names dominated the
scene in the last decade, including dynasties, are now a thing of the past. New leaders emerged, though most only
regional or underpowered, with fragmented crime cell organizations that defend
a territory. Of the nine cartels
operating in the country today, only the Sinaloa, with their old bosses, and
the CJNG, maintain hegemony.
The most
recent report from the PGR indicates that there are nine cartels operating in Mexico:
Sinaloa, Jalisco New Generation, Los Zetas, Gulf, Tijuana, Beltrán Leyva,
Juárez, Familia Michoacana and Los Caballeros Templarios.
The
department found 45 criminal cells who besides working in drug trafficking, are
also in the robbing of petroleum, kidnapping, extortion, and human trafficking.
The old
rules imposed by the drug groups from the 1970’s have changed, to make way for
the new generation of bosses who, unlike their predecessors, display their
operating power even in social networks, where they also threaten their rivals
and make their executions public as well as boasting about their luxuries life.
Their powers
to corrupt, their ability to infiltrate police forces, their alliances with people
in politics and business have not changed.
They are the lifeline of their safety net. Their code, “plata o plomo” (silver or lead)
also persists.
On the “atomization”
of the big cartels, Gerardo Rodríguez, an expert on national security and terrorism,
explains that when these criminal cells form, they have greater control over
the territories since they know firsthand how the economic flow moves. They can also display their criminal activity
better and their local protection networks.
“In the
case of Mexico, the Bacrim model (emerging criminal groups) of Colombia, where
small groups evolved to other profitable illicit businesses such as extorting
economic sectors, merchandise theft, human trafficking, and kidnappings, is being copied,” detailed the member of the Collective
of Security Analysis with Democracy (Casede).
The
criminal cells, he adds, have territorial control, block by block, from the
cities where they operate.
Rodríguez
says that the government’s strategy in fighting organized crime is good,
however, may fail if the criminal structures, which are structured in the form
of a pyramid, are not completely destroyed.
“After capturing the big bosses, they have to do the same with other
leaders and attack their financial assets.”
Javier
Oliva, an expert on national security and an academic of UNAM, believes that “the
fragmentation was very predictable; there was already experience in other cases
where when they captured leaders of a criminal organization, it tended to
divide, which has led to a dispute over turfs.
This atomizes the fight against organized crime when having less visible
leaders and can result in an increased perception of criminalization”.
Source: El Universal
mencho taking over,well he already took over! nobody can compete with him! when chapo was out he kicked chapo out of jalisco! he killed all the zetas in veracruz and jalisco! and he took over michoacan!
ReplyDeleteya mamasela pues..
DeleteChapo still has pull in jalisco. Go to puerto Vallarta and find out. That's his plaza
DeleteAnd chapos sons are always in zapopan just incase you didn't know.
DeleteMencho is going down for being a mencho
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DeleteVeracruz still being Zeta
DeleteMencho is attracting to much attention to himself. He will go down real soon. Mencho operates more with a military mentality, rather than a business mentality and we all know those types do not last long on top. Just look at Lazcano, Z40, Z42, El Taliban, El Ardillo, every recent CDG leader, Tuta, El Chayo, Kike Plancarte, Chango Mendez. All these leaders operated with that same mentality as Mencho and where are they now.
DeleteLa neta que si jose lopez. Deberias de ponerte un tatuaje de la cara del mencho en las nalgas
DeleteYA COMPRALE CASA..... YA COMPRALE TENIS.... YA DALE EL CHIQUITO
DeleteHe is one man against many. He will join the rest eventually. Then you will have to find yourself a new savior to praise. Same song and dance, different character. They all come down!!!
DeleteJaja jose lopez no mames guey! He didn't kill NOBODY in veracruz except 35 innocents. And you'll see, his days are counted, I give it about 6 months max.
DeleteHe's deepthroatn already bro heard mencho is gonna pull out tho lmao
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DeleteEstas bien mencho jose lopez
Deleteonly if u knew,only if u knew! why is that i know alot of details of tse guys,think! yeah,thats why! i know shit i just dont write what supposedly think they know!
DeleteLmao jose lopez estas mas mencho Que el tal mencho eres un cyber narco/cheerleader
DeleteSinaloa in Coauhilla hahaha
DeleteDon't think so.
Viva mexico! Keep these putos high and stupid up north mas trabajo mi jente y reclamamos las tierras
ReplyDeleteTroll alert, trI'll alert!
DeleteCudnt say it better dude is prolly 12 years old livn wit moms and looks up ta these scumbags I come here to here about how dey got caught and how they wer killed brings tears ta my eyes I got a lot of family dat got killed by dees pieces of feces I hate cartels
Delete10.55
DeleteSorry to hear that bro,
These idiots praising cartels that hurt everyone,in Mexico and the US
Sorry but that map is some what off on some things
ReplyDeleteVery simple. The bigger you get the easier to catch. Much less government and local protection. Mexican gov. accepts more help from the north. Result? Less Big fish many more smaller ones. The old days are fading fast. But...things will continue but with a different twist. Better? Worse? T.M.
ReplyDeleteaccording to this map Zacatecas exist no more . it has been handed over to Aguascalientes jaja .
ReplyDeleteLight green is area where they say no clear cartel rules - Zac, SLP, Hidalgo, Puebla, Tlaxcala, Oaxaca, Chiapas, Yucatan and Campeche.
DeleteLos carrillo =cartel de juarez
ReplyDeleteLos arellano=En tijuana Caf
Caro quintero=guadalajara
El mayo=Cartel de sinaloa
Why are the top cartels and most wanted people that being in mexico are from sinaloa ? saludos de medillen ,colombia parceros
just up north mexico but south is controlled by michoacan.
DeleteNah there's bigger players than michoacanos down south
Delete12:58 like who? mentiroso.
DeleteNot mencho or ct or any of those chokilosos
DeleteEl compa playa thats who..
DeleteWhen they said repent repent repent I always wondered what they meant - Leonard Cohen
ReplyDeleteLove me 'till the end of love, by Leonard Cohen... for you, CHIVAAA!!!
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ReplyDeleteI don't see fragmentation in well established criminal groups like the American crime families or the Sicilian crime families nor the Russian thieves in law not even the California Mexican mafia or the Aryan brotherhood of California.all this organizations are old the genovese family from New York can trace its roots to the old morello crime family and still operating United because there are rules yes they have their troubles and arrest and wars and rats but they still there
ReplyDeletePut all those crime families and groups in Mexico and you'll fin out very fast how they fragment or just plain and simply get wiped of the face of the earth.
Deletethis will be over when little girl grows up leads the revolution Viva Mexico So this go on for 12 more years
ReplyDeleteThe politicos will corrupt her and her public speaking abilities.
DeleteThe children are the hope
DeleteYour comment however did not relate to this article
Imo
Adelmo nieblas Gonzales captured in Sinaloa read it on blog del Narco I know can it be true??????
ReplyDeleteI think your talking about the narco manta the salazars put up in rocky point as propaganda against los memos!!
DeleteDon't post stuff from another website if I wanted to read bullshit I would've originally have gone there site instead of here so stfu y Arriba bb.
Deletepero en uno palo
True!
DeleteThere are zero areas controlled by LCT inside Jalisco.
ReplyDeleteExactly!!
Deletewhat makes you so sure
DeleteCT are deep in tijuana but tijuanenses don't ever mention them in this comments, they are allways mentioning los arellanos or el mayo but I doubt they do anything. arellanos are locked up or dead and el mayo is too old to care about control. just saying...
ReplyDeleteHahaha we taking over all u broke boys best sit at your computers and type away. About how we are dominating everyone. We are getting all the money, women, fame. I got this on lock. I got you real mad full of envy
ReplyDeleteZetas control central Zacatecas , Gulf southern Zacatecas and Sinaloa north western Zacatecas ? i am 90% sure of this .
ReplyDeleteFor all the hype on this New Generation cartel. They are hardly dominating this map. Why is that?
ReplyDeleteNever hear anything about cartel de sinaloa in acuna
ReplyDeleteOnly zetas and zetas and zetas ohh and zetas
I go once a month. Would of heard something by now
Unless the gates are cds wouldn't surprise me
The zetas new leader is Comandante Guevo also known as the nephew.
ReplyDeleteMencho is Making moves! What did us and México do when chapo and mayo where on top all these years the started the bucear man hunt putting them on billbords by its all a politcal game
ReplyDeleteAyyeee, me and my boys are making major moves. I just made over 14 million US dollars. That's probably why they are mad
ReplyDeleteWe taking over. I got millions of dollars. Roll up my sleeves and put in work. I'm the nueva jefe. Hahaha
ReplyDeleteSorry but this map is not great z control nearly all of verazruc and couhila
ReplyDeletebeltrans run all of sonora on this map. that map aint right
ReplyDeleteThe reason Chihuahua is so violent is that el chapo sent his army there for soo many years too take over but the problem (la linea/los atzecas) fought back really hard... In juarez a commander from each group would pick up like 10 rivals each night and it was getting horrible... the government favored gente nueva in the war and it got uglier... Since la linea killed off most gn. La linea won but they were left off weak... more gn commanders would arrive later on and the only thing la linea could've do to stay alive is extortion and the fight went from north of chihuahua to south...
ReplyDeletewhat is the deal with the light green part of the map were aguascalientes is and runs south
ReplyDelete