• Bojayá massacre (2002) [23] Two other brothers of Otoniel, Angel Eusebio and Fernando Umbeiro Úsuga, were arrested in 2018 as well. • Operation Fenix (2008) Consequences of the War Between Both Cartels The Gulf's Clan rely on at least 1,200 members in their top level of command. •  United States [1][2] It was also reported that rather than Chiquito Malo, fellow Cuarentano-employed trafficker Darío Úsuga Torres, alias “Pueblo," was named by Columbian police as Cuarentano's most likely successor. The “Autodefensas Gaitanistas de Colombia” (AGC), a.k.a. The former Gulf Cartel plaza boss for Miguel Aleman pleaded guilty to a federal drug trafficking charge on Friday. [40] On October 15, 2020, one of two Clan del Golfo members who killed a man at a car wash located in the Yalí department in Antioquia was killed by the members of the Colombian National Army, while the other was captured. • Operation Emmanuel The Clan del Golfo (English: The Gulf Clan), self-referred to as Autodefensas Gaitanistas de Colombia (English: Gaitanist Self-Defense Forces of Colombia), and formerly called Los Urabeños and Clan Úsuga, is a Colombian drug cartel and right-wing neo-paramilitary group involved in the Colombian armed conflict. With an international network, the Gulf Cartel serves more than just the drug trafficking scene. Gulf Cartel Los Metros members execute rival member from Los Escorpiones in drive-by shooting COLOMBIA: Two hitmen open fire in restaurant, kill two in Jamundi Los Viagras Cartel execute member of Jalisco New Generation Cartel in Petatlán, Guerrero Rendón's men soon began clashing with the Paisas, then a rural, armed wing of the Oficina. "[42], On October 28, 2020, it was reported that the and Panamanian security forces seized more than two tons of cocaine hydrochloride belonging to the Clan del Golfo. Narcos Wiki is a collaborative community where we aim to keep track of everything relating to Narcos and Narcos: Mexico: characters, episodes, locations, and more.We currently have a total of 290 pages. https://narcos.fandom.com/wiki/Gulf_cartel?oldid=1616. The Gulf Cartel (Spanish: Cártel del Golfo, Golfos, or CDG) [3] [4] is a criminal syndicate and drug trafficking organization in Mexico, [5] and perhaps one of the oldest organized crime groups in the country. Antonio Cárdenas Guillen, better known as Tony Tormenta, became the co-leader of the Gulf Cartel, along with Jorge Eduardo Costilla Sánchez, alias El Coss, after the extradition of Osiel Cárdenas Guillén. Rendón fled the Eastern Plains in June after a falling out with Arroyave. • Colombian drug cartels VIDEO: CJNG cartel gut rival open — Cut out piece of his heart and eat it. In 1997, top paramilitary commanders Carlos and Vicente Castaño began sending troops to the area in order to co-opt the drug business from the guerrillas. Their base is near and around the Urabá gulf, including the Tierralta and Valencia municipalities in Cordoba and the eleven municipalities in the Urabá sub-region in Antioquia. [27][3] Álvarez was described as the "brain" of the cartel,[3] and by this point was reported to have taken charge of the cartel's Caribbean operations. [38], On June 23, 2020, the Colombian National Police revealed in a national radio broadcast that shortly before the arrest of Téllez, former member of the rival Los Rastrojos criminal group Marlon Gregorio Celis Caballero, alias 'Loquillo or Felipe', was named "as the new leader of the Gulf Clan. [43] Four Colombians and on Honduran on the submarine which contained the cocaine hydrochloride were arrested as well. The Gulf Cartel is one of the oldest and most powerful of Mexico s criminal groups but has lost territory and influence in recent years to its rivals, including its former enforcer wing, the Zetas. After controlling drug trafficking all over Mexico, internal conflicts, rival cartels, and Mexican authorities lessened its influence and power in recent years. Since the 1980s, they have dominated the international narcotics trade.. Ses opérations sont basées à Reynosa, Tamaulipas, ville frontière avec Mc Allen, Texas. • Marquetalia Republic Sinaloa cartelCali cartel (defunct) Tijuana cartel (formerly)Juárez cartel (formerly) Founded in the 1930s, this cartel is currently known as “Cártel del Golfo.” Pablo's cartel mainly operated in Colombia, New York, Florida, and Mexico. Juárez cartelTijuana cartelGuadalajara cartel (defunct) [20] Corruption in the United States[edit] • Colombia–United States relations • The National Front On September 1, 2017 the second-in-command of the Gulf Clan (alias Gavilán[18][19] ) was killed. Authorities formally consider the AGC a “Class A Organized Armed Group” and claim the group is the main ally of the powerful Sinaloa Cartel from Mexico. The guy who really kind of established the Gulf cartel as a major narcotics smuggling organization and specifically the cocaine trade was a guy by the name of Juan Garcia Abrego. Re: “Mexico arrests ‘cartel leader’ behind Monterrey deaths” May 25, 2012 May 25, 2012 COHA arrest , border , Cartels , Gulf Cartel , military , Narco violence , smuggling , Zetas Dear Editor, I am writing in response to your May 21st article, “Mexico arrests ‘cartel leader’ behind Monterrey deaths.” First, its drug cartels are increasingly more sophisticated and less homogenous. The Gulf Cartel (Spanish: Cártel del Golfo, Golfos, or CDG) is a criminal syndicate and drug trafficking organization in Mexico, and perhaps one of the oldest organized crime groups in the country. [37] On June 13, 2020, it was revealed that 26 Clan del Golfo members were arrested in Santa Marta. • Provisional IRA [5][6] It is considered one of the most powerful criminal organizations in Colombia, having some 3,000 members in the inner circle of the organization in 2016. [8] In late 2011 Los Urabeños declared war on Los Rastrojos over the control of the drug trade in Medellín. Read the DEA background on this cartel. • Spearhead Ltd [43] On November 17, 2020, alleged financier and route coordinator of the Clan del Golfo Jorge Eliécer Castaño Toro, alias "Plástico," and his deputy Darwin Abad Sierra, alias "number 17," were arrested by Colombian National Police. In the United States, the Gulf Cartel has cells in Roma, Rio Grande City and Mission. Colombia’s cocaine industry is of crucial importance to the drug-trafficking industry. The Gulf cartel (Spanish: Cártel del Golfo) was a Mexican drug trafficking organization and one of the country's oldest drug cartels.. • Fighters+Lovers Leader(s) Jorge Eduardo Costilla Sanchez. [1] Members of Clan del Golfo who served as liaisons with other Colombian drug cartels where among those arrested. [10], In June 2020, the Colombian National Police revealed that former Los Rastrojos member Marlon Gregorio Celis Caballero, alias 'Loquillo or Felipe', had become the new leader of the Clan del Golfo by April 2020. But they have not proved as adept as the Rastrojos when it comes to brokering key alliances with other major players in the drug trade. Around 1994, it was estimated that the Gulf Cartel handled as much as "one-third of all cocaine shipments" into the United States from the Cali Cartel suppliers. The new series of the hit Netflix series Narcos switches from Colombia to Mexico to follow the fortunes of the Guadalajara Cartel. The U.S. war on drugs began under the administration of Pres. [25], In March 2020, Marihuano was revealed to be living in the Darian Jungle in cabins he personally built. In Colombia, this process took place, on a large scale, in the Office of the Attorney General of the Nation, an institution created by the 1991 Constitution. Nepomuceno Guerra (right) and his nephew Juan Abrego (left) led the cartel in the 1980s • Politics of Colombia, • ELN • Andean diplomatic crisis (2008) Richard Nixon. It was Arroyave who convinced Rendón Herrera to come work for him. • EPL Gulf Cartel. Gulf cartel Latest Breaking News, Pictures, Videos, and Special Reports from The Economic Times. • Colombian drug cartels • Valle del Cauca Deputies hostage crisis (2002–2009) The group has been involved in assassinations and kidnappings worldwide and is known for its extreme widespread violence. Northeastern Mexico, Southern United States, Trafficking of cocaine, marijuana and heroin, human trafficking, arms trafficking, robbery, kidnapping, contraband trafficking, money laundering and alcohol trafficking (formerly). • Narcoterrorism • FARIP, Former guerrillas Businesses The Centauros trafficked cocaine, propped up local politicians, extorted ranchers and farmers, and collected security taxes for products ranging from alcohol to petroleum. In addition, we bring you gore videos depicting gruesome beheadings from most dangerous Mexican cartels. "Prosecutors Claim Brother of Ex-President had Ties with Garcia Abrego" Reforma May 22, 1996. Mexico’s drug cartel situation is considerably different than was the case of Colombia’s in the 1980s and 1990s for the following reasons. • Parapolitics scandal (2006–7) In 1986, Miguel Ángel Félix Gallardo met Guerra and convinced him to enter the cocaine trafficking business as allies to get into a better negotiating position with the Cali cartel. [11] Under Loquillo's leadership, the Clan del Golfo concentrates its criminal actions on the Caribbean Trunk especially in Santa Marta and the surrounding municipalities of the Magdalena department, using new platforms for the shipment of large cocaine shipments, through of boats that dock near the municipalities of Magdalena, in Puebloviejo and Ciénaga. • CGSB The cartel controlled 30% of the Colombian congress. • Peace process (1999–2002) • Nariño massacres (2009) • War on drugs • MOEC The ACC is one of the oldest vigilante groups in Colombia, headed by Héctor Germán Buitrago Parada, alias ‘Martín Llanos.’ It was allegedly ACC fighters who first began calling the Centauros “those from Urabá,” “Paisas,” or “Urabeños,” all references to the Antioquia region where many of the paramilitaries hailed from. A paramilitary group known as the "Clan del Golfo" (Gulf Clan) has become Colombia's largest and most powerful criminal organization, according to a report by the country's intelligence services that teleSUR has reviewed.. RELATED: Colombia: Rights Groups Decry Killings of Two Social Leaders, Demand Justice. García Ábrego is widely known for innovating Mexican trafficking operations, turning them from smugglers into suppliers. Los Zetas and the Gulf Cartel Another Mexican cartel, known as Gulf, started in the 1920s but didn’t gain ground in the area of drug trafficking until the 1980s. Gulf Cartel Los Metros members execute rival member from Los Escorpiones in drive-by shooting COLOMBIA: Two hitmen open fire in restaurant, kill two in Jamundi Los Viagras Cartel execute member of Jalisco New Generation Cartel in Petatlán, Guerrero [38] It was also revealed that 48 Clan del Golfo members, including 5 local leaders, had been detained in Santa Marta since the beginning of 2020. In a surprising display of strength, the Gulf's Clan organized a series of coordinated strikes protesting his deaths in northern Antioquia, handing out fliers which referred to the group's former name, the Gaitanista Self-Defense Forces. The top command deploys teams of trained, armed men to rural areas vital for drug-trafficking operations. History; Foundation: 1930s–1980s •  Canada, • Águilas Negras The Gulf Cartel (Spanish: Cártel del Golfo, Golfos, or CDG) [2] [3] is one of the most powerful drug cartels in Mexico, [4] and perhaps the oldest organized crime group in the country. Pablo Escobar’s Medellín Cartel lasted until the year 1993. The Gulf's Clan also signalled their intention to respond aggressively to their leader's death when they publicly offered a $1,000 reward for each police officer killed in Antioquia, a public relations strategy best associated with kingpin Pablo Escobar. [32][29] On May 29, 2020, the Carlos Vazquez fraction's weapons supplier Jhon Olmedo Ramirez, alias "Guajiro," was captured along with 9,000 rifle cartridges, a van, 10 suppliers of long-range weapons and 2 cell phones. • Peace agreement referendum (2016), • Sinaltrainal v. Coca-Cola (2001) The strike completely paralyzed several Colombian departments as shopkeepers and travellers were told to stay at home or face 'consequenses'. • El Nogal Club bombing (2003) [39] At this time, it was also revealed that military operations which had been carried out in the Colombian regions of Antioquia, Atlántico, Córdoba and Sucre had significantly diminished the influence of the Clan del Golfo. [43] This resulted in the cartel losing $70 million. Le Cartel du Golfe (Cártel del Golfo) est une organisation criminelle mexicaine, principalement basé à Matamoros, dans le Tamaulipas, État frontalier du Texas et situé sur le Golfe du Mexique. The Gulf Cartel (Spanish: Cártel del Golfo, Golfos, or CDG) [3] [4] is a criminal syndicate and drug trafficking organization in Mexico, [5] and perhaps the oldest organized crime group in the country. Colombia and Mexico remain the two hotbeds of Latin America’s drug trade, with a myriad of cartels competing for dominance in a global industry that generates hundreds of billions in revenue. Gulf Cartel. Police blamed Rendón's organization for at least 3,000 homicides between 2007 and 2009. [26] His police record was also made public, which revealed that he had court documentation despite still being wanted. Since Rendón's capture, the remnants of his organization have fallen under control of the Usuga-David brothers, Juan de Dios and Dario Antonio, two former mid-ranking paramilitaries believed to have worked with Rendón since the 1990s. Indeed, the CJNG is now active in Guatemala, Colombia, Panama, Perú and Ecuador, to name a few. Under Rendón's supervision, the Centauros became one of the wealthiest factions within the United Self-Defense Forces of Colombian (Autodefensas Unidas de Colombia – AUC). To prevent the collapse of production and chaos in distribution, the Sinaloa Cartel, … Gulf cartel Blogs, Comments and Archive News on Economictimes.com [36] On June 12, 2020, Urabá police arrested alleged Clan del Golfo member Alexander Asprilla, alias “Perea.”[37] Perea was suspected of being involved in selective killings in the municipalities of Bahía Solano, Nuquí, Juradó, as well as other townships and villages of the area. Mexico’s “El Chapo” Guzmán’s Sinaloa Cartel is in Portugal and has set up a cocaine transhipment base for central and northern Europe. The alleged Gulf Cartel leader was captured in 1996 and had unsuccessfully fought to show he was born in Texas. With an international network, the Gulf Cartel serves more than just the drug trafficking scene. Most of Colombia’s cocaine was produced in territory controlled by the FARC whose guerrillas also protected part of the routes from the cocaine factories to the export hubs. "[11] An operative from Ciénaga with the alias "Diana" was also named as head of the cartel's financial operations, money laundering and drug trafficking operations. • DynCorp International Le Clan del Golfo (en français : le Clan du Golfe), anciennement appelé Los Urabeños, Clan Úsuga et Autodefensas Gaitanistas de Colombia, est un cartel de la drogue colombien (anciennement un groupe néo-paramilitaire de droite) impliqué dans le conflit armé colombien. [28], On May 4, 2020, leader of the cartel's violent Jorge Iván Arboleda Garcés’ fraction Aureliano Pérez Caballero, alias Dávinson, was arraigned in court following his arrest the previous day. 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[34][35], On June 8, 2020, three Gulf Clan members who were planning to kill civilians in Chocó were arrested. The former Gulf Cartel plaza boss for Miguel Aleman pleaded guilty to a federal drug trafficking charge on Friday. [41] On October 16, 2020, Colombian National Police announced that a senior Clan del Golfo financier who served leader of cartel's Edwin Román Velázquez Valle substructure was among four Edwin Román Velázquez Valle members who were arrested in the Antioquia municipalities of Buriticá, Saznta Fe and Livorina. [11] On June 26, 2020, it was revealed that the Clan del Golfo had started a direct conflict with FARC dissidents called Operation Mil and dispatched 1,000 of its paramilitarians from Urabá, southern Córdoba and Chocó to remove FARC dissents from northern Antioquia and control the entire municipality of Ituango. However, El Indio was later arrested on May 21, 2018,[20] while Nicolás was arrested on August 6, 2018. [39], On October 8, 2020, imprisoned former Clan del Golfo leader Jhony Fidel Cuello-Petro, alias Mocho, arrived in Houston after being extradited from Colombia. The so-called “Gulf Clan” cocaine cartel is close to handing itself in to Colombian authorities after President Juan Manuel Santos signed a law … Abiel Gonzalez-Briones negotiated a deal with federal prosecutors and pleaded guilty Friday morning during a hearing before U.S. District Judge Randy Crane in McAllen. A Gulf Cartel boss's nephew was shot in the head and left along a Houston street. Huachicolero leader of El Kalimba band orders lookout’s execution who failed to report Federal Police activity. • M19 Shortly afterwards, Arroyave was ambushed and killed by his former allies, including Pedro Oliveiro Guerrero, alias ‘Cuchillo.’. • PC de C (M-L) Rivalries. On April 15, 2009, a team of 200 police commandos captured Rendón on a farm in rural Urabá. • "False positives" scandal This cartel’s most prominent period was in the late 1990s … Colombia’s cocaine industry is of crucial importance to the drug-trafficking industry. [47], • La Violencia (1948–1958) Allies "Prosecutors Claim Brother of Ex-President had Ties with Garcia Abrego" Reforma May 22, 1996. However, Guerra seized the opportunity and made a better deal with the Cali cartel, betraying Félix Gallardo; resulting in the cartels declaring war against each other. [45], In 2012 the Gulf's Clan also got into conflict with The Office of Envigado over the drug trade in Medellín. • ETA The Gulf Cartel (Spanish: Cártel del Golfo, Golfos, or CDG) is a criminal syndicate and drug trafficking organization in Mexico, and perhaps the oldest organized crime group in the country. A husband and wife related to another drug boss were tortured and … Based in Matamoros, Tamaulipas, the Gulf Cartel is perhaps one of the oldest organized crime groups in Mexico. [11] At the time of this revelation, the Clan del Golfo reduced its drug trafficking route to the Caribbean region and also named a Ciénaga native with the alias "Diana" as the new head trafficker. • Plan Colombia Rendón attempted to expand his empire, moving into southern Córdoba, the Lower Cauca region in northern Antioquia and even venturing into Medellin, long controlled by the feared Oficina de Envigado. • Cuban revolutionaries [26] It was also suggested that his role in the cartel was exaggerated a little and that while he was heavily involved in the cartel, and serving as the cartel's No. It is currently one of the more ambitious and ruthless of Colombia's drug trafficking organizations (DTOs). • Humanitarian exchange • FARC-EP (List of FARC attacks) He was among Mexico's most-wanted drug lords.. Trafficking of cocaine, marijuana and heroin, human trafficking, arms trafficking, robbery, kidnapping, contraband trafficking, money laundering and alcohol trafficking (formerly) First things first, if you love cartel videos and news, you’ve come to the right place. The group has been involved in assassinations and kidnappings worldwide and is known for its extreme widespread violence. • CONVIVIR The Medellin Cartel had killed an enemy of one of the Rodriguez Orejuela so they decided to charge them this favor with the murder of Alejo Piña who was a member of the staff of a key man of the Cali Cartel, Helmer Herrera, so the Cali Cartel refused. Take your favorite fandoms with you and never miss a beat. The guy who really kind of established the Gulf cartel as a major narcotics smuggling organization and specifically the cocaine trade was a guy by the name of Juan Garcia Abrego. Stratfor Vice President of Analysis Scott Stewart discusses the Gulf cartel's rise to power, the extent of its territory and its future role in Mexico. The Urabenos (also known as the Gulf Clan), said to be Colombia’s mightiest drug gang, has offered 200m peso ($70,000) to anyone who takes out the police sniffer dog named Sombra – which is Spanish for ‘Shadow.’ According to local media, Dario Antonio Usuga, the boss of the clan, was the one who put the hit on the six-year-old female German shepherd. Please update this article to reflect recent events or newly available information. Founder(s) The Gulf cartel (Spanish: Cártel del Golfo) was a Mexican drug trafficking organization and one of the country's oldest drug cartels. The Gulf's Clan may yet prove themselves capable of expanding their operations beyond the Caribbean coast and northern Colombia, if they are not derailed by their war with the Rastrojos. 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