Month: March 2024
Juan José Esparragoza Moreno
Juan José Esparragoza Moreno (February 3, 1949 – June 2014), commonly referred to by his alias El Azul (English: “The Blue One”), was a Mexican…
Héctor Luis Palma Salazar
Héctor Luis Palma Salazar (born April 29, 1960), better known as “El Güero Palma”, is a Mexican former drug trafficker and leader of the Sinaloa…
Guadalajara-kartel
The Guadalajara Cartel (Spanish: Cártel de Guadalajara), also known as The Federation (Spanish: La Federación) was a Mexican drug cartel founded in 1980 by Miguel…
Ismael “El Mayo” Zambada
Ismael Mario Zambada García (born January 1, 1948) is a Mexican drug lord, co-founder and current top leader of the Sinaloa Cartel, an international crime…
Joaquín “El Chapo” Guzmán
Joaquín Archivaldo Guzmán Loera (born April 4, 1957), commonly known as “El Chapo” and “JGL”, is a Mexican former drug lord and a former leader…
Sinaloa Cartel
The Sinaloa Cartel (Spanish: Cártel de Sinaloa, CDS, after the indigenous region of Sinaloa), also known as the Guzmán-Zambada Organization, the Federation, the Blood Alliance,…
Ochoa Brothers
The Ochoa Brothers: The Rise and Role in the Medellín Cartel The Ochoa Brothers—Jorge Luis, Juan David, and Fabio Ochoa Vásquez—were prominent members of the…
Jorge Velásquez
Jorge Velásquez, commonly known by his nickname Navegante was one of the sicarios of the Cali cartel. In the 1980s, Navegante served as Cali cartel…
Authorities in Colombia expose Tren de Aragua’s involvement in drug trafficking
The arrest in Colombia of a leader of a faction of the Venezuelan mega-gang, Tren de Aragua, has highlighted the organization’s little-known role in the…
