The members of the Gulf Cartel are known for intimidating the population and for being particularly violent.
Besides drug trafficking, the Gulf Cartel operates through protection rackets, assassinations, extortions, kidnappings, and other criminal activities. Their network is international, and is believed to have dealings with crime groups in Europe, West Africa, Asia, Central America, South America, and the United States. It is currently based in Matamoros, Tamaulipas, directly across the U.S. 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. Serbian mafia Jalisco New Generation Cartel Majority Mexican Mexican-American, minority Guatemalanĭrug trafficking, money laundering, extortion, kidnapping, human trafficking, people smuggling, robbery, murder, arms trafficking, bribery, fencing, counterfeiting
Mexico: Tamaulipas, Nuevo León, San Luis Potosí, Veracruz, Jalisco, the U.S. Juan Nepomuceno Guerra, Juan García Ábrego
