The Cartel
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| Originally published | June 23, 2015 |
| Authors | Don Winslow |
| Preceded by | The Power of the Dog |
| Followed by | The Border |
| Genres | Novel |
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| ID | 2382100 |
About The Cartel
"From the internationally bestselling author of the acclaimed novel The Power of the Dogcomes The Cartel, a gripping true-to-life epic, ripped from the headlines, of power, corruption, revenge and justice spanning the past decade of the Mexican American drug wars. It s 2004. . . .
Ovidio Guzmán-López: El Chapo's son extradited to the US
... " This action is the most recent step in the Justice Department s effort to attack every aspect of The Cartel s operations, " US Attorney General Merrick Garland said in a statement regarding the extradition...
Emma Coronel: El Chapo Guzmán's wife released from prison
... The Cartel s hitmen kidnapped, tortured and killed members of rival gangs to consolidate its power...
El Chapo sons among Sinaloa cartel members charged by US
... Joaquín " El Chapo" Guzmán, the former Sinaloa cartel leader, His three sons charged - Ovidio Guzmán López, Jesús Alfredo Guzmán Salazar and Iván Archivaldo Guzmán Sálazar - are known as the Chapitos, or little Chapos, are known as the more violent faction of The Cartel...
Mexico kidnapping: A twisted moral code explains cartel's apology
... So why would The Cartel apologise for the incident and hand over its own gunmen to the police? A letter left with The Cartel gunmen, who had been trussed up and left on the roadside, accused them of acting " under their own decision-making and lack of discipline" as well as supposedly breaking cartel rules over " protecting the lives of the innocent"...
Mexico cartel turns in own men over US kidnappings
... The letter also accuses the men of breaking The Cartel s rules over " protecting the lives of the innocent"...
Operation Desert Light: Europol take down massive cocaine 'super cartel'
... Operation Desert Light saw authorities in Spain, France, Belgium, the Netherlands and the United Arab Emirates (UAE) work together to bring down The Cartel, Those arrested included six " high-value targets" - those most wanted by international police...
Gilberto Rodriguez Orejuela: Colombian 'Chess Player' drug lord dies in US prison
... Within a year of his arrest, some six of The Cartel s seven leaders were either dead or behind bars...
Oil-producing nations stick to their plan despite Ukraine
... Energy experts believe that from The Cartel s point of view little has changed yet in terms of physical supply on the market...
El Chapo sons among Sinaloa cartel members charged by US
By George WrightBBC News
Sons of drugs kingpin " El Chapo " are among members of Mexico's Sinaloa Cartel charged in the United States with running a huge operation that supplies fentanyl to the US.
The operation was allegedly fuelled by Chinese chemical companies.
Fentanyl is responsible for the deaths of tens of thousands of mainly Young Americans each year.
Joaquín " El Chapo " Guzmán, the former Sinaloa Cartel leader,
His Three Sons charged - Ovidio Guzmán López, Jesús Alfredo Guzmán Salazar and Iván Archivaldo Guzmán Sálazar - are known as the Chapitos, or little Chapos, are known as the more violent faction of The Cartel .
" They know that they're poisoning and killing Americans. They just don't care because they make billions of dollars doing it, " Anne Milgram , chief of the US Drug Enforcement Administration, said of Guzman's sons.
" Their greed is shocking and Without Bounds . "
Federal prosecutors announced three separate indictments charging 28 defendants based in Mexico, China and Guatemala, eight of whom are in custody.
Attorney General Merrick Garland called it " the largest, most violent, most prolific fentanyl trafficking operation in the world".
Fentanyl is a synthetic opioid that is up to 50 times stronger than heroin and 100 times stronger than morphine, according to the United States ' Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC).
Ovidio Guzman Lopez, one of El Chapo 's sons nicknamed " The Mouse" who was arrested in Mexico earlier this year, is the only brother in custody and awaiting Extradition .
during the bloody operation to arrest him in January. Furious gang members Set Up road blocks, set fire to dozens of vehicles and attacked planes at a local airport.
He was indicted in a Manhattan Federal Court on six counts, including conspiracy to import and distribute fentanyl. He faces life in jail.
Prosecutors also charged four owners of Chinese firms accused of providing chemicals to The Cartel .
The US Treasury Department hit two China-based chemical companies with sanctions.
Mr Garland said that the Chinese government " must stop the unchecked flow of fentanyl precursor chemicals that are Coming Out of China".
A record number of nearly 107,000 Americans died of drug overdoses in the US in 2021, according to the CDC.
Related TopicsSource of news: bbc.com
