Drug cartel Wikipedia ~ A drug cartel is any criminal organization with the intention of supplying drug trafficking operations They range from loosely managed agreements among various drug traffickers to formalized commercial term was applied when the largest trafficking organizations reached an agreement to coordinate the production and distribution of cocaine

Cartel Wikipedia ~ A cartel is a group of independent market participants who collude with each other in order to improve their profits and dominate the market Cartels are usually associations in the same sphere of business and thus an alliance of rivals Most jurisdictions consider it anticompetitive behavior

Mexican Drug War Wikipedia ~ The Mexican Drug War also known as the Mexican War on Drugs Spanish guerra contra el narcotráfico en México is an ongoing asymmetric lowintensity conflict between the Mexican government and various drug trafficking the Mexican military began to intervene in 2006 the governments principal goal was to reduce drugrelated violence

Illegal drug trade in Colombia Wikipedia ~ Illegal drug trade in Colombia refers to a practice of Colombian criminal groups of producing and distributing illegal drugs Colombia has had four major drug trafficking cartels and several bandas criminales or BACRIMs which eventually created a new social class and influenced several aspects of Colombian culture and politics

List of criminal enterprises gangs and syndicates ~ This is a listing of enterprises gangs mafias and syndicates that are involved in organized crime Tongs and outlaw motorcycle gangs as well as terrorist militant and paramilitary groups are mentioned if they are involved in criminal activity for funding

List of Mexicos 37 mostwanted drug lords Wikipedia ~ Recent events As of 18 January 2011 Mexico had captured or killed 20 of the 37 in the mostwanted list The 21 June 2011 arrest of José de Jesús Méndez Vargas El Chango brought the total to twentyone captured or killed On 4 November 2011 Francisco Hernández García was captured bringing the total to 22 captured or killed A leader of the Zetas drug cartel Raúl Hernández

Illegal drug trade in Latin America Wikipedia ~ The illegal drug trade in Latin America concerns primarily the production and sale of cocaine and cannabis including the export of these banned substances to the United States and Europe The Coca cultivation is concentrated in the Andes of South America particularly in Colombia Peru and Bolivia this is the worlds only source region for coca