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The Gulf Cartel (Spanish: Cártel del Golfo [ˈkaɾtel ðel ˈɣolfo], or Golfos) is a criminal syndicate, drug trafficking organization, and U.S.-designated terrorist organization, which is perhaps one of the oldest organized crime groups in Mexico. It is currently based in Matamoros, Tamaulipas, directly across the U.S. border from Brownsville, Texas. Their network is international, and is believed to
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Cártel del Golfo | |
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| Founded | 1930s |
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| Founded by | Juan Nepomuceno Guerra, Juan García Ábrego |
| Founding location | Matamoros, Tamaulipas, Mexico |
| Years active | 1930s–present |
| Territory | Mexico: Tamaulipas, Nuevo León, San Luis Potosí, Veracruz USA: Texas, Louisiana, Georgia |
| Ethnicity | Majority Mexican and Mexican-American, minority Guatemalan |
| Membership | 50,000–100,000 |
| Criminal activities | Drug trafficking, money laundering, extortion, kidnapping, human trafficking, people smuggling, robbery, murder, arms trafficking, bribery, fencing, counterfeiting, terrorism and narcoterrorism |
| Allies | Medellín Cartel (defunct) Cali Cartel (defunct) Los Mexicles Camorra 'Ndrangheta Serbian mafia Jalisco New Generation Cartel |
| Rivals | Los Zetas Juárez Cartel Guadalajara Cartel (defunct) Sinaloa Cartel La Familia Michoacana Beltrán-Leyva Cartel Tijuana Cartel Los Negros (disbanded) Cártel del Noreste |
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- Gangs in Texas
- Mexican drug war
- Matamoros, Tamaulipas
- Drug cartels in Mexico
- Organized crime in Louisiana
- Gangs in Georgia (U.S. state)
- Transnational organized crime
- 1930s establishments in Mexico
- Organizations established in the 1930s
- Organized crime groups in the United States
- Rebel groups that actively control territory
- Organizations designated as terrorist by the United States
- Organizations based in Latin America designated as terrorist
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