The Juárez Cartel (Spanish: Cártel de Juárez, pronounced [ˈkaɾtel ðe ˈxwaɾes]), also known as the Vicente Carrillo Fuentes Organization, is a Mexican drug cartel based in Ciudad Juárez, Chihuahua, across the Mexico—U.S. border from El Paso, Texas. [2]

Mexico's most powerful drug trafficker in recent years was Amado Carrillo-Fuentes who died in a Mexican hospital in July 1997 after undergoing extensive plastic surgery to change his...

Oct 24, 2019 · The cartel was initially led by Juan García Abrego, the first Mexican drug lord to be included in the FBI's 10 most wanted list. He was captured in 1996 and jailed for life in the US.

Nov 13, 2023 · La Linea (The Line) is the name of what was traditionally known as the Juárez drug cartel. One of the alleged leaders of La Empresa, identified as 36-year-old Luis Alejandro C.R., also known as "El Borracho" or "El Chino," was gunned down on Dia de los Muertos, Nov. 2, at a tire repair shop on Zoltepec street close to the Camino Real below the ...

He was the leader and the co-founder of the first major Mexican drug cartel, the Guadalajara Cartel, an alliance of the current existing cartels (which included the Sinaloa Cartel, the Juarez Cartel, the Tijuana Cartel, and the Sonora Cartel with Aldair Mariano as the leader).

Vicente Carrillo Fuentes (born 16 October 1962), commonly referred to by his alias El Viceroy, is a Mexican convicted drug lord and former leader of the Juárez Cartel, a drug trafficking organization.

Nov 8, 2024 · A longtime reputed Mexican drug cartel boss accused of ordering the death of an informant in El Paso 15 years ago is among alleged La Linea cartel leaders recently sanctioned by the U.S. Treasury Department.. The U.S. Treasury Department last week announced asset-freezing sanctions against five Mexican citizens and two companies allegedly linked to the La …

Nov 1, 2022 · Vásquez-Barragán was arrested in Mexico in 2010 and extradited to the United States in 2020. He pleaded guilty on May 13, 2022. In his plea agreement, Vásquez-Barragán admitted that between March 2005 and September 2008 he imported at least 50 kilograms of marijuana into the United States on several occasions, totaling over 1,000 kilograms.

Apr 5, 2012 · WASHINGTON – The Juarez Drug Cartel’s leader in Juarez and Chihuahua, Mexico, pleaded guilty today in El Paso, Texas, and was sentenced to life in prison for his participation in drug-trafficking and numerous acts of violence in connection with the Barrio Azteca gang, announced Assistant Attorney General Lanny A. Breuer of the Justice ...

Sep 6, 2022 · As seen in "Narcos," Rafael Aguilar Guajardo was a federal police commander in Mexico who turned to the drug trade and helped found the Juárez Cartel. He left behind a career in law enforcement to help build one of the most violent drug cartels in history.