Sinaloa Cartel

Sinaloa Cartel

The Sinaloa Cartel, considered the largest and most powerful drug trafficking organization in the Western Hemisphere, is a network of some of Mexico’s most important drug lords. Members work together to protect themselves. Its many factions forged connections at the highest levels of Mexico’s federal police and military, and has bribed members of both institutions to maintain an advantage over rival organizations.

The group is primarily involved in the international trafficking of fentanyl, methamphetamine, cocaine, marijuana, and heroin, mostly to the United States. Some factions are also involved in small-scale drug dealing and taxing other criminal networks, including human smugglers. (InSight Crime, USA, 19.05.2025)

https://insightcrime.org/mexico-organized-crime-news/sinaloa-cartel-profile/