Colima Cartel
Founded | 1988-2005 |
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Founded by | |
Allies | Sinaloa Cartel Guadalajara Cartel Milenio Cartel Sonora Cartel |
The Colima Cartel (
The Colima Cartel is believed to have obtained large quantities of the precursor ephedrine through contacts in Thailand and India,[2] and then distributed it to different methamphetamine labs in Mexico and the United States.[3]
The Colima cartel has become a branch of the Sinaloa Cartel as are the Milenio Cartel, Guadalajara Cartel, and Sonora Cartels.[4]
History
The U.S.
By 1992 the Colima Cartel, through operations as a business, was able to establish amphetamine contacts in Switzerland, India, Germany and the Czech Republic.[5] The DEA has reported the Colima Cartel recruited relatives to operate at the first two tiers of their organization, "insulating the structure." Relatives and close friends comprised the first two tiers who then recruited low level, non related individuals to operate the methamphetamine elaboration process and the smuggling into the United States.[5]
Arrests
On November 10, 1997, Adán Amezcua was arrested in his hometown of
On June 1, 1998, Luis and Jesús Amezcua were arrested in
The Colima Cartel at the time of the arrests of Luis and Jesús was believed to be "the most prominent methamphetamine trafficking organization operating ... as well as the leading supplier of chemicals to other methamphetamine trafficking organizations"
May 2001, Adán Amezcua was arrested on money laundering charges.[2]
In May 2002, a federal court blocked the scheduled
Leadership
In October 2008, authorities of the
See also
- Illegal drug trade
- Mexican Drug War
References
- ^ a b "1998 Congressional Hearings Intelligence and Security: DEA Congressional Testimony". Senate Foreign Relations Committee. February 26, 1998.
- ^ a b c d Organized Crime And Terrorist Activity In Mexico, 1999-2002 (PDF). Library of Congress. February 2003.
- ^ "PBS Frontline: Murder Money & Mexico: The Amezcua-Contreras Cartel". Public Broadcasting Service (PBS).
- ^ Grayson, George W. (August 2007). "Mexico and the Drug Cartels". Foreign Policy Research Institute. Archived from the original on March 9, 2012. Retrieved September 19, 2010.
- ^ a b c d e f "DEA Confirms Arrest By Mexican Authorities of AMEZCUA-CONTRERAS Brothers". Drug Enforcement Administration (DEA). June 2, 1998.
- ^ a b "Treasury Designates Corporate Network Tied to the Amezcua Contreras Organization". US Treasury Department. October 3, 2008. Archived from the original on November 6, 2008.
- ^ "Mexico Drops Most Charges on 2 Drug Suspects". New York Times. June 10, 1998.
- ^ "Women take over Mexican drug cartels". Japan Today. September 5, 2002.[permanent dead link]
- ^ https://www.treasury.gov/resource-center/sanctions/Programs/Documents/aco_final_chart_10022008.pdf [bare URL PDF]