The Drug Enforcement Administration views the Sinaloa Cartel as one of the top two criminal organizations along with its rival, the Jalisco New Generation Cartel. With El Chapo in prison, the cartel has been plagued by internal fighting between Zambada and three of El Chapo’s four sons, known as ‘Los Chapitos’. While it has carved out a presence in 15 of the 32 Mexican states, the cartel also expanded its operations into the United States, Europe, Asia and South America. 'Additionally, these (transnational criminal organizations) are diversifying their precursor chemical sources of supply, and moving to precursor chemicals further down the synthesis chain to avoid international chemical controlsįounded in 1989 by Héctor Palma, Joaquín ‘El Chapo’ Guzmán and Ismael ‘El Mayo’ Zambada, the Sinaloa Cartel today stands as one of the most established transnational drug trafficking organizations.
'The Sinaloa Cartel and the Jalisco New Generation Cartel (CJNG) appear to be increasing the production of wholesale quantities of fentanyl in both powder and pill forms,' the DEA added. 'As inexpensive, potent fentanyl continues to push into established heroin markets, fentanyl will augment, and in some cases supplant, white powder heroin in various domestic markets.' 'Fentanyl-laced counterfeit pills continue to be trafficked across the country and remain significant contributors to the rates of overdose deaths observed across the country,' the DEA said in the report. The Drug Enforcement Administration listed the Sinaloa Cartel, along with chief rival Jalisco New Generation Cartel, as the top two Mexican organization responsible for flooding the streets of the United States with narcotics.Īccording to the DEA's 2020 National Drug Threat Assessment, the Sinaloa Cartel smuggling of fentanyl was 'fueling the ongoing opioid crisis' in the United States. 'With these actions, the Mexican Army and Air Force, the National Guard and the Attorney General's Office, reaffirm their commitment to contribute to safeguarding public order, social peace and the well-being of citizens,' the Attorney General's Office said in a statement. The cartel set up shop in a high-end neighborhood in Culiacán, Mexico, and operated a clandestine laboratory where they produced about 70 millions pills of fentanyl that could kill at least 30 million people
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