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Joaquín Guzmán, leader of the Sinaloa Cartel
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| Name | Sinaloa Cartel (Pacific Cartel, Guzmán-Loera Cartel) |
| Caption | Joaquín Guzmán, leader of the Sinaloa Cartel |
| Founded | 1989 |
| Founding Location | Culiacan, Sinaloa |
| Years Active | 1989 � present |
| Territory | Mexico:
Sinaloa, Sonora, Nayarit, Chihuahua, Durango, Jalisco, Colima, Chiapas, Guerrero, Zacatecas, Baja California, Baja California Sur, Oaxaca, Guanajuato, Querétaro, Tlaxcala, Puebla, Morelos, Mexico City
United States,
Central America,
Colombia,
Bolivia |
| Ethnicity | Mexican |
| Activities | Drug trafficking, money laundering, extortion, kidnapping, murder and arms trafficking. |
| Allies | Gulf Cartel, Knights Templar |
| Rivals | Los Zetas, Beltrán-Leyva Cartel, Tijuana Cartel, Juárez Cartel |
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The Sinaloa Cartel (Pacific Cartel, Guzmán-Loera Cartel) (Spanish: Cártel de Sinaloa) is the most powerful drug cartel in Mexico and considered by the United States Intelligence Community as "the most powerful drug trafficking organization in the world." The Sinaloa Cartel is based in the city of Culiacán, Sinaloa, but also operates in the Mexican states of Baja California, Sinaloa, Durango, Sonora and Chihuahua. The cartel is also known as the Guzmán-Loera Organization and the Pacific Cartel, the latter due to the coast of Mexico from which it originated; another name is the Federation. The 'Federation' was partially splintered when the Beltrán-Leyva brothers broke apart from the Sinaloa Cartel.
The Sinaloa Cartel is associated with the label "Golden Triangle" as the regions of Sinaloa, Durango, and Chihuahua in which they operate the most form a 'triangle' when their capital cities are looked at on a map. The region is a major producer of Mexican poppy and marijuana. According to the U.S. Attorney General, the Sinaloa Cartel is responsible for importing into the United States and distributing nearly 200 tons of cocaine and large amounts of heroin between 1990 and 2008.
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