Colima Cartel
| Founded | 1988 |
|---|---|
| Founded by | Jesús Amezcua Contreras |
| Founding location | Colima, Mexico |
| Ethnicity | Mexican |
| Criminal activities | Drug trafficking, money laundering, extortion, murder and arms trafficking |
| Allies | Sinaloa Cartel |
The Colima Cartel (Spanish: Cártel de Colima) was a Mexican drug trafficking and methamphetamine producing cartel operating in Guadalajara, Jalisco. It was founded and led by José de Jesús Amezcua Contreras and supported by his brothers Adán and Luis.
The Colima Cartel is believed to have obtained large quantities of the precursor ephedrine through contacts in Thailand and India, and then distributed it to different methamphetamine labs in Mexico and the United States.
The Colima cartel has become a branch of the Sinaloa Cartel as are the Milenio Cartel, Guadalajara Cartel, and Sonora Cartels.
The U.S. Drug Enforcement Administration (DEA) traces the foundations of the Colima Cartel to 1988. It is considered one of the greatest organizations dedicated to the production and distribution of synthetic drugs, they are referred to as the "Methamphetamines Kings". What separated the Colima Cartel from other trafficking operations was their control of the methamphetamine trade, instead of receiving a percentage of goods smuggled for Colombian cartels. The cartel was able to pact with the previous motorcycle gangs and independent traffickers who once dominated the methamphetamine trade in U.S.A. The cartel was created in 1988 and originally it only operated by trafficking cocaine for the Colombian cartels, but later turned into trafficking and processing of methamphetamine.
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