La Familia Michoacana
| Founded | 1983 |
|---|---|
| Founded by | Carlos Rosales Mendoza |
| Founding location | La Piedad, Michoacán, Mexico |
| Years active | Active |
| Territory |
Mexico: Michoacán, Jalisco, Baja California Sur, Nuevo León, Coahuila, Guanajuato, Colima, Mexico City, Morelos, Edomex, Guerrero United States: California, Nevada, Arizona, New Mexico, Texas, Michigan, Oregon, Washington, Kentucky, Illinois, Ohio, Indiana |
| Ethnicity | Mexican |
| Criminal activities | Drug trafficking, people smuggling, money laundering, racketeering, murder, arms trafficking, terrorism, assault, counterfeiting, police impersonation |
| Allies | Sinaloa Cartel, Menace of Destruction, Mara Salvatrucha, Gulf Cartel |
| Rivals | Beltrán-Leyva Cartel, Los Tequileros, Guerrero's Unidos, Knights Templar Cartel, Juarez Cartel, Tijuana Cartel, Los Zetas, Los Viagras, Rural Defense Force |
La Familia Michoacana, (English: The Michoacán Family) La Familia (English: The Family), or LFM was a Mexican drug cartel and a organized crime syndicate based in the Mexican state of Michoacán. Formerly allied to the Gulf Cartel—as part of Los Zetas—it split off in 2006. The cartel was founded by Carlos Rosales Mendoza a close associate of Osiel Cárdenas. The second leader, Nazario Moreno González, known as El Más Loco (English: The Craziest One), preached his organization's divine right to eliminate enemies. He carried a "bible" of his own sayings and insisted that his army of traffickers and hitmen avoid using the narcotics they sell. Nazario Moreno's partners were José de Jesús Méndez Vargas, Servando Gómez Martínez and Enrique Plancarte Solís, each of whom has a bounty of $2 million for his capture, and were contesting the control of the organization.
In July 2009 and November 2010, La Familia Michoacana offered to retreat and even disband their cartel, "with the condition that both the Federal Government, and State and Federal Police commit to safeguarding the security of the state of Michoacán." However, President Felipe Calderón's government refused to strike a deal with the cartel and rejected their calls for dialogue. According to federal and state sources, La Familia Michoacana has been increasingly involved in Michoacán's politics, impelling their favorite candidates, financing their campaigns, and forcing other parties to renounce their candidacies. La Familia Michoacana still exists today, despite the killing of its founder and leader Nazario Moreno González,. It is present mostly in el Estado de Mexico. Mexican Federal Police (SSP) declaring, on November 2, 2011, that the La Familia cartel had been disbanded.
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