Founded | 1988 |
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Founding location | Culiacán, Sinaloa |
Years active | 1989–present |
Territory |
Mexico: Latin America: United States: Australia, New Zealand,Europe: Spain, Germany, Italy, Russia, Asia: Philippines, West Africa |
Ethnicity | Mexican |
Leader(s) | Ismael Zambada Garcia, Juan José Esparragoza Moreno, Iván Archivaldo Guzmán Salazar |
Criminal activities | Drug trafficking, money laundering, murder, kidnapping, bribery |
Allies | |
Rivals |
Mexico:
Sinaloa, Sonora, Nayarit, Chihuahua, Durango, Colima, Guerrero, Baja California, Baja California Sur, Guanajuato, Zacatecas, Guerrero, Aguascalientes, Quintana Roo, Michoacan, Coahuila, Nuevo Leon, Tlaxcala, Puebla, Oaxaca
Latin America:
Guatemala, Honduras, El Salvador, Costa Rica, Panama, Nicaragua, Colombia, Peru, Chile, Brazil, Argentina
United States:
Arizona, California, Texas, New Mexico, Illinois, Oregon, Florida, North Carolina