Mexico
Mexico is home to some of the hemisphere’s largest, most sophisticated and violent organized criminal groups. These organizations have drawn from Mexico’s long history of smuggling and its close proximity to the United States, the world’s largest economy, to grow into a regional threat. Read full profile
News Analysis
Something went wrong. Please refresh the page and/or try again.
Investigations
Something went wrong. Please refresh the page and/or try again.
Criminal Personalities A-Z
- Alejandro ‘Omar’ Treviño Morales, alias ‘Z42’
- Alejandro Flores Cacho
- Antonio Cardenas Guillen, alias ‘Tony Tormenta’
- Chapitos
- Dámaso López Núñez, alias ‘Licenciado’
- Edgardo Leyva Escandon, alias ’24’
- Emma Coronel
- Fausto Isidro Meza Flores, alias ‘Chapo Isidro’
- Fernando Sanchez Arellano, alias ‘El Ingeniero’
- Genaro GarcÃa Luna
- Hector Beltran Leyva, alias ‘El H’
- Heriberto Lazcano, alias ‘Z3’
- Ismael Zambada GarcÃa, alias ‘El Mayo’
- JoaquÃn Guzmán Loera, alias ‘El Chapo’
- Jorge Eduardo Costilla Sánchez, alias ‘El Coss’
- José Antonio Yépez Ortiz, alias ‘El Marro’
- José Jesús Méndez Vargas, alias ‘El Chango’
- Mario Ramirez Treviño, alias ‘X20’
- Miguel Angel Treviño, alias ‘Z40’
- Nazario Moreno Gonzalez, alias ‘El Chayo’
- Nemesio Oseguera Cervantes, alias ‘El Mencho’
- Osiel Cárdenas Guillén
- Servando Gomez Martinez, alias ‘La Tuta’
Related Posts
GameChangers 2024: Resistance to Organized Crime Withers
This year, state resistance to organized crime in the Americas faded, as criminal organizations became…
The 5 Most-Read Criminal Actor Profiles in 2024
This year, several criminal actors stood out for their staying power or ability to adapt…
Mexico’s Former Security Chief Just Got Decades in Prison. But Will That Curtail Cartel Corruption?
Genaro GarcÃa Luna is the latest Mexican security official to be prosecuted in the United…
Explore Other Countries