Gulf Cartel
EL COSS
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10 MAR 2023
The Gulf Cartel is among the oldest most powerful cartels in Mexico, but has lost territory in recent years.
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MEXICO
EL COSS
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27 SEP 2017
A former leader of the Gulf Cartel has pleaded guilty to drug trafficking charges in the United States, a reminder that the once-powerful crime group has all but disappeared…
EL COSS
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14 SEP 2012
Authorities in Mexico believe that the next leader of the Gulf Cartel could be a woman, an unusual development in the macho world of drug trafficking, but which might unite…
EL COSS
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13 SEP 2012
The capture of the Gulf Cartel's top leader could mean the end for one of Mexicos oldest drug trafficking organizations, handing the countrys northeast over to the divided…
EL COSS
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4 SEP 2012
The Mexican Navy announced the arrest of the brother of one of the original founders of the Gulf Cartel, Osiel Cardenas Guillen, in Tamaulipas state.
EL COSS
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13 OCT 2011
An alleged financial operator for the Gulf Cartel was killed in Tamaulipas state, north Mexico, in what could be further evidence of infighting within the group.
EL COSS
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27 DEC 2010
One of the most closely watched battles of 2010 was between the Zetas criminal syndicate and their former masters, the Gulf Cartel. The Zetas and the Gulf Cartel…
EL COSS
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2017-09-27
Jorge Eduardo Costilla Sanchez, alias "El Coss," headed the Gulf Cartel, based in Tamaulipas, until his capture in 2012.
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