Sonora Cartel

Sonora Cartel
Founded1987[1]
Founded byMiguel Caro Quintero, Rafael Caro Quintero
Founding locationMexico
Years active1987−2007
TerritoryHermosillo, Agua Prieta, Guadalajara, Culiacán, Durango, Nayarit, Arizona, Texas, California, Nevada
Ethnicitymostly Mexican
Criminal activitiesDrug trafficking, money laundering, extortion, murder and arms trafficking
AlliesColombian drug cartels, Guadalajara Cartel

The Sonora Cartel, also known as Caro Quintero Organization, was a Mexico based criminal cartel.[2][3][4] Upon the cartel's disintegration, its leaders were incorporated into the Tijuana Cartel and Sinaloa Cartel.[3]

By 2007, the Sonora Cartel, Colima Cartel, and Milenio Cartel became branches of the Sinaloa Cartel.

  1. ^ Beith, Malcolm (2010). The Last Narco. New York, New York: Grove Press. p. 47. ISBN 978-0-8021-1952-0.
  2. ^ Richards, James R. (1998). Transnational Criminal Organizations, Cybercrime, and Money Laundering. CRC Press. p. 320. ISBN 978-0-8493-2806-0.
  3. ^ a b Jesse Helms, ed. (1999). Mexican and American Responses to the International Narcotics Threat. U.S. Senate, Subcommittee on Western Hemisphere, Peace Corps, Narcotics and Terrorism of the Committee on Foreign Relations. pp. 61, 136, 137. ISBN 978-0-7881-8008-8.
  4. ^ Weiner, Tim (December 22, 2001). "Suspect in Vast Drug Ring Held in Mexico; May Be Sent to U.S." The New York Times. Retrieved 2008-04-14.