[38] It was also revealed that 48 Clan del Golfo members, including 5 local leaders, had been detained in Santa Marta since the beginning of 2020. Mexican border state authorities are looking into the shooting of an innocent motorist allegedly at the hands of police officers in the border city of Rio Bravo, Tamaulipas. Their base is near and around the Urabá gulf, including the Tierralta and Valencia municipalities in Cordoba and the eleven municipalities in the Urabá sub-region in Antioquia. The Mexican border state of Tamaulipas announced the rollout of a special forces police unit equipped with air surveillance and armored vehicles. In 2007, Osiel Cárdenas was extradited to the United States and charged with conspiracy to traffic large amounts of marijuana and cocaine, violating the Continuing Criminal Enterprise Statute (also known as The Kingpin Statute), and for threatening two U.S. federal officers. "[11] An operative from Ciénaga with the alias "Diana" was also named as head of the cartel's financial operations, money laundering and drug trafficking operations. What is helping the Clan compete so far is their military discipline: so far they have proved immune to the kind of infighting tearing apart the Paisas or the Oficina. A fierce shootout that killed at least two gunmen in the border city of Reynosa led to several parents rushing to local schools to pull their children out of class. The agents tried to reason with him that killing U.S. federal agents would bring a massive manhunt by the U.S. government. [40] At this time, it was also revealed that military operations which had been carried out in the Colombian regions of Antioquia, Atlántico, Córdoba and Sucre had significantly diminished the influence of the Clan del Golfo. Product/Service. They also fought for coastal cities Acapulco and Cancún; the state capital of Monterrey, and the states of Veracruz and San Luis Potosí. Borderland Beat Reporter Anonymous Posted at 6:58 … • The Clan Úsuga, Linked to • War on drugs • Valle del Cauca Deputies hostage crisis (2002–2009) I understand the reason but it still looks tacky. U.S. Customs and Border Protection officers in South Texas seized more than $18 million worth of methamphetamine, heroin, cocaine, and marijuana in a single drug smuggling incident. • Foro de São Paulo The Gulf's Clan also signalled their intention to respond aggressively to their leader's death when they publicly offered a $1,000 reward for each police officer killed in Antioquia, a public relations strategy best associated with kingpin Pablo Escobar. [1][2] It was also reported that rather than Chiquito Malo, fellow Cuarentano-employed trafficker Darío Úsuga Torres, alias “Pueblo," was named by Columbian police as Cuarentano's most likely successor. Using SUV and carjacked cargo vehicles, cartel operators knocked down several light poles being used to hold up police cameras. [21] In October 2018, it was reported that as a result of the death and arrests of these three senior leaders within a year of either each other, the Gulf's Clan saw a major reorganization in its leadership, with Giovanis Ávila Villadiego, alias “Chiquito Malo,” reportedly the main person in charge of maritime trafficking routes to the United States and Europe; Nelson Darío Hurtado Simanca, alias “Marihuano,” in command of the Central Urabá Bloc (Bloque Central Urabá) and some 700 men in the Caribbean sub-region; and other commanders of regional blocs. [24] Between 2001 and 2008, the organization of the Gulf Cartel and Los Zetas was collectively known as La Compañía (The Company). • El Nogal Club bombing (2003) Police blamed Rendón's organization for at least 3,000 homicides between 2007 and 2009. The group's power base is in the Antioquia, Chocó and Córdoba departments, and they also have presence in La Guajira, Cesar, Santander and in major cities including Medellin and Bogotá. The school incursion came just hours after a shootout in the city’s downtown area spread panic among residents. 2, he was more of a regional leader in the Columbian areas of Riosucio, Juradó, Unguía and Acandí than an international trafficker, extending only as far as the Panama border, and is in fact the leader of close to 1,000 members of the cartel's Colombian armed forces. Old money old family from Matamoros he’s backed up by the Cardenas family. [26] His police record was also made public, which revealed that he had court documentation despite still being wanted. Rendón then found refuge in the Urabá region, where his brother Freddy, alias ‘El Aleman,’ headed his own paramilitary group, the Bloque Elmer Cardenas. [41] Colombian authorities took Mocho into custody in November 2018. [47] After his capture, Osiel Cárdenas was sent to the federal, high-security prison La Palma. [10], In June 2020, the Colombian National Police revealed that former Los Rastrojos member Marlon Gregorio Celis Caballero, alias 'Loquillo or Felipe', had become the new leader of the Clan del Golfo by April 2020. [65] He was transferred to USP Florence High, and was finally transferred to USP Lewisburg. When Freddy Rendón chose to demobilize in 2006, his brother ‘Don Mario’ seized the opportunity to expand his drug trafficking operations in the Urabá gulf. • DynCorp International • Operation Jaque (2008) "The Clan del Golfo" before named "Los Urabeños" from Urabá, the northwestern region near the Panamanian border highly prized by drug traffickers as it offers access to the Caribbean and Pacific coast, from the departments of Antioquia and Chocó. • The National Front [1] However, both Pueblo, who is an Úsuga family relative,[1] and Ciquito Malo were high ranking on the declining list of potential successors to Cuarentano. That criminal organization recently made headlines for trying to gain favor through a social media campaign where they handed out boxes with food to poor communities in the region. By 2004, the fierce war between the ACC and the Centauros had left an estimated 3,000 people dead. Personal Blog . Send information, pictures or videos, you remain 100% anonymous. La facción del Cartel del Golfo que opera en la ciudad fronteriza de Reynosa llevó a cabo una serie de acciones coordinadas encaminadas a desmantelar las cámaras de vigilancia instaladas por las autoridades estatales. • Peace process (2012–present) In 2001, the Castaños sold one of their armed groups, later known as Bloque Centauros, to another warlord, Miguel Arroyave, allegedly for US$7 million. Cartel Chronicles 27 Aug 2020, … Local residents described the victim as an engineer in a local manufacturing plant. Matamoros: 2 Cartel del Golfo sicarios killed in confrontation Today, members of the State Police were attacked by CDG criminals in Matamoros. • Neiva bombing (2003) [28], On May 4, 2020, leader of the cartel's violent Jorge Iván Arboleda Garcés’ fraction Aureliano Pérez Caballero, alias Dávinson, was arraigned in court following his arrest the previous day. [46], • La Violencia (1948–1958) [50] Reports from the PGR and El Universal state that while in prison, Osiel Cárdenas and Benjamín Arellano Félix, from the Tijuana Cartel, formed an alliance. The origins of Los Zetas date back to the late 1990s, when commandos of the Mexican Army deserted their ranks and began … A clash between rival criminal gangs in southwest Mexico resulted in the deaths of nine cartel operatives on Wednesday night. Please update this article to reflect recent events or newly available information. Nearly $30 million of the former drug lord's assets were distributed among several Texas law enforcement agencies. [7] Their main source of income is drug trafficking. • The National Front • United Nations It is considered one of the most powerful criminal organizations in Colombia, having some … [27][3] Álvarez was described as the "brain" of the cartel,[3] and by this point was reported to have taken charge of the cartel's Caribbean operations. His brother Dario Antonio Úsuga David alias "Otoniel", afterwards succeeded him as head of the cartel.[4]. • FARC-EP (List of FARC attacks) Michacanos too! • Valle del Cauca Deputies hostage crisis (2002–2009) The Gulf's Clan will buy coca base from the FARC, but the two groups will not collaborate much further than that. [33] On May 28, 2020, notorious Gulf Clan hitman Yelson Andres Mes Perez, alias "Yeisito," and also the woman arrested with him were jailed. [11] At the time of this revelation, the Clan del Golfo reduced its drug trafficking route to the Caribbean region and also named a Ciénaga native with the alias "Diana" as the new head trafficker. • 2013 Colombian clashes • Peace agreement referendum (2016), • Sinaltrainal v. Coca-Cola (2001) Upon the arrest of the Gulf Cartel boss Cárdenas in 2003, and his extradition in 2007, the actions of Los Zetas changed—they began to become synonymous with the Gulf Cartel, and their influence grew within the organization. [11] On June 26, 2020, it was revealed that the Clan del Golfo had started a direct conflict with FARC dissidents called Operation Mil and dispatched 1,000 of its paramilitarians from Urabá, southern Córdoba and Chocó to remove FARC dissents from northern Antioquia and control the entire municipality of Ituango. [22], In August 2019, the cartel's chief financier Carlos Mario Úsuga, also known as “Cuarentano.”[23] He is a brother of Otenial and was reported to have taken over the cartel's financial operations following the arrest of their sister Nini Johana in December 2013. [26] On April 25, 2020, cartel leader Gustavo Adolfo Álvarez Téllez, who was one of Colombia's most wanted drug lords and also had a bounty of up to 580 million pesos for his capture, was arrested at his lavish estate in Cereté while holding a party under quarantine during the COVID-19 pandemic. In a surprising display of strength, the Gulf's Clan organized a series of coordinated strikes protesting his deaths in northern Antioquia, handing out fliers which referred to the group's former name, the Gaitanista Self-Defense Forces. 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They began to organize kidnappings,[28] impose taxes, collect debts, operate protection racket,[29] control the extortion business,[30] secure cocaine supply and trafficking routes known as plazas (zones) and execute its foes, often with grotesque savagery. Powered by. "[13] On October 8, 2020, it was revealed was alias El Soldado, was killed in the course of military operations in the Antioquia region of Lower Cacua. Malherbe tried to bribe officials with $2 million to obtain his release, but it was denied. [11] However, the Clan del Golfo has also been distracted by a direct conflict with FARC dissidents.[12][13]. • FARC political hostages, • Illegal drug trade in Colombia • "False positives" scandal The border city customers rushed the suspect, helping the victim escape until the police arrived. [23] Cuarentano was also revealed to have been in charge of the cartel's trafficking routes and in fact oversaw Chiquito Malo's trafficking as well. [33] On May 28, 2020, notorious Gulf Clan hitman Yelson Andres Mes Perez, alias "Yeisito," and also the woman arrested with him were jailed. [44], In 2012 the Gulf's Clan also got into conflict with The Office of Envigado over the drug trade in Medellín. The strike completely paralyzed several Colombian departments as shopkeepers and travellers were told to stay at home or face 'consequenses'. It was Arroyave who convinced Rendón Herrera to come work for him. 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