drug cartel: Quick Facts

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Pablo Escobar, wearing a light-colored jacket and collared shirt, looks slightly to the side in a close-up portrait.

Joaquin El Chapo Guzman, in a white shirt, is escorted by two masked Mexican marines in camouflage uniforms and black vests after his capture.

Map of Mexico showing the areas of influence of major drug cartels as of 2009, with different regions shaded to represent the Sinaloa Cartel, La Familia Cartel, Beltran-Leyva Cartel, Arellano-Felix Organization, Vicente Carrillo Fuentes Organization, and Gulf/Los Zetas Cartel. Key cities such as Tijuana, Ciudad Juarez, Monterrey, Culiacan, Guadalajara, Morelia, Mexico City, Veracruz, and Acapulco are marked within these cartel territories.

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Key People

Front-facing and side-facing portraits of Mexican former drug lord Joaquin 'El Chapo' Guzman Loera, wearing blue and brown clothing, photographed after his arrival in the United States.

Joaquín Guzmán

Mexican drug lord

Pablo Escobar

Pablo Escobar

Colombian criminal

Carlos Lehder

Carlos Lehder

Colombian drug dealer