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[49] [50] The club also has a presence in Oklahoma City, Lawton, Shawnee, Elk City, Poteau and Bartlesville, and is involved in gunrunning, retail-level drug distribution and human trafficking, often in conjunction with Mexican drug cartels. [51] [52]
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La Familia Michoacana was a major Mexican drug cartel based in Michoacán between at least 2006 and 2011. It was formerly allied to the Gulf Cartel and Los Zetas, but split off and became an independent organization. [201] Map of Mexican drug cartels presence in Mexico based on a May 2010 Stratfor report [202] [203]
Last year, two Chinese nationals were convicted in federal court of trafficking over 27 tons of black market marijuana from an Oklahoma grow operation using vehicles disguised as Amazon delivery vans.
Texas, New Mexico, Arizona, Oklahoma: Ethnicity: Mexican: Leader(s) Juan Pablo Ledezma: Criminal activities: Drug trafficking, human trafficking, smuggling, money laundering, racketeering, extortion, murder, arms trafficking, bribery. [1] Allies: La Línea (lead faction) Beltrán-Leyva Cartel (defunct) Barrio Azteca Los Zetas Oaxaca Cartel ...
Shier said drug trafficking is a source of enormous amounts of crime not directly related to the transfer of illegal drugs — trafficking causes a significant increase in violence.
Drug trafficking organizations are defined by the United States Department of Justice as, "complex organizations with highly defined command-and-control structures that produce, transport, and/or distribute large quantity "Law enforcement reporting indicates that Mexican DTOs maintain drug distribution networks, or supply drugs to distributors, in at least 230 U.S. cities."
After the arrest last month of two leaders of the Sinaloa drug trafficking organization, The Times' Kate Linthicum spoke with Zavala about the the "kingpin strategy," which targets cartel chiefs ...