Although the information has been disaggregated since 2005, the last evaluation of the DEA on the national threat of drugs dated in 2020 reveals that 85% of the States of the American Union have the presence and dominant influence of the main transnational criminal organizations in Mexico. and that nine Mexican cartels control the illegal entry, distribution and retail sale of drugs in the main cities of the United States.
In official terms, the demand for drugs by addicted consumers in the United States is the main engine of operation of the Mexican cartels in Mexico and since 2005 the DEA has detected the expansive presence of Mexican drug trafficking and has done nothing to contain its consolidation or to reduce drug use, which is the factor that determines the existence, functioning and strengthening of criminal organizations in Mexico and the US.
The day the flow of drugs for distribution in the streets decreases or is cut off, the United States would enter a phase of uncontrollable popular violence. In this sense, the availability of drugs for consumers who have no remedy is a factor of social stability, in addition to the fact that the permissiveness in the distribution and consumption of drugs in other sectors plays a fundamental role in the control of important social sectors that only They live for consumption.
According to official data, recognized consumers in the United States may reach 10% of the population — around 33 million people — whose demand is sufficient for the volumes of production abroad and smuggled into the United States. However, the actual numbers of consumers are much higher and could be as high as 50% of Americans.
The Mexican cartels that control the smuggling, distribution and retail sale of drugs within the United Stadium –according to the DEA– are the following:
–Sinaloa Cartel
–Jalisco New Generation Cartel
–Beltran-Leyva Organization
–The Zetas and the Northwest Cartel.
–Warriors United.
–Gulf Cartel.
–Juarez Cartel and La Linea.
–The Michoacan Family.
–And the Reds.
The profile of drug trafficking in the United States has the DEA very well detected: the main members of the Mexican cartels operating in the United States can be traced back to the main figures of the cartels in Mexico, often through family ties. And evidence has been detected that many cartel leaders in the United States return to Mexico and receive high-ranking positions for their professional successes.
The two largest Mexican cartels that operate with impunity in the United States are Chapo Guzmán’s Sinaloa Cartel because it maintains the broadest national influence along the West Coast –California–, in the Midwest and in the Northeast. The Jalisco Cartel, in turn, is considered by the DEA as the second most important with the greatest influence within the United States and exponential growth.
The Mexican cartels that control drugs in the United States engage in the following activities: distribution or transportation of drugs, consolidation of drug proceeds, or money laundering, and function as supply chains to maximize operational security, in addition to its operation is cellular to disorient the authorities. The successful commercialization of Mexican drugs in the United States has already led to levels of expansion through independent Mexican or US-origin contractors.
The states of the United States that are saved from the presence of Mexican cartels in their streets are seven, out of a total of 50: Oregon, Montana, Wyoming, North Dakota, South Dakota, Minnesota and Maine. The five main cartels detected are the following: Sinaloa, Jalisco, Golfo, Beltrán-Leyva and Los Rojos. And at the level of specific territories, San Diego, Phoenix, Houston and Miami stand out.
The operating structure of the Mexican cartels in the United States has been made possible by the passivity of the authorities. The demand for drugs from American addicts has facilitated the consolidation of Mexican organized crime within the United States and they base their operations on the entry of contraband fentanyl, heroin, methamphetamines, cocaine and marijuana, in addition to a new contraband of drugs that represent medicines. with prescription control. And to strengthen the functioning of the cartels, alliances with criminal groups, transnational gangs, street gangs, prison gangs and Asian money laundering organizations have already been detected.
As long as there is the demand for drugs by US consumers in drug trafficking in Mexico, it will continue to expand.
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