Oaxaca Cartel

Mexican drug cartel

Criminal organization

Oaxaca CartelFounded| 1970s

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Founded by| Pedro Díaz Parada Cruz
Founding location| Mexico
Years active| 1980 - 2011
Territory| Oaxaca
Ethnicity| Mexican
Criminal activities| Drug trafficking, money laundering, extortion, murder and arms trafficking
Allies| Tijuana Cartel
Juárez Cartel

The Oaxaca cartel (Spanish: Cártel de Oaxaca or Díaz-Parada cartel[a] or Cártel del Istmo[1] ) was one of the smaller drug cartels operating in Mexico and at the service of the Tijuana Cartel; it focused on marijuana and cocaine trafficking and operated in southern Mexico, particularly in the states of Oaxaca and Chiapas.[2]

The cartel was led by the Díaz-Parada brothers, Pedro, Eugenio Jesús a.k.a. 'Don Chuy' and Domingo Aniceto a.k.a. 'Don Cheto'. Pedro Díaz-Parada was first arrested by the Mexican Army in 1985 and then by Federal Police agents in January 2007.[3] Pedro Díaz Parada was sentenced to 33 years' imprisonment in 1985, but subsequently escaped prison twice – once in 1987 and again in 1992. The Oaxaca cartel reportedly joined forces with the Tijuana Cartel in 2003 and press reports indicate that Díaz Parada was the most important representative of the Tijuana cartel in southeastern Mexico at the time of his latest arrest in January 2007.

Pedro Díaz Parada began his days in the drug trafficking world by sowing marijuana in San Pedro Totolapa, Oaxaca, during the 1970s. He extended his activity to cocaine trafficking by using speed boats and light aircraft. He was arrested and sentenced in 1985 to 33 years in prison and held in the Santa María Ixcotel prison, from where he escaped a few days later. In September 1987, Judge Villafuerte Gallegos was murdered near his home in Cuernavaca, Morelos, where he had been moved in order to protect him from the threats of Díaz Parada.[3] Díaz was arrested a second time in 1990 and again escaped prison in 1992 from the 'Reclusorio Oriente' prison in Mexico City. He was arrested a third time in January 2007. His possible substitutes may have been his brothers Eugenio Jesús Díaz Parada and Domingo Aniceto Díaz Parada.[4]

## Notes

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1. ^ The name is a reference to the founder of the Oaxaca Cartel, Pedro Díaz Parada Cruz, aka "El Capo del Istmo".

## See also

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* Mexican Drug War
* Mérida Initiative
* War on drugs

## References

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1. ^ "Córdoba, parada del contingente mayor". Archived from the original on 2017-03-27. Retrieved 2013-08-26.
2. ^ CRS Report for Congress: Mexico's Drug Cartels. (PDF) February 25, 2008.
3. ^ a b Mexico captures Díaz Parada drug cartel leader. Reuters (January 17, 2007).
4. ^ Cártel de Oaxaca, en siete estados Archived 2009-08-22 at the Wayback Machine Diario Despertar. (August 18, 2009)

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Mexican drug war (2006–present)

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Beltrán-Leyva Cartel

disbanded 2010

Armed wings|

* Los Mazatlecos
* South Pacific Cartel

Founders|

* Arturo Beltrán Leyva
* Alfredo Beltrán Leyva
* Carlos Beltrán Leyva
* Edgar Valdez Villarreal
* Sergio Villarreal Barragán
* Héctor Beltrán Leyva

Leaders|

* Héctor Beltrán Leyva
* Fausto Isidro Meza Flores

La Familia Cartel

| Founders|

* Nazario Moreno González
* Carlos Rosales Mendoza
* Arnoldo Rueda Medina
* Dionisio Loya Plancarte
* Rafael Cedeño Hernández
* Alberto Espinoza Barrón
* Enrique Plancarte Solís
* José de Jesús Méndez Vargas
* Servando Gómez Martínez

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Gulf Cartel

| Factions|

* Los Metros
* Los Rojos

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Founders|

* Juan Nepomuceno Guerra
* Juan García Abrego

Leaders|

* Óscar Malherbe de León
* Osiel Cárdenas Guillén
* Antonio Cárdenas Guillén
* Jorge Eduardo Costilla Sánchez
* Mario Ramírez Treviño
* Homero Cárdenas Guillén

Juárez Cartel

| Armed wings|

* La Línea

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Founders|

* Rafael Aguilar Guajardo
* Pablo Acosta Villarreal
* Amado Carrillo Fuentes

Leaders|

* Vicente Carrillo Fuentes
* Juan Pablo Ledezma

Knights Templar Cartel

| Armed wings|

* La Resistencia

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Founders|

* Enrique Plancarte Solís
* Servando Gómez Martínez

Leaders|

* Enrique Plancarte Solís
* Servando Gómez Martínez
* Nazario Moreno González

Sinaloa Cartel

| Armed wings|

* Gente Nueva
* Jalisco New Generation Cartel
* Los Ántrax
* Artistas Asesinos

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Founders|

* Héctor Luis Palma Salazar
* Adrián Gómez González
* Joaquín Guzmán Loera
* Ismael Zambada García

Leaders|

* Joaquín Guzmán Loera
* Ismael Zambada García
* Juan José Esparragoza Moreno
* Ignacio Coronel Villarreal

Tijuana Cartel

| Founders|

* Ramón Arellano Félix
* Benjamín Arellano Félix
* Francisco Rafael Arellano Félix
* Carlos Arellano Félix
* Eduardo Arellano Félix
* Francisco Javier Arellano Félix

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Leaders|

* Enedina Arellano Félix
* Luis Fernando Sánchez Arellano
* Edgardo Leyva Escandón

Los Zetas

| Founders|

* Arturo Guzmán Decena
* Jaime González Durán
* Jesús Enrique Rejón Aguilar
* Heriberto Lazcano
* Galindo Mellado Cruz

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Leaders|

* Heriberto Lazcano
* Miguel Treviño Morales
* Omar Treviño Morales

Jalisco New Generation Cartel

| Founders|

* Nemesio Oseguera Cervantes
* Érick Valencia Salazar
* Abigael González Valencia
* Martín Arzola Ortega

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Leaders|

* Nemesio Oseguera Cervantes
* Jorge Luis Mendoza Cárdenas
* Érick Valencia Salazar
* Martín Arzola Ortega
* Rubén Oseguera González
* Abigael González Valencia
* Antonio Oseguera Cervantes
* Elvis González Valencia
* Julio Alberto Castillo Rodríguez
* Gerardo González Valencia
* José González Valencia
* Rosalinda González Valencia

* Other cartels and drug lords
* Corrupt officials

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* Independent Acapulco
* Caborca
* Colima
* Guadalajara
* Los Negros
* Los Rojos
* Los Viagras
* Milenio
* Noreste
* Nueva Plaza
* Oaxaca
* Santa Rosa de Lima
* Sonora

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Early drug lords|

* Miguel Ángel Félix Gallardo
* Rafael Caro Quintero
* Ernesto Fonseca Carrillo
* Héctor Luis Palma Salazar
* Jesús Amezcua Contreras
* Pedro Avilés Pérez
* Juan Nepomuceno Guerra
* Juan García Ábrego

Corrupt officials|

* Miguel Nazar Haro
* José de Jesús Gutiérrez Rebollo
* Arturo Durazo Moreno
* Noé Ramírez Mandujano
* Raúl Salinas de Gortari
* Genaro García Luna
* Julio César Godoy Toscano
* Tomás Yarrington

* Projects
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* Coronado
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* Wildfire

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Operations|

* Baja California
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* Community Shield
* Coyote
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* Diablo Express
* Escorpión
* Fast and Furious
* Jump Start
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* Mongoose Azteca
* Nuevo León-Tamaulipas
* Phalanx
* Quintana Roo
* Sinaloa
* Solare
* Terminus
* Wide Receiver
* Xcellerator

* Massacres
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* Juárez rehab center
* Villas de Salvárcar
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* 2010 San Fernando
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* Coahuila
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* Camargo
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* Juárez prison
* Salvatierra

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Deaths|

* Politicians killed
* Journalists and media workers killed
* Enrique Camarena (DEA agent)
* Rodolfo Torre Cantú (physician / politician)
* Édgar Eusebio Millán Gómez (police commander)
* Jaime Jorge Zapata (US agent)

* Books
* Other topics

| Books|

* Cartel: The Coming Invasion of Mexico's Drug Wars
* El Narco: Inside Mexico's Criminal Insurgency
* The Fight to Save Juárez

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* Blog del Narco
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