His nephew, Juan García Ábrego, worked along his tutelage, and slowly began taking over the drug business in the 1970s.īy the 1980s, García Ábrego began incorporating cocaine into the drug trafficking operations, and started to have the upper hand on what was now considered the Gulf Cartel, the greatest criminal dynasty in the US-Mexico border. Nepomuceno Guerra also amplified his ascendancy through the incorporation of gambling houses, prostitution, human trafficking, and car theft. Soon after the conclusion of the Prohibition, “Don Juan,” as he was widely known, dedicated himself to another completely different illicit occupation-drug trafficking. Along with his two brothers Arturo and Roberto, Juan Nepomuceno Guerra started smuggling alcohol into the United States in 1929. Īlthough it was never proven that he smuggled liquor, arms, tobacco, and even drugs, Juan is considered the ‘ godfather’ of the Gulf Cartel. Poor people sometimes even made huge lines in ‘Piedras Negras,’ a restaurant of Nepomuceno Guerra, to ask him for favors. Juan Nepomuceno Guerra was considered a high-profile leader among several people in the community of Matamoros, Tamaulipas because he would help the neediest and would punish those who committed any abuse to the poor families. The origins of the cartel are accredited to the legendary contrabandist Juan Nepomuceno Guerra, who died on Jdue to a cardiac arrest.
The history of the Gulf Cartel dates back to the 1970s, when Juan Nepomuceno Guerra began smuggling drugs across the border to the United States however, strictly speaking, it wasn’t until the 1980s when the organization began to dedicate itself primarily to drug trafficking, under the command of Juan García Ábrego. The cartel is also known to operate protection rackets, extorting money from local businesses and to kidnap for ransom money.
The group is known for its violent methods and intimidation.Īside from earning money from the sales of narcotics, the cartel also imposes "taxes" on anyone passing narcotics or aliens through Gulf Cartel territory. The Gulf Cartel traffics cocaine, marijuana, methamphetamine and heroin across the U.S.-Mexico border to major cities in the United States. Cities like Tampico and Nuevo Laredo are still disputed plazas between the Gulf Cartel and The Zetas. It is currently based in Matamoros, Tamaulipas, but it also has significant presence in 13 states around Mexico, with important areas of operation in the cities of Nuevo Laredo, Miguel Alemán, Reynosa and Matamoros in the northern state of Tamaulipas it also has important operations in the states of Nuevo León and in Michoacán.
The Gulf Cartel ( Spanish: Cártel del Golfo, Golfos, or CDG) is one of the most powerful drug cartels in Mexico, and perhaps the oldest organized crime group in the country. Los Zetas, Juárez Cartel, Beltran-Leyva Cartel, Tijuana Cartel, Los Negros Texas, Oklahoma, Louisiana, Illinois, Floridaĭrug trafficking, people smuggling, money laundering, extortion, kidnapping, racketeering, murder, arms trafficking, terrorism, robbery, assault, rape, bribery, prostitution, counterfeiting, coercion, fencing, mayhem, burglary, police impersonation
The Netherlands: European Journalism Centre & Dut\ch Ministry of Education, Culture and Science.Juan Nepomuceno Guerra, Juan García Abrego Expert Analyses of the State of the Media. M�rquez-Ram�rez, M., & Larrosa-Fuentes, J.
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