Antonio Cárdenas Guillén, Jorge Eduardo Costilla Sánchez, Heriberto Lazcano Lazcano and 15 of their top lieutenants, have been charged in U.S. federal courts with drug trafficking-related crimes,[356][357] while the U.S. State Department announced rewards totaling US$50 million for information leading to their capture. [190] Reports indicated that the Gulf Cartel was using the BlackBerry smartphones to communicate with 'Ndrangheta, since the texts are "normally difficult to intercept". [320] Much of the money stays in the area, which has caused several officials—both federal and state—to succumb to the "easy money aspect" the drug money has to offer. [145][146][147], Nevertheless, according to the newspapers The Brownsville Herald and The Monitor from across the border in Brownsville, Texas and McAllen, Texas, around 50 people were killed in the gunfights. [272] In addition, within the Gulf Cartel there is believed to be two groups—the Rojos and the Metros. In goes into the extent, in a recent book called Tamaulipas; La casta de los narcogobernadores: un eastern mexicano is accused of being present while former governor Tomas Yarrington, also accused of involvements with DTOs of the Gulf Cartel, received illicit money from the Gulf Cartel to finance its campaign for governor. [331] The Economist mentioned in 1997 that the drug money from the Gulf Cartel in the Rio Grande Valley was perhaps moving about $20 billion, and that around 15% of the retailers' gains were from drug money. [120], Tamaulipas was mostly spared from the violence until early 2010, when the Gulf Cartel's enforcers, Los Zetas, split from and turned against the Gulf Cartel, sparking a bloody turf war. [90][91] Reports from the PGR and El Universal state that while in prison, Cárdenas and Benjamín Arellano Félix, from the Tijuana Cartel, formed an alliance. Border Patrol brought representatives Chip Roy (R-TX), Andy Biggs (R-AZ), and Ben Cline (R-VA) down to the Rio Grande river, on the border between U.S. … In 1989 Claude was removed from the case for unknown reasons, retiring a year later. [135], The confrontations started around 10:00 am, and extended to 06:00 pm, around the time Cárdenas Guilén was killed. [352] Apart from using these common ways, once the product is across the border, common cars and trucks are used for faster distribution in different cities. [171], However, his brother Osiel Cárdenas Guillén disapproved the existence of this mercenary group, since he had created Los Zetas, the parallel version of Los Escorpiones, and they had turned against the organization. [343], Police impersonation [274] Below is the basic structure of the cartel: It's worth noting that there are other operating groups within the drug cartels. 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