The Juárez Cartel is
responsible for smuggling tons of narcotics from Mexico into the
United States throughout its long and turbulent history, and the group’s intense rivalry with the Sinaloa Cartel helped turn Juárez into
one of the most violent places in the world.
Despite recent news reports, the Juárez Cartel remains
one of the most powerful criminal organizations in Mexico and the region. Small cells carry out different types of operations ranging from
transportation and distribution of drugs; gangs, mostly in the north, act as the enforcement wing and are involved in
human trafficking and kidnapping operations.