Guwf Cairtel

The Guwf Cairtel (Spaingie: Cártel del Golfo, Golfos, or CDG)^[3][4] is a creeminal syndicate an drog trokin organisation in Mexico,^[5] an aiblins the auldest organisit creeme group in the kintra.^[6] It is currently based in Matamoros, Tamaulipas, directly athort the mairch frae Brownsville, Texas.

Guwf Cartel

Foondit	1930s–1970s[n 1][1][2]
Foondin location	Matamoros, Tamaulipas, Mexico
Years active	1930s−present
Territory	Mexico: Tamaulipas, Veracruz, Nuevo León Unitit States: Texas, Oklahoma, Louisiana, Illinois, Florida
Ethnicity	Mexican, Guatemalan
Creeminal activities	Drog trokin, fowk smugglin, money launderin, extortion, kidnappin, racketeerin, theft, murther, airms trokin, bribery, prostitution, coonterfeitin, polis impersonation.
Allies	Sinaloa Cairtel, Knichts Templar Cairtel
Rivals	Los Zetas, Juárez Cairtel, Beltrán-Leyva Cairtel, Tijuana Cairtel, Los Negros

Notes

1. Accordin tae the United States Department of State, the Guwf cairtel wis oreeginally formit in the 1930s tae smuggle whisky an ither illegal commodities tae the Unitit States. Nanetheless, it significantly expandit as a drig trokin organisation in the 1970s unner Juan García Abrego.