Sinaloa Cairtel

The Sinaloa Cairtel (Spainyie: Cártel de Sinaloa or CDS)^[4] is a drog-trokin an organizit creeme organisation based in the ceety o Culiacán, Sinaloa,^[5] wi operations in the Mexican states o Baja California, Durango, Sonora an Chihuahua.^[6][7] The cartel is kent as the Guzmán-Loera Organization an the Paceefic Cartel an aw, the latter due tae the coast o Mexico frae which it oreeginatit. The cartel haes been cried the Federation an aw.^[6][8][9] The 'Federation' wis pairtially splintered when the Beltrán-Leyva brithers brak apairt frae the Sinaloa Cairtel.^[10]

Sinaloa Cairtel
(Paceefic Cairtel,
Guzmán-Loera Cairtel)

Foondit	1989
Foondin location	Culiacan, Sinaloa[1]
Years active	1989–present
Territory	Mexico: Sinaloa, Sonora, Nayarit, Chihuahua, Durango, Jalisco, Colima, Chiapas, Guerrero, Zacatecas, Baja California, Baja California Sur, Oaxaca, Guanajuato, Querétaro, Tlaxcala, Puebla, Morelos, Mexico Ceety Unitit States, Central Americae Sooth Americae
Creeminal activities	Drug trokin[2]
Allies	Guwf Cairtel, Knichts Templar Cairtel,[3]
Rivals	Los Zetas, Juárez Cairtel, Tijuana Cairtel

2023