List of gangs in Mexico

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Notable criminally-active gangs in Mexico include:

  • 14K Triad
  • 18th Street Gang, a.k.a. Mara 18
  • Barrio Azteca, a.k.a. Los Aztecas
  • Caborca Cartel
  • {{ill|Cártel de Tláhuac|es}}
  • Cártel del Noreste{{cite web | url=https://elpais.com/mexico/2023-06-23/miembros-del-cartel-del-noreste-aceptan-la-peticion-de-paz-de-las-madres-buscadoras.html | title=Miembros del Cartel del Noreste aceptan la petición de paz de las madres buscadoras | date=24 June 2023 }}
  • {{ill|Fuerza Anti-Unión|es}}
  • Guerreros Unidos
  • Gulf Cartel{{cite web | url=https://www.globalguardian.com/global-digest/gulf-cartel | title=The Gulf Cartel: An Intel Analyst's Guide for Travelers to Mexico }}
  • Grupo Delta{{cite web | url=https://mexicodailypost.com/2020/12/19/what-is-grupo-delta-the-violent-cjng-cell-implicated-in-the-death-of-aristoteles-sandoval-and-felipe-tome/?amp | title=What is Grupo Delta, the violent CJNG cell implicated in the death of Aristóteles Sandoval and Felipe Tomé | date=19 December 2020 }}{{cite web | url=https://www.borderlandbeat.com/2021/08/cjng-destroy-camp-of-cu-hitmen-cu.html | title=CJNG Destroy Camp of CU Hitmen & the CU Extorting Families, Michoacán }}
  • Grupo Elite{{cite web | url=https://www.vice.com/en/article/how-deadly-american-sniper-rifles-became-the-mexican-cartels-favorite-weapon/ | title=Mexican Cartels Are Arming Themselves to the Teeth with Powerful US Sniper Rifles | date=20 August 2020 }}
  • Grupo Guerrero{{cite web | url=https://www.borderlandbeat.com/2021/09/fresnillo-zacatecas-grupo-guerrero-of.html | title=Fresnillo, Zacatecas: Grupo Guerrero of Cartel Jalisco Capture Grupo Flechas Gunmen }}
  • Grupo X{{cite web | url=https://www.infobae.com/america/mexico/2020/09/22/esta-plaza-tiene-dueno-la-violenta-disputa-entre-el-grupo-sombra-y-el-cjng-que-azota-a-veracruz/ | title="Esta plaza tiene dueño": La violenta disputa entre el Grupo Sombra y el CJNG que azota a Veracruz | date=22 September 2020 }}
  • Los Balcanes
  • Grupo Blanco
  • Los Cabos{{cite web | url=https://www.borderlandbeat.com/2021/09/los-cabos-leave-ice-chests-with-remains.html | title=CDS Aquiles' los Cabos Leave Ice Chests with Remains and Threats for CAF in Sánchez Taboada, Tijuana }}
  • Los Ciclones
  • Los Metros
  • Hells Angels MC{{cite web | url=https://www.instagram.com/hamcmexico/p/Cn-aqV_Obqk/ | title=Instagram }}{{Cite web |title=Hells Angels Estado de México (Hamc edomex) |url=https://www.facebook.com/p/Hells-Angels-Estado-de-M%C3%A9xico-100065293458407/ |website=Facebook}}
  • Independent Cartel of Acapulco
  • Individualistas Tendiendo a lo Salvaje
  • Israeli mafia
  • Jalisco New Generation Cartel, a.k.a. CJNG
  • Juárez Cartel, a.k.a. Vicente Carrillo Fuentes Organization
  • La Línea
  • La Familia Michoacana
  • La Nueva Familia Michoacana Organization
  • Los Blancos De La Troya{{cite web | url=https://www.cbsnews.com/video/nacho-lozano-los-blancos-de-troya-un-nuevo-grupo-armado-declarando-defender-apatzingan/ | title=Nacho Lozano: Los "Blancos de Troya", un nuevo grupo armado declarando defender Apatzingán - CBS News | website=CBS News }}
  • Los Viagras, a.k.a. Los Sierra
  • La Barredora
  • La Unión Tepito
  • Los Mazatlecos
  • Los Mexicles
  • Los Ninis
  • Los Pelones
  • Los Rojos Cartel
  • Los Talibanes, a.k.a. Los Nortes{{cite web | url=https://portico.mx/2020/11/09/cercan-a-los-talibanes-en-zacatecas | title=Cercan a "Los Talibanes" en Zacatecas | date=9 November 2020 }}
  • Los Zetas, a.k.a. Cártel de Los Zetas
  • Mongols MC
  • MS-13, a.k.a. Mara Salvatrucha
  • 'Ndrangheta
  • Norteños
  • Nuestra Familia
  • Nueva Plaza Cartel
  • Paisas
  • Pueblos Unidos
  • Sangre Nueva Zeta
  • Santa Rosa de Lima Cartel
  • Sinaloa Cartel, a.k.a. Pacific Cartel
  • Artistas Asesinos
  • Gente Nueva, a.k.a. Los Chapos
  • Los Ántrax
  • Solo Ángeles CM, a.k.a. Solo Angels MC{{cite web | url=https://www.borderlandbeat.com/2024/01/killing-outside-of-solo-angeles-outlaw.html | title=Killing Outside of 'Solo Ángeles' Outlaw Motorcycle Clubhouse in Tijuana }}{{cite book | url=https://books.google.com/books?id=8PFKDwAAQBAJ&q=solo+angels+mc | isbn=978-0-7603-6055-2 | title=The One Percenter Encyclopedia: The World of Outlaw Motorcycle Clubs from Abyss Ghosts to Zombies Elite | date=3 April 2018 | publisher=Motorbooks }}
  • South Pacific Cartel
  • Tijuana Cartel{{Cite news |last=Moore |first=Molly |date=1997-11-04 |title=TIJUANA CARTEL ESCALATES VIOLENCE ALONG BORDER |url=https://www.washingtonpost.com/archive/politics/1997/11/04/tijuana-cartel-escalates-violence-along-border/287e8ed4-f885-48ca-adc2-134ac9cf6354/ |access-date=2025-05-18 |work=The Washington Post |language=en-US |issn=0190-8286}}
  • Vagos MC{{cite web | url=https://listverse.com/2009/08/18/top-10-notorious-american-biker-gangs/ | title=Top 10 Notorious American Biker Gangs | date=18 August 2009 }}
  • Zetas Vieja Escuela

Inactive criminal organizations

  • Beltrán-Leyva Organization, a.k.a. Cártel de los Beltrán-Leyva (1996–2017)
  • Colima Cartel
  • Guadalajara Cartel
  • Independent Cartel of Acapulco
  • Knights Templar Cartel
  • Los Narcosatánicos{{cite book | url=https://books.google.com/books?id=pohnDwAAQBAJ&q=gulf+cartel+narcosatanist+the+mexican+press+and+civil+society&pg=PA220 | title=The Mexican Press and Civil Society, 1940–1976: Stories from the Newsroom, Stories from the Street | isbn=978-1-4696-3811-9 | last1=Smith | first1=Benjamin T. | date=7 August 2018 | publisher=UNC Press Books }}{{cite book | url=https://archive.org/details/evilserialkiller00char/page/87/mode/2up | isbn=978-0-7607-7566-0 | title=Evil serial killers : In the minds of monsters | date=2005 | last1=Greig | first1=Charlotte | publisher=Barnes & Noble }}
  • Los Negros
  • Milenio Cartel, a.k.a. Cártel de los Valencia
  • Oaxaca Cartel, a.k.a. Díaz-Parada Cartel
  • Sonora Cartel, a.k.a. Caro Quintero Organization

See also

References

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