(Vice) Only two major cartels remain operating in Mexico, according to a top Mexican law-enforcement official, but an estimated hundreds of smaller splinter groups have developed into criminal cells that affect the lives of untold numbers of citizens.
Speaking at an international anti-drug trafficking conference on Tuesday in Colombia, Mexico's chief criminal investigator told the Mexican newsmagazine Proceso that the two main drug-trafficking groups in the country are now the Sinaloa Cartel and the relatively newer Jalisco New Generation Cartel.
Tomas Zeron, head of criminal investigations for Mexico's attorney general, also said authorities have identified only three cartel capos still heading these organizations: Ismael "El Mayo" Zambada and Fausto "El Chapo Isidro" Meza, for the Sinaloa Cartel; and Nemesio "El Mencho" Oseguera, a little-known figure who is believed to be in charge of the Jalisco New Generation Cartel.
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