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Beltrán Leyva Cartel
Extracted from the Wikipedia article Beltrán-Leyva Organization.
The Beltrán Leyva Organization (BLO), also known as the Beltrán Leyva Cartel (Spanish: Cártel de los Beltrán Leyva, pronounced, CBL), was a Mexican drug cartel and organized crime syndicate, formerly headed by the five Beltrán Leyva brothers: Marcos Arturo, Carlos, Alfredo, Mario Alberto, and Héctor. Founded as a Sinaloa Cartel, the Beltrán Leyva cartel was responsible for transportation and wholesaling of cocaine, heroin and marijuana (and the production of the last two). It controlled numerous drug trafficking corridors, and engaged in human smuggling, money laundering, extortion, kidnapping, murder and gun-running.