Topic summary
Northeast Cartel
Extracted from the Wikipedia article Cártel del Noreste.
Organizational leadership
Juan Francisco Treviño Morales alias Kiko was allegedly arrested in September 2016 by the DEA in Houston. Command of the Northeast Cartel was assumed by Juan Gerardo Treviño Morales alias El Huevo. On 10 February 2020, Pablo César "G" alias El Takia, main lieutenant of the cartel in Nuevo Laredo, was arrested in the state of Tamaulipas, accused of participating in the execution of five officials of the then State Attorney General's Office that occurred on the night of 4 January 2017 in the Nuevo Laredo Municipality. On 26 March, 11 members of the cartel were arrested who, in various actions derived from intelligence operations, police officers seized weapons of various calibers, vehicles, cartridges, drugs and tactical equipment, in Torreón Municipality, Coahuila. On 4 August 2020, Guadalupe Villarreal Gómez "N" and her partner were arrested in the municipality of Nuevo Laredo, the leader of a faction of the Northeast Cartel. She was assigned to various municipalities in both the south and north of the state in which she maintained relationships with criminal leaders such as the Gulf Cartel and Los Zetas.