Main Tabs GroupOverviewFormed: January 1, 1980Disbanded: January 1, 1989The Guadalajara Cartel was the original Mexican drug cartel, and it gave rise to the Sinaloa, Tijuana, and Juarez Cartels. The Guadalajara Cartel broke into these smaller cartels in 1989, after the arrest of the its leader, Miguel Angel Felix Gallardo, who was imprisoned for the 1985 killing of undercover DEA officer Enrique Camarena. OrganizationVertical Tabs StrategyVertical Tabs InteractionsVertical Tabs
