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This graphic drawn up by the DEA shows where El Chapo's criminal gang, the Sinaloa Cartel, has the most power, in dark and pale yellow. The darker the yellow, the more influence the gang has. However, it is still the most influential gang even in the pale yellow areas
Daily Mail: The United States of El Chapo: DEA cartel map of America shows that the fugitive drug lord dominates almost the whole of the US
* Joaquín 'El Chapo' Guzmán's Sinaloa cartel controls swathes of America, according to an unclassified DEA report
* His empire sprawls across the US, with more influence in nearly all states than any other Mexican criminal gang
* Map shows that the fugitive kingpin's gang commands east US drug trade - as well as much of the south west
* His Sinaloa cartel 'maintains the most significant presence in the United States', the official report states
* El Chapo is still on the run after escaping a Mexican maximum security jail in July through a network of tunnels
Fugitive Mexican drug lord El Chapo's sprawling empire commands most of the illicit drugs trade in the United States, a new DEA report shows.
The drugs kingpin's Sinaloa cartel controls swathes of the US, with his organization only facing real competition in New Mexico, southern Texas and a handful of cities in the north west of the country.
The findings were released by the Drug Enforcement Administration (DEA) in an unclassified report showing the influence of Mexican drug cartels north of the border.
WNU Editor: That is a lot of territory.
Camping trip to the Texas/Mexico border last fall. Armed camp. Armed people in military style gear everywhere. Border Patrol trucks pulling tires over sand roads to detect people moving north. Last time I saw that was in West Germany during the Cold War and Russia at a former top secret nuclear facility. High tech telemetry gear deployed all along the border. Data centers in the middle of nowhere. Towers with sensors clearly visible. Watched a guy drive off the road and kill himself as he was chased by border people near Del Rio. In Del Rio the National Park properties abandoned and in ill repair. Looked like a post-apocalyptic movie set. In decent campgrounds coyotes waiting for sunset and people coming across water. Did not stick around for the evening. Bailed out and went to a well patrolled State Park.
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