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The
Situation Report illustrates the principle cities/states in which
Mexican drug trafficking organizations (DTOs) operate within the
United States. This document was prepared using law enforcement
reporting available to NDIC as of April 9, 2008; it updates
information regarding Mexican DTOs set forth in the National Drug
Threat Assessment 2007.
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Map 1. Cities
reporting the presence of Mexican drug trafficking organizations.
Map 2. Cities
reporting the presence of Mexican DTOs affiliated with the
Federation.
Map 3. Cities
reporting the presence of Mexican DTOs affiliated with the Gulf
Coast Cartel.
Map 4. Cities
reporting the presence of Mexican DTOs affiliated with the Juárez
Cartel.
Map 5. Cities
reporting the presence of Mexican DTOs affiliated with the Tijuana
Cartel.
Table. U.S. Locations With a Reported Mexican DTO Presence and the Mexican Drug Cartel Affiliation
The National Drug Intelligence Center (NDIC) has prepared this Situation Report to illustrate the principal cities/states in which Mexican drug trafficking organizations (DTOs) operate within the United States. This document was prepared using law enforcement reporting available to NDIC as of April 9, 2008; it updates information regarding Mexican DTOs set forth in the National Drug Threat Assessment 2007.1
Mexican DTOs are the most pervasive organizational threat to the United States. They are active in every region of the country and dominate the illicit drug trade in every area except the Northeast. Mexican DTOs are expanding their operations in the Northeast and have developed cooperative relationships with DTOs in that area in order to gain a larger share of the northeastern drug market.
Federal, state, and local law enforcement reporting reveals that Mexican DTOs operate in at least 195 cities throughout the United States (see Map 1 in Appendix A and the table in Appendix B). In 129 cities,2 law enforcement officials reported the presence of Mexican DTOs with affiliations to at least one of the four principal Mexican drug cartels that supply illicit drugs to U.S. markets--Federation, Gulf Coast, Juárez, and Tijuana. Specifically, Mexican DTOs affiliated with the Federation Cartel have been identified in at least 82 cities (see Map 2 in Appendix A), to the Gulf Coast Cartel in at least 43 cities (see Map 3 in Appendix A), to the Juárez Cartel in at least 44 cities (see Map 4 in Appendix A), and to the Tijuana Cartel in at least 20 cities (see Map 5 in Appendix A). Law enforcement officials also reported the presence of Mexican DTOs in 66 additional cities but did not identify an affiliation with a principal Mexican drug cartel.
1. Appendix A,
Map 4, "Areas of influence of drug trafficking organizations
in the United States."
2. Several locations have multiple cartel-affiliated DTOs operating within their
jurisdictions.
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