Sentence examples for some cartels from inspiring English sources

They have so far caught or killed twenty-two, and some cartels seem to have withered after losing their leaders.

Unlike some cartels, which act "almost like benevolent dictators", as Heineman puts it, they messed with locals – adding theft, murder, extortion, kidnap and sexual violence to their main activity of meth trafficking.

In the past, some cartel cases have taken close to a decade to complete in Europe, largely because of lengthy investigation times.

However, some cartel members like high prices, and wanted little increase in production.After intense argument, the ministers surfaced at around midnight on Tuesday with a deal that seems to please most people.

Sure, some cartel members will continue selling other illicit wares once marijuana is legalized, but since they currently earn about 60 percent of their profits from illegal marijuana sales, ending the prohibition of that cash crop will seriously undercut their ability to finance continued operations.

Some gangs are independent, some work for the cartels, some work for the police and some have no idea whom they work for.

Besides running drugs, some Mexican cartels operate extortion rackets and control human trafficking to the United States.

Some Colombian cartels have actually offered insurance policies on narcotics, as a safeguard against loss or seizure.

Carreno said some Mexican cartels have long relationships with legitimate Chinese firms which for years supplied precursor chemicals to make meth amphetamine.

El País The American embassy in Lima confirms that the Peruvian army helps the US to fight some drug cartels while protecting others for money.

In some cases, cartels have corrupted officers who had key roles, such as Margarita Crispin, a former customs inspector in El Paso who had a long list of boyfriends and other associates with ties to the Juárez cartel.