- Operation Xcellerator
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Operation Xcellerator was an operation conducted by the U.S. Drug Enforcement Administration, with cooperation from Mexican and Canadian authorities, against Sinaloa Cartel drug traffickers. In February 2009, after a 21-month operation, it totalled 755 suspects arrested across California, Minnesota and Maryland.
In addition to the arrests of alleged drug traffickers, US$59.1 million in cash, over 12,000 kg (26,000 lb) of cocaine, 16,000 lb (7,300 kg) of marijuana, 1,200 lb (540 kg) of methamphetamine, 8 kg (18 lb) of heroin, 1.3 million ecstasy pills, 149 vehicles, 3 aircraft, 3 maritime vessels and 169 weapons were seized.[1]
A large-scale meth laboratory was also uncovered, as was an ecstasy lab capable of producing 12,000 pills per hour.[2]
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Mexican Drug War (2006–present) (Names in italics represent dead or arrested individuals) Federal forces Mexican Army • Mexican Air Force • Mexican Navy • GAFE • Federal Investigations Agency • SIEDO • Federal PoliceBeltrán-Leyva Cartel
(Extinct in 2010)FoundersArturo Beltrán Leyva • Alfredo Beltrán Leyva • Carlos Beltrán Leyva • Edgar Valdez Villarreal • Sergio Villarreal Barragán • Héctor Beltrán LeyvaLa Familia Cartel
(Extinct in mid-2011)FoundersNazario Moreno González • Carlos Rosales Mendoza • Arnoldo Rueda Medina • Dionicio Loya Plancarte • Rafael Cedeño Hernández • Alberto Espinoza Barrón • Enrique Plancarte Solís • José de Jesús Méndez Vargas • Servando Gómez MartínezGulf Cartel FoundersLeadersOsiel Cárdenas Guillén • Antonio Cárdenas Guillén • Jorge Eduardo CostillaJuárez Cartel
(Armed wing: La Línea)FoundersRafael Aguilar Guajardo • Pablo Acosta Villarreal • Amado Carrillo FuentesLeadersVicente Carrillo Fuentes • José Luis FratelloKnights Templar Cartel
(Armed wing: La Resistencia)FoundersEnrique Plancarte Solís • Servando Gómez MartínezLeadersEnrique Plancarte Solís • Servando Gómez MartínezSinaloa Cartel
(Armed wing: Gente Nueva)FoundersLeadersTijuana Cartel FoundersRamón Arellano Félix • Benjamín Arellano Félix • Francisco Rafael Arellano Félix • Carlos Arellano Félix • Eduardo Arellano Félix • Francisco Javier Arellano FélixLeadersEnedina Arellano Félix • Luis Fernando Sánchez Arellano • Edgardo Leyva EscandonLos Zetas Cartel FoundersArturo Guzmán Decena • Jaime González Durán • Jesús Enrique Rejón Aguilar • Heriberto LazcanoLeadersHeriberto Lazcano • Miguel Treviño MoralesSee also Other cartelsEarly drug lordsSome corrupt officialsJesús Gutiérrez Rebollo • Victor Gerardo Garay Cadena • Arturo Durazo Moreno • Noé Ramírez Mandujano • Ricardo Gutiérrez Vargas • Rodolfo de la Guardia García • Francisco Navarro Espinoza • Raúl Salinas de Gortari • Julio César Godoy ToscanoOperationsMérida Initiative • Project Gunrunner • Project Coronado • Operation Solare • Operation Xcellerator • Operation Michoacan • Operation Baja California • Operation Sinaloa • Joint Operation Nuevo Leon-Tamaulipas • Operation Chihuahua • Operation Quintana RooVehiclesVariousTimeline of the Mexican Drug War • Édgar Eusebio Millán Gómez • Enrique Camarena • Jaime Jorge Zapata • War on Drugs • House of Death • Piracy in Falcon Lake • List of massacres in Mexico • Most wanted Mexican drug lords • Blog del NarcoCategories:- Drug Enforcement Administration operations
- Operations against organized crime in Mexico
- Operations against organized crime in the United States
- 2009 in the United States
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