cartel
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Individuals in the supply chain can also be replaced – even, according to the cartel members, ones as deeply and widely connected as Zhang is alleged to have been.
From BBC ● Jul. 13, 2026
Both joined after the original cartel was formed.
From MarketWatch ● Jun. 25, 2026
In its annual report on long-term energy trends, the cartel said it expects oil to hold around 30% of the energy mix—and above 50% when combined with gas.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Jun. 18, 2026
The U.S. case against a Mexican governor is entwined with the mysterious kidnapping of Sinaloa cartel kingpin Ismael ‘El Mayo’ Zambada.
From Los Angeles Times ● Jun. 2, 2026
Right before their eyes he had transformed his syndicate into an international cartel.
From "Catch-22" by Joseph Heller
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Much of the world still thinks of Latin American organized crime in terms of cut-throat cocaine cartels and cavalier capos like Pablo Escobar.
From Barron's ● Jun. 23, 2026
He has said that he wants Colombia to join the "Shield of the Americas", an alliance of Latin Americans countries and the US aimed at combating cartels.
From BBC ● Jun. 23, 2026
In a telephone interview, Salazar said he had never seen any evidence tieing López Obrador, president from 2018 to 2024, to Mexico’s cartels.
From Los Angeles Times ● Jun. 22, 2026
Noboa, a staunch ally of the US president, has taken a hard line on drug-related violence and has joined a US-led alliance aimed at fighting cartels.
From BBC ● May 30, 2026
"It is evidently to the cartels," writes Fritz-Diepenhorst, "that Germany owes in great measure the conquest of foreign markets."
From American World Policies by Weyl, Walter E.
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