Sonora Cartel

Sonora Cartel
Founded1987
Founded byMiguel Caro Quintero, Rafael Caro Quintero
Founding locationMexico
Years active1987−2007
TerritoryHermosillo, Agua Prieta, Guadalajara, Culiacán, Durango, Nayarit, Arizona, Texas, California, Nevada
Ethnicitymostly Mexican
Criminal activitiesDrug trafficking, money laundering, extortion, murder and arms trafficking
AlliesColombian drug cartels, Guadalajara Cartel

The Sonora Cartel, also known as Caro Quintero Organization, was a Mexico based criminal cartel. Upon the cartel's disintegration, its leaders were incorporated into the Tijuana Cartel and Sinaloa Cartel.

By 2007, the Sonora Cartel, Colima Cartel, and Milenio Cartel became branches of the Sinaloa Cartel.