According to the Drug Enforcement Administration, the Sinaloa Cartel (in orange) and its rival, the Jalisco New Generation Cartel (in yellow), have the largest presence in US cities
* The Drug Enforcement Administration's 2020 National Drug Threat Assessment lists nine Mexican cartels as the major importers of drugs to the U.S. in 2020
* DEA reports indicates that Mexican drug cartels 'are the greatest drug trafficking threat to the United States'
* The Sinaloa Cartel and its rival, the Jalisco New Generation Cartel, are mentioned as the leaders of the pack
* The majority of heroin and fentanyl available in the US is smuggled overland across the south west border
* The DEA said that both cartels have held back shipments of methamphetamine to drive up prices in the U.S. during the COVID-19 pandemic
Nine major Mexican cartels are responsible for flooding US cities with fentanyl, heroin, methamphetamine, cocaine, and marijuana, according to an annual report by the US Drug Enforcement Administration.
The DEA's 2020 National Drug Threat Assessment, which was published Tuesday, shows how each of the key players exert their influence over different parts of the US.
A map shows how El Chapo's Sinaloa Cartel and their rivals the Jalisco New Generation Cartel (CJNG) were the dominant forces in funneling drugs over the Mexico-United States border in 2020.
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