drug cartel

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drug cartel - an illicit cartel formed to control the production and distribution of narcotic drugs; "drug cartels sometimes finance terrorist organizations"

cartel, corporate trust, combine, trust - a consortium of independent organizations formed to limit competition by controlling the production and distribution of a product or service; "they set up the trust in the hope of gaining a monopoly"

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During the trial it was revealed that DHS agent Christopher Sanchez, who along with Rene Sanchez shepherded Aldrete-Davila through his legal process, had learned that Aldrete-Davila's drug cartel associates had made plans to put together a "hunting party" to kill agents Ramos and Compean, and their families, in retaliation for the drug bust involving Aldrete-Davila.

Betrayed in the line of duty: while the Bush administration seeks ... by Jasper, William F. / The New American

This is part of a large Mexican drug cartel," Attorney General Bill Lockyer said.

$28 MILLION IN DRUGS SEIZED RAIDS BREAK UP COCAINE-, POT-TRAFFICKING ... by Daily News (Los Angeles, CA)

The new plants were most likely created not through centralized genetic engineering carried out by a drug cartel but through decentralized selective breeding carried out by the coca farmers themselves.

Legalization now! by Schwegel, Michael A. / Reason

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