2013 in organized crime

none May 2025 2013 organized crime In 2013, a number of events took place in organized crime. The Mexican drug war continued to be a focus throughout the year.2014-03-01 Counting Mexico's drug victims is a murky business http://ncronline.org/news/global/counting-mexicos-drug-victims-murky-business https://web.archive.org/web/20170423120625/https://www.ncronline.org/news/global/counting-mexicos-drug-victims-murky-business 2017-04-23 2025-05-06 National Catholic Reporter en Events January January 3 – Mexican troops kill 12 alleged drug traffickers who opened fire at a checkpoint in La Estación, Zacatecas.2013-01-03 Mexico troops kill 12 in gun fight in Zacatecas state https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-latin-america-20897543 2025-05-06 BBC News en-GB January 16 – Russian mafia boss Aslan Usoyan is killed in Moscow.May 2025 February February 26 – Gunmen break into a prison in the Mexican border city of Ciudad Miguel Alemán, Tamaulipas, and liberate 12 inmates.2013-02-26 Armed men break 12 out of Mexico jail on border https://www.corrections1.com/officer-safety/articles/armed-men-break-12-out-of-mexico-jail-on-border-9u4VNc7KV44hwDQe/ 2025-05-06 Corrections1 en-US March March 14 – Gunmen storm a bar in Cancún, Mexico, and kill 7 people, also 4 others were wounded in the attack. The authorities allege that the victims were part of a taxi union.2013-03-16 Gunmen kill 7, wound 4 in Cancun bar https://www.kens5.com/article/news/local/gunmen-kill-7-wound-4-in-cancun-bar/273-306427220 2025-05-06 kens5.com en-US April April 25 – Mexican photojournalist Daniel Alejandro Martínez Bazaldúa is found dead in Saltillo, Coahuila, an area where Los Zetas drug cartel operates. With his death, Mexico consolidates itself as one of the most dangerous countries for journalists, where more than 80 have been killed since 2000.2013-04-25 Mexican newspaper photographer found dead https://apnews.com/article/mexico-journalists-drug-cartels-state-governments-newspapers-0c4533df482d472198c4fc830a6534bd 2025-05-06 AP News en May May 25 – Thousands of people attend the beatification of Pino Puglisi, a Roman Catholic priest murdered by the Sicilian Mafia for speaking out against crime.2013-05-25 'Mafia martyr' Don Giuseppe Puglisi beatified in Sicily https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-europe-22664822 2025-05-06 BBC News en-GB July July 14 – The Mexican Army captures Miguel Treviño Morales, a leader of the Los Zetas.CBSNews.com Mexican military nabs alleged Zetas drug lord http://www.cbsnews.com/8301-202_162-57593865/mexican-army-captures-zetas-drug-lord-miguel-angel-trevino-morales/ https://web.archive.org/web/20131104013552/http://www.cbsnews.com/8301-202_162-57593865/mexican-army-captures-zetas-drug-lord-miguel-angel-trevino-morales/ 2013-11-04 2025-05-06 CBS News en July 24 – Clashes between the Knights Templar Cartel and the Mexican federal police leave 22 dead in the state of Michoacán. According to government press reports, two of the dead were law enforcement officials, while the rest were cartel gunmen.2013-07-24 Clashes in Mexico's Michoacan state leave 22 dead https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-latin-america-23429583 2025-05-06 BBC News en-GB July 30 – The United States Department of the Treasury issues sanctions to three Mexican nationals linked to the Sinaloa Cartel for laundering money for the drug lords Ismael Zambada García and Joaquín Guzmán Loera. The Kingpin Act sanctions prohibit Americans to do any kind of business with them.Rubenfeld Samuel 2013-07-30 Treasury Slaps Sanctions on a Sinaloa Cartel-linked Notary https://www.wsj.com/articles/BL-252B-1599 2025-05-06 Wall Street Journal en-US 0099-9660 August August 9 – Mexican drug lord Rafael Caro Quintero, who was convicted for the 1985 murder of U.S. Drug Enforcement Administration Enrique Camarena, is ordered released from prison.Associated Press 2013-08-09 Mexican druglord Rafael Caro Quintero released after 28 years in prison https://www.theguardian.com/world/2013/aug/09/mexican-druglord-rafael-caro-quintero-released 2025-05-06 The Guardian en-GB 0261-3077 August 17 – Gulf Cartel leader Mario Ramírez Treviño is arrested in the state of Tamaulipas.Mexico captures leader of cocaine-trafficking Gulf Cartel-reports https://www.reuters.com/article/2013/08/17/us-mexico-drugs-idUSBRE97G0BC20130817/ https://web.archive.org/web/20130902151339/http://www.reuters.com:80/article/2013/08/17/us-mexico-drugs-idUSBRE97G0BC20130817 2013-09-02 2025-05-06 Reuters September September 2 – Mexican forces arrest Alberto Carrillo Fuentes, the alleged leader of the Juárez Cartel.2013-09-01 Mexican forces seize drug kingpin Alberto Carrillo Fuentes, alias 'Ugly Betty' https://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/worldnews/centralamericaandthecaribbean/mexico/10280466/Mexican-forces-seize-drug-kingpin-Alberto-Carrillo-Fuentes-alias-Ugly-Betty.html 2025-05-06 The Telegraph en November November 6 – A Mexican federal court overturns a state court ruling that allowed the drug lord Rafael Caro Quintero to be released from prison earlier this year. This court response follows a decision by the U.S. Department of State to place a $5 million bounty against him.2025-05-06 Latino News https://www.foxnews.com/category/latino 2025-05-06 Fox News en-US December December 18 – High-ranking Sinaloa Cartel leader Gonzalo Inzunza Inzunza is killed in a shootout with the Mexican Navy in Puerto Peñasco, Sonora2013-12-19 Extraoficialmente abaten a ´ El Macho Prieto... 17402 http://www.debate.com.mx/eldebate/noticias/default.asp?IdArt=13860743&IdCat=17402&sl=2 2025-05-06 https://web.archive.org/web/20131219043809/http://www.debate.com.mx/eldebate/noticias/default.asp?IdArt=13860743&IdCat=17402&sl=2 2013-12-19 Arts and literature The Family Gangster Squad Deaths January 10 – Antonino Calderone, 77, Sicilian Mafioso.Mobster-turned-state-witness Antonio Calderone dead - English - Gazzetta del Sud online http://www.gazzettadelsud.it/news/english/29829/Mobster-turned-state-witness-Antonio-Calderone-dead.html https://web.archive.org/web/20160128053815/http://www.gazzettadelsud.it/news/english/29829/Mobster-turned-state-witness-Antonio-Calderone-dead.html 2016-01-28 2025-05-06 January 16 – Aslan Usoyan, 75, Georgian-born Russian mobster July 25 – Juan David Ochoa Vásquez, 65, Colombian convicted drug lord, co-founder of Medellín cartel,Yardley William 2013-07-30 Juan David Ochoa Vásquez, Co-Founder of Medellín Cartel, Dies at 65 https://www.nytimes.com/2013/07/31/world/americas/juan-david-ochoa-vasquez-co-founder-of-medellin-cartel-dies-at-65.html 2025-05-06 The New York Times en-US 0362-4331 September 5 – Maurice Lerner, 77, American Mafia hitman.Barry Dan 2016-10-24 The Big League Prospect Who Became a Mob Hit Man https://www.nytimes.com/2016/10/30/sports/baseball/maurice-lerner-prospect-turned-mob-hitman.html 2025-05-06 The New York Times en-US 0362-4331 October 5 – Gaetano Fidanzati, 78, crime boss (Sicilian Mafia). December 18 – Gonzalo Inzunza Inzunza, 42, Sinaloa Cartel leader5 dead after Rocky Point gunbattle involving police, official says http://www.azcentral.com/news/articles/20131218police-hitmen-dead-rocky-point-gunbattle-abrk.html https://web.archive.org/web/20160304063620/http://www.azcentral.com/news/articles/20131218police-hitmen-dead-rocky-point-gunbattle-abrk.html 2016-03-04 2025-05-06 azcentral.com December 23 – Vito Rizzuto, 67, Canadian mafia leader, See also Timeline of the Mexican drug war Timeline of organized crime Bibliography Notes 2 References Kelly, Robert J. Schatzberg, Rufus Chin, Ko-lin Handbook of organized crime in the United States 1994 Greenwood Publishing Group 0-313-28366-4 refKellySchatzbergChin1994 1994 C. Vilalta Monthly patterns, trends, and trajectories in the count of deaths related to organized crime, 2006-2010 2011 Conference at UAEM (in Spanish), April 26, 2011 http://geocrimen.cide.edu/resources/Ponencias-y-Medios/Vilalta---Crimen-organizado-v24Abril2011.pdf dead https://web.archive.org/web/20110817033947/http://geocrimen.cide.edu/resources/Ponencias-y-Medios/Vilalta---Crimen-organizado-v24Abril2011.pdf August 17, 2011 Category:Years in organized crime Organized crime