2014 in organized crime

In 2014, a number of events took place in organized crime. The Mexican drug war continued to be a focus throughout the year. ^[1]

Events

January

• January 3 – Authorities confirm the arrest of El Chino Ántrax, a high-ranking Sinaloa Cartel leader, in the Netherlands. ^[2]
• January 8 – The U.S. Department of the Treasury sanctions the Sinaloa Cartel enforcer El Chino Ántrax under the Foreign Narcotics Kingpin Designation Act, which virtually prohibits U.S. citizens from conducting any financial deal with the drug lord and freezes his assets. ^[3]
• January 14 – Communitary forces take several towns in Mexican state of Michoacán trying to expel the Knights Templar Cartel forces, and prompting the intervention of Mexican Army against them. ^[4]
• January 15 – Italy says that it will use the Italian Army against the mafia who are accused of dumping toxic waste in Naples. ^[5]
• January 21 – One of the founders of Los Zetas drug cartel, Rogelio González Pizaña, is sentenced to 16 years in prison. ^[6]
• January 27 – A New York federal district court seeks the extradition of Los Zetas drug cartel leader Miguel Treviño Morales, arrested in July 2013. ^[7]

February

• February 20 – Mexican authorities arrest Jesús Peña (alias "El 20"), the leader of Los Ántrax, an armed squadron of the Sinaloa Cartel. Peña was part of Ismael "El Mayo" Zambada's inner circle and the successor of El Chino Ántrax. ^[8]
• February 22 – The Sinaloa cartel drug lord Joaquín Guzmán Loera, also known as "El Chapo", is arrested in Mexico. ^[9]

March

• March 9 – Mexican authorities confirm that Nazario Moreno González, the top leader of the Knights Templar Cartel, was killed in the state of Michoacán. ^[10]
• March 31 – The Mexican Navy kills Knights Templar Cartel high-ranking leader Enrique Plancarte Solís. ^[11]

May

• May 12 – Galindo Mellado Cruz, one of the founding members of the Los Zetas, and four other armed men are killed in a shootout with Mexican security forces after they raided Cruz's hideout in the city of Reynosa. ^[12]
• May 28 – Dutch authorities approve the extradition of high-ranking Sinaloa Cartel leader José Rodrigo Aréchiga Gamboa (alias "El Chino Ántrax") to the United States. ^[13]

June

• June 24 – Tijuana Cartel leader Luis Fernando Sánchez Arellano is arrested by the Mexican Army in Tijuana, Baja California. ^[14]

October

• October 9 – Alleged Mexican drug lord Vicente Carrillo Fuentes is captured in the city of Torreon. ^[15]

November

• November 17 – Former Beltrán Leyva Cartel leader Alfredo Beltrán Leyva is extradited to the United States from Mexico, facing drug trafficking and money laundering offenses. ^[16]

December

• December 3 – Italian police arrest a mix of mafia gangsters, corrupt politicians, and one former terrorist in a corruption scandal exploiting migrants. ^[17]

Arts and literature

• Rob the Mob
• Sabotage
  

Deaths

• January 6 – Frank Illiano, 86, American criminal (Genovese crime family) ^[18]
• March 9 – Nazario Moreno González, 44, Mexican drug lord ^[19]
• March 31 – Enrique Plancarte Solís, 43, Mexican drug lord ^[20]
• May 9 – Galindo Mellado Cruz, 41, Mexican drug lord, a founder of Los Zetas ^[21]
• July 14 – Jack Tocco, 87, American mafioso, head of the Detroit Partnership, suspect in the Jimmy Hoffa disappearance
• July 26 – Raúl Hernández Barrón, 37, Mexican drug lord ^[22]
• October 3 – George DeCicco, 84, American mobster ^[23]

See also

• Timeline of the Mexican Drug War
• List of years in organized crime

Bibliography

Notes

1. "Counting Mexico's drug victims is a murky business". National Catholic Reporter. 1 March 2014. Archived from the original on 23 April 2017. Retrieved 6 May 2025.
2. "San Diego Union-Tribune". San Diego Union-Tribune. 14 May 2025. Retrieved 14 May 2025.
3. Rubenfeld, Samuel (8 January 2014). "Treasury Sanctions Sinaloa Cartel Lieutenant". Wall Street Journal. ISSN   0099-9660 . Retrieved 14 May 2025.
4. "Últimas noticias de Estados Unidos, Latinoamérica y el mundo, hoy | CNN en Español". CNN (in Spanish). Retrieved 14 May 2025.
5. "Naples waste crisis: Italy may use army against mafia". BBC News. 15 January 2014. Retrieved 14 May 2025.
6. Gagne, David (27 March 2017). "Co-Founder of Mexico's Zetas Leaves Prison". InSight Crime. Retrieved 14 May 2025.
7. Torreón, El Siglo de (27 January 2014). "Corte de NY buscará extradición de Miguel Ángel Treviño Morales". www.elsiglodetorreon.com.mx (in Spanish). Retrieved 14 May 2025.
8. "Cae "El 20", líder de sicarios de "Los Ántrax" - Nota - Seguridad - www.aztecanoticias.com.mx". 23 February 2014. Archived from the original on 23 February 2014. Retrieved 14 May 2025.
9. "Mexico's top drug lord Joaquin 'Shorty' Guzman arrested". BBC News. 22 February 2014. Retrieved 14 May 2025.
10. Shoichet, Catherine E. (10 March 2014). "Notorious Mexican cartel leader Nazario Moreno dead – again". CNN. Retrieved 14 May 2025.
11. Digital, Milenio (31 March 2014). "Abaten a 'Kike' Plancarte, líder templario". Grupo Milenio (in Mexican Spanish). Retrieved 14 May 2025.
12. "Mexican troops 'kill Zetas cartel founder Mellado'". BBC News. 12 May 2014. Retrieved 14 May 2025.
13. Digital, Milenio (28 May 2014). "Aprueba Holanda extraditar al 'Chino Ántrax' a EU". Grupo Milenio (in Mexican Spanish). Retrieved 14 May 2025.
14. "Arellano Felix Cartel Leader Captured In Tijuana". KPBS Public Media. 24 June 2014. Retrieved 14 May 2025.
15. Washington, Tracy Wilkinson Former staff writer Tracy Wilkinson covered foreign affairs from the Los Angeles Times’; D.C.; bureau. (10 October 2014). "Chief of Juarez drug cartel captured, Mexican officials say". Los Angeles Times. Retrieved 14 May 2025.
16. "Office of Public Affairs | Alleged Leader of a Mexican Drug Cartel Extradited to United States | United States Department of Justice". www.justice.gov. 17 November 2014. Retrieved 14 May 2025.
17. "'Mafia capital': Rome hit by mobster scandal". The Telegraph. 3 December 2014. Retrieved 14 May 2025.
18. "Sports". Heavy Sports. 14 May 2025. Retrieved 14 May 2025.
19. Westside, Richard Fausset Former Mexico City correspondent Richard Fausset left the Los Angeles Times in 2014 He has been a community news reporter on the; Angeles, in South Los; crime, a Metro section reporter covering; politics; features; in 1999, a national correspondent based in Atlanta Before joining The Times; Flagpole, he was editor of; Athens, the weekly newspaper in; Austin, Ga Fausset holds degrees from the University of Texas at (10 March 2014). "From the archives:: Drug kingpin is really dead this time, Mexican officials say". Los Angeles Times. Retrieved 14 May 2025.{{cite web}}: |first1= has generic name (help)
20. Bacchi, Umberto (1 April 2014). "Mexican Knights Templar Drug Cartel Leader Enrique El Kike Plancarte Solis 'Killed'". International Business Times UK. Retrieved 14 May 2025.
21. "Mexican troops 'kill Zetas cartel founder Mellado'". BBC News. 12 May 2014. Retrieved 14 May 2025.
22. México, Redacción/Quadratín (29 July 2014). "Abaten al Flanders 1, operativo del Cártel del Golfo". Quadratín México (in Spanish). Retrieved 14 May 2025.
23. "Former Gotti Capo Died Last Week". 8 October 2014. Retrieved 14 May 2025.

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• Vilalta, C. (2011). "Monthly patterns, trends, and trajectories in the count of deaths related to organized crime, 2006-2010" (PDF). Conference at UAEM (in Spanish), April 26, 2011. Archived from the original (PDF) on 17 August 2011.