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2021 in organized crime
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October 10, 2025
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In 2021, a number of events took place in organized crime.
Contents
Events
Arts and literature
Deaths
See also
References
Events
April 10 – The
Venezuelan Armed Forces
announce the arrest of an unspecified number of
Sinaloa Cartel
members amidst clashes with
FARC dissidents
in the state of
Apure
.
[
1
]
May 31 –
Corleonesi Mafia
hitman
Giovanni Brusca
is released from prison after serving his 25-year sentence. He was convicted for his role in the
Capaci bombing
, which killed anti-Mafia magistrate
Giovanni Falcone
alongside four other people. His release is condemned by the leaders of the ruling
Italian Democratic Party
and the right-wing
Lega Nord
.
[
2
]
September 14 – A
Mexican court
sentences
Vicente Carrillo Fuentes
, a former leader of the
Juárez
drug cartel
, to 28 years in prison on the charges of
organized crime
and
drug trafficking
.
[
3
]
October 23 –
Colombian police
arrest
Dario Antonio Úsuga
(alias "Otoniel"), a leader of the
Clan del Golfo
drug cartel
, in the town of
Necoclí
. Úsuga had been listed by authorities as one of the country's most-wanted
drug traffickers
.
[
4
]
November 16 – The
Mexican Secretariat of National Defense
announces that
Rosalinda González Valencia
, the wife of
Jalisco New Generation Cartel
leader
Nemesio Oseguera "El Mencho" Cervantes
, is re-arrested. González was previously detained in 2018 for allegedly running the finances of the cartel, but was released on bail.
[
5
]
December 1 – Armed cartel members
break into a prison
in
Tula
,
Hidalgo
using vehicles,
detonating
several
car bombs
. Nine inmates are freed, including a local
drug lord
. Two law enforcement officers are injured.
[
6
]
Arts and literature
The Many Saints of Newark
Lansky
Furioza
Ferry
Deaths
February 25 –
Peter Gotti
, 81, American mobster (
Gambino crime family
).
[
7
]
June 27 –
Dominick Montiglio
, 73, American mob associate (Gambino crime family).
[
8
]
July 7 –
Giovanni Tegano
, 81, Italian mobster, head of
De Stefano 'ndrina
.
[
9
]
August 21 –
Anthony Scotto
, 87, American mobster (Gambino crime family).
[
10
]
September 24 –
Jitender Mann Gogi
, 38, Indian mobster.
[
11
]
October 1 –
Frank LoCascio
, 89, American mobster (Gambino crime family).
[
12
]
See also
Timeline of the Mexican Drug War
List of years in organized crime
References
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"Venezuela detains Sinaloa cartel members in clash near Colombia"
.
Al Jazeera
. Retrieved
7 October
2025
.
↑
"Giovanni Brusca, Italian mafia boss, freed after 25 years in jail"
.
Al Jazeera
. Retrieved
7 October
2025
.
↑
"Mexican ex-cartel boss jailed for 28 years"
.
RFI
. 14 September 2021
. Retrieved
7 October
2025
.
↑
"Colombia's most-wanted drug lord 'Otoniel' captured"
.
www.channelnewsasia.com
. Archived from
the original
on 27 October 2021
. Retrieved
7 October
2025
.
↑
"Mexico's most wanted: Wife of cartel boss 'El Mencho' held"
. 16 November 2021
. Retrieved
7 October
2025
.
↑
Agren, David (1 December 2021).
"Gangsters use vehicles to ram into Mexico prison and free nine inmates"
.
The Guardian
.
ISSN
0261-3077
. Retrieved
7 October
2025
.
↑
"Gambino crime family's elder Gotti, Peter, dies in prison"
.
NBC News
. 26 February 2021
. Retrieved
7 October
2025
.
↑
Service, Noblin Funeral.
"Obituary for Dominick Anthony Montiglio | Noblin Funeral Service"
.
Obituary for Dominick Anthony Montiglio | Noblin Funeral Service
.
Archived
from the original on 4 April 2023
. Retrieved
7 October
2025
.
↑
Redazione (7 July 2021).
"
'Ndrangheta, morto il boss Giovanni Tegano"
.
CityNow
(in Italian)
. Retrieved
7 October
2025
.
↑
Stout, David (23 August 2021).
"Anthony M. Scotto, Former Union Power on the Docks, Dies at 87"
.
The New York Times
. Archived from
the original
on 23 August 2021
. Retrieved
7 October
2025
.
↑
"Jitender Maan Gogi: India gangster shot dead in Delhi court"
. 24 September 2021
. Retrieved
7 October
2025
.
↑
Reports, Advance/SILive com Staff (6 October 2021).
"Frank LoCascio, former Gambino underboss, is dead at 89; hoped 'Sammy the Bull' could get him freed"
.
silive
. Retrieved
7 October
2025
.
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