Knights Templar Cartel

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The Knights Templar Cartel is a Mexican criminal organization known for drug trafficking, extortion, and vigilante-style control over communities, particularly in the state of Michoacán.

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Predicate Object
instanceOf Mexican drug cartel
criminal organization
alias El Chayo NERFINISHED
La Tuta NERFINISHED
controls drug production and trafficking routes in Michoacán
countryOfOrigin Mexico
designatedAs transnational criminal organization
designatedBy United States Department of the Treasury NERFINISHED
financingMethod cocaine trafficking
extortion of avocado producers
extortion of lime producers
extortion of local businesses
illegal logging
iron ore smuggling
methamphetamine trafficking
formedAs splinter group of La Familia Michoacana
foundedIn 2011
foundedInCountry Mexico NERFINISHED
foundedInDecade 2010s
foundedInState Michoacán NERFINISHED
hasLeader Dionisio Loya Plancarte NERFINISHED
Enrique Plancarte Solís NERFINISHED
Kike Plancarte NERFINISHED
Nazario Moreno González NERFINISHED
Servando Gómez Martínez NERFINISHED
ideology pseudo-Christian code of conduct
involvedIn drug trafficking
extortion
illegal mining
kidnapping
money laundering
murder
oil theft
knownFor pseudo-religious ideology
use of religious and knightly imagery
vigilante-style control over communities
languageOfName Spanish
opposedBy Mexican armed forces
Mexican federal government NERFINISHED
self-defense groups in Michoacán
originalName Caballeros Templarios NERFINISHED
peakInfluencePeriod early 2010s
primaryAreaOfOperation Michoacán NERFINISHED
western Mexico NERFINISHED
splitFrom La Familia Michoacana NERFINISHED
status severely weakened
symbol Templar knight imagery
red cross with a white background
usesTactics intimidation and terror
propaganda through banners and videos
social control over local communities

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Mexican drug cartels hasMember Knights Templar Cartel