Cártel del Golfo, also known as the Gulf Cartel and commonly abbreviated CDG, is a Mexican organized crime group involved in transnational narcotics trafficking. It has been designated by the United States as a Foreign Terrorist Organization since February 20, 2025. High-confidence reporting ties the group to fentanyl supply chains, including as an intended recipient of fentanyl precursor chemicals and cutting agents sourced from China-based suppliers for trafficking operations linked to Mexico and the United States. The group’s role in these supply chains demonstrates involvement in cross-border procurement, logistics, and distribution of synthetic-drug inputs. Based on the available facts, the actor is associated with financially motivated criminal activity centered on drug trafficking rather than cyber operations, and there is no direct support here for specific cyber intrusion tradecraft, malware use, or ransomware activity.
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