Barrio Azteca / Los Aztecas
activegangOrigin: El Paso, Texas / Ciudad Juárez, Chihuahua · founded 1986 · aka BA, Aztecas
Notes
Prison gang founded in Texas state prisons, now a transnational armed wing aligned with La Línea (Juárez Cartel). Major actor in the 2008–2012 Ciudad Juárez homicide wave. Designated a Transnational Criminal Organization by US Treasury 2010. Carried out the 2010 US consulate murders in Juárez.
Primary activities
fentanyl retailextortionassassination-for-hirehuman smuggling