It reads that those who had kidnapped and killed were guilty of a “lack of discipline” and had disobeyed the cartel’s rules, which include “respecting the life and well-being of the innocent.”

Source: https://www.deseret.com/u-s-world/2023/3/7/23628900/americans-kidnapped-in-mexico-by-cartel

Saudi Arabia, dominant among the oil cartel’s members, has warned speculators that they might get burned by betting on lower prices.

Source: https://businessmirror.com.ph/2023/06/04/with-oil-prices-slumping-opec-producers-weigh-more-production-cuts/

The cartel’s conversations were intercepted by the U.S. Drug Enforcement Administration in 2014 while investigating the cartel for trafficking drugs into suburban Chicago.

Source: https://www.nytimes.com/2023/09/02/world/americas/mexico-iguala-students-kidnapping.html

The cartel’s name is a reference to the sun insignia affixed to the uniforms of Venezuelan military officers.

Source: https://www.aljazeera.com/news/2023/7/20/former-venezuela-spy-chief-pleads-not-guilty-to-us-drug-charges

Two of the defendants were accused of testing the potency of the cartel’s fentanyl on victims while they were tied down, Garland said.

Source: https://newsdiaryonline.com/son-of-drug-lord-el-chapo-extradited-to-u-s-on-drug-charges/