Cortez Cartel

The Cortez Cartel is an international criminal gang that originated in Mexico and has spread to other parts of the Central America and South America, and later the inner colonies. The majority of the gang is ethnically composed of Central Americans (mostly Salvadorans), and are active in urban and suburban areas, but they have actively recruited to serve as pirate and mercenaries.

Their wide-ranging activities have drawn the attention of UEG Law Enforcement and ONI, who have initiated wide-scale raids against known and suspected gang members – netting thousands of arrests across many of the inner colonies.

Formation
By the 22nd century, they either eliminated or had their competitors form a conglomerate, as many of their competitors started to decline and looked to the Cortez Cartel for assistance. Those who declined any conditional offers of assistance were killed. They eventually became the new dominant player in the center of Mexico, controlling a large percentage of the drug traffic from Mexico into the United States.
 * INTERPLANETARY WAR
 * INSURRECTIONIST WAR
 * HUMAN-COVENANT WAR

Expansion

 * CREATION OF NEW DRUG AND SPREADING INTO THE INNER COLONIES???