Knights Templar Cartel
The Knights Templar Cartel (Spanish: Los Caballeros Templarios) was a Mexican criminal organization originally composed of the remnants of La Familia Michoacana drug cartel based in the Mexican State of Michoacán.
| Founded | December 2010 by Nazario Moreno Gonzalez and Servando Gomez Martinez |
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| Founding location | Michoacán, Mexico |
| Years active | December 2010– September 2017 |
| Territory | Michoacán, Mexico |
| Ethnicity | Mexican |
| Criminal activities | Drug trafficking, arms trafficking, kidnapping, extortion, racketeering, murder, robbery, assault, counterfeiting, money laundering. |
| Allies | Gulf Cartel Beltrán-Leyva Cartel Sinaloa Cartel |
| Rivals | Jalisco New Generation Cartel Juarez Cartel MS-13 Los Zetas Independent Civilian vigilante and Militia groups Gente Nueva La Familia Michoacana |
The Knights Templar Cartel used to indoctrinate its operatives to "fight and die" for the cartel. Before its collapse, the cartel took full control of the now defunct La Familia Michoacana operations in states including Michoacán, Guerrero, the state of Mexico, and Morelos.
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