This article was originally published at Lizanest.com.

The Sinaloa Cartel is one of the biggest and most powerful crime groups in the world. It started in the mountains of Mexico and grew from small drug farms into a global operation. Over the years, it has used tunnels, planes, and even submarines to move drugs. The cartel’s story includes escapes, wealth, violence, and survival. These forty facts explore how it began, how it grew so large, and why it’s still active today — a look inside the group that changed the drug trade forever.
