Changaloa Cartel

General Description
The Changaloa Cartel (Spanish: Cártel de Changaloa), is a Colombian international drug trafficking, money laundering, and organized crime syndicate established during the late 1980s. By August 2021, the cartel was primarily based in the city of Los Santos with operations in the Mexican states of Baja California, Durango, Sonora, and Chihuahua. The cartel's drug operations in Los Santos are maintained by Chang Gang and the Street Team.

In January 2023, Changaloa began making a return in Los Santos, with Chang Gang seeking to expand their drug operations into Sandy Shores, establishing a small compound on January 24, 2023. Multiple sprays followed to establish home turf in the area.

Background Information
The United States Intelligence Community considers the Changaloa Cartel "the most powerful drug trafficking organization in the world" and in 2011, the Los Santos Times called it "Mexico's most powerful organized crime group."

Changaloa Storefront Codenames
*Drugs  *Guns 
 * Bags of Coke - Ego Chaser
 * Bar Brick of Coke - EarthQuake Bar
 * Cured Meth - Pow Gum
 * Bag of Meth - Zebra Bar
 * Crack Rock - P’s & Q’s Candybox
 * Crack Pipe - Supersalt Chips
 * Rolled Bill - Captain’s Log
 * Meth Table - Sticky Rib Chips
 * Dried Bud - Big Cheese Chips
 * Heroin - Meteorite Bar
 * Colt 1911 - Logger Beer
 * Deagle - Patriot Beer
 * Python - Pibwasser Beer
 * FNX - Cervesa Barracho
 * Diamond Back - Jakeys Lager
 * Browning - Pride Brew

Changaloa Members (Early 2023)
 

Vehicles
 

Sandy Shores Compound & Initial Shootout
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According to Senior Deputy Jeffrey Bones, 39 cops were downed from the January 24 shootout.

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The Dark Market & Lost MC Cooperation
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The PD Barbecue Party
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The PD Kidnappings
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Pirate Island Grow Op & Dark Market stash raid
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February 19, 2023: N/A

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Temporary end of cartel operations
On February 24, 2023, out of frustration with seemingly incessant police raids and aggressive police intrusion into the Cartel's operation, among other reasons, the Changaloa cartel concluded its operations in Sandy Shores and departed Los Santos once again.

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New cartel operations
After a few months of inactivity, the cartel reactivated in San Andreas on July 2, 2023, after Mr. Kebun stole weed from a Rooster's Ranch grow op and after the Lost MC begin operating a business at the YellowJack Inn, where Chang Gang and Hydra Gang secretly share a meth lab with the Bondi Boys MC.

The cartel also refrained from using the Dark Market and openly planting weed plants like they did months prior, this time being focused more on expanding territory than pushing drugs. Mr. Kebun also pushed the narrative to the police, particularly Sam Baas, that he was kidnapped by the cartel.

Changaloa seek to establish a firm footing in Sandy Shores, and is willing to fight the Lost MC and their enemies in the area the Clowncil and Department of Corrections personnel Carmine Costello and Bobby Charles to maintain control.

<font color="#db1616">Quotes

 * "Ramos get in formación!"
 * "Vamos Ramos"
 * "Doug fix the fence!"
 * "Viva La Changaloa"
 * "Si, El Patrón"

<font color="#db1616">Trivia

 * Tommy Tinker, an associate of La Chancla, was the cartel's first official customer in 2023. He later joined the cartel's operation, but was kicked not long after.
 * La Muñeca had the only pink Changaloa passport.

<font color="#db1616">3.0 Clips

 * Plata O Plomo
 * Weed Transport
 * PD BBQ
 * Threatening PD
 * PD Terror Day 2
 * Island Grow Op
 * CG botched cop Kidnapping

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