Drug lord mountains, Sinaloa, Mexico

Sentinel-1 CSAR SM acquired on 22 November 2014 at 01:41:07 UTC
Sentinel-2 MSI acquired on 29 November 2020 & on 01 December 2020
Sentinel-1 CSAR IW acquired on 07 December 2020 at 01:49:20 UTC
Sentinel-1 CSAR IW acquired on 11 December 2020 & on 12 December 2020
Author(s): Sentinel Vision team, VisioTerra, France - svp@visioterra.fr
Keyword(s): Security, mountain range, agriculture, public health, Sierra Madre, Mexico, United States
Fig. 1 - S1 (11 & 12.2020) - The Sierra Madre Occidental lies between the Gulf of California and the Central Mexican Plateau.
2D view
Fig. 2 - S2 (29.11.2020 & 01.12.2020) - A very powerful drug organisation lies in the state of Sinaloa and stretched in nearby coastal states.
2D view
It is where is produced large amounts of heroin sold in the United States, the turnover of the Sinaloa cartel is estimated at 2.9 billion euros.
Fig. 3 - S1 (22.11.2014) - Ejido Tampico is the Mexican city at the border with the United States.
3D view
Fig. 4 - S1 (07.12.2020) - The border city has been largely developed by the Sinaloa cartel to prepare numerous transborder drug tunnels.
3D view
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Contains modified Copernicus Sentinel data 2024, processed by VisioTerra.
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