The Juárez Cartel (Spanish: Cártel de Juárez) is a Mexican drug trafficking cartel based in Ciudad Juárez, Chihuahua, Mexico. The cartel has most recently transformed itself into the Golden Triangle Alliance, or La Alianza Triángulo de Oro, because of its leaders in three Mexican states: the border state Chihuahua, which is south of the U.S. state of Texas, and Durango and Sinaloa, which both share border with the southern tip of the international border state. Until 2004 the organization was headed by Juan José Esparragoza Moreno, also known as El Azul (The Blue). In late 2004 control of the cartel was assumed by Ricardo Garcia Urquiza until his arrest in Mexico City during November 2005.