The Gomez Cartel was a Mexican drug cartel based out of Miami's North Beach and South Beach, led by Gaspar Gomez. The Gomez Cartel were created in the 1970s and expanded their interests in the 1980s, taking over North and South Beach and Gaspar bought an expensive penthouse at La Normande hotel. The cartel was destroyed when Tony Montana took over the two Beaches and when Gomez was assassinated in 1984.