Complex sentence: Like other cartels, La Familia used the port city of Lázaro Cárdenas, Michoacán to import narcotics from the South American countries of Peru and Colombia; they also produced large amounts of methamphetamine along the highlands of the Sierra Madre.
Split into simpler sentences: Like other cartels, La Familia used the port city of Lázaro Cárdenas, Michoacán to import narcotics from Peru and Colombia. They also produced large amounts of methamphetamine along the highlands of the Sierra Madre.