[citation needed] On 27 February 2015, Servando "La Tuta" Gómez Leader of the Knights Templar was arrested by the Mexican federal police.

[12] As of September 2017, it is believed the cartel has ceased to exist after their leader Pablo "El 500" Toscano Padilla and his lieutenant Ezequiel "El Cheques" Castaneda were reported to have been killed by remnants of La Nueva Familia Michoacana Organization while on their way to a regional meeting with members of the Jalisco New Generation Cartel to form an alliance with them.

[16] Prior to that date, on 17 March 2012, the Knights Templar Cartel allegedly put up 14 banners on the bridges of León, San Miguel de Allende, Irapuato, Salamanca, Yuriria, Moroleón and Uriangato, all municipalities of Guanajuato, pledging to not provoke any violent acts during the pope's visit.

The 22 page book is titled "The Code of the Knights Templar of Michoacan" and contains the rules and regulations of the gang.

Members swear to help the poor and helpless, fight against materialism, respect women and children, not kill for money, and not use drugs.