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Edgar Valdez Villarreal (born August 11, 1973), also known as La Barbie ("The Barbie"), is a Mexican-American former drug lord and high-ranking lieutenant of the Beltrán Leyva Cartel.
The vehicle the drug traffickers were in then caught on fire, and two of the gunmen burned to death. [12] The third one died on the sidewalk. According to PGR , the three gunmen that were killed were members of Los Negros, a group of hitmen under the tutelage of Joaquín Guzmán Loera (a.k.a. El Chapo ) and of the Sinaloa Cartel . [ 12 ]
Drug-related assassinations are not solely limited to local and low-profile politicians. [2] As demonstrated with the killing of Rodolfo Torre Cantú in June 2010, a candidate for the PRI who was running for the state government of Tamaulipas, drug lords are interfering with Mexico's election process.
A drug lord, drug baron, kingpin, or lord of drugs is a type of crime boss in charge of a drug trafficking network, organization, or enterprise.. Such lords are often difficult to bring to justice, as they are normally not directly in possession of something illegal but are insulated from the actual trade in drugs by several layers of staff.
Pedro Avilés Pérez (April 11, 1931 – September 15, 1978), also known as "El León de la Sierra" (English: "The Mountain Lion"), [3] [4] was a Mexican drug lord in the state of Sinaloa beginning in the late 1960s. He is considered to be the first generation of major Mexican drug smugglers of marijuana. [5]
Jorge Zárate as Juan Montoya: Mexican drug trafficker from Tamaulipas. Leader of the Villalobos cartel. Javier Díaz Dueñas as Don Anacleto "Cleto" Letrán (He also made guest appearance in the spin-off series of El Chema): Ximena's father, Drug Lord From Sinaloa and Aurelio’s father-in Law. Aurelio and Chacorta's former mentor.
This notorious Ochoa crime family's role in the Colombian drug trade, depicted in Netflix's 'Griselda,' has also been explored in 'Narcos.'
Ignacio "Nacho" Coronel Villarreal (1 February 1954 – 29 July 2010) was a Mexican suspected drug lord and a founder of the Sinaloa Cartel, a criminal group based in Sinaloa. He worked alongside Joaquín "El Chapo" Guzmán, Mexico's most-wanted drug lord. His stronghold was Jalisco.