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This list of drug lords is grouped by their associated cartels. As of 2009, Mexico has offered up to 30 million pesos for the capture of each of the fugitives. [2] [3] [4] The United States also offers rewards for two of them. [5] The most-wanted of the 37 drug lords was Joaquín "El Chapo" Guzmán Loera, for whom Mexican and U.S. governments ...
Drug-war related murders in Mexico, 2006–2011. Since his 2001 escape from prison, Guzmán had wanted to control the Ciudad Juárez crossing points, which were in the hands of the Carrillo Fuentes family of the Juárez Cartel. [85]
Juan García Abrego [3] [4] (Spanish pronunciation: [xwɑŋ ɡaɾˈsia aˈβɾeɣo]; born September 13, 1944) is a Mexican convicted drug lord and former leader of the Gulf Cartel, a criminal group based in the state of Tamaulipas, Mexico. He started in the cartel under the tutelage of his uncle Juan Nepomuceno Guerra.
Ismael Zambada García is a drug smuggler in Mexico and co-founder of the Sinaloa Cartel. [32] Mexico's top anti-drug prosecutor, José Santiago Vasconcelos, called Zambada "drug dealer No. 1" and said the fugitive has become more powerful as his fellow kingpins have fallen, including one who was allegedly killed on Zambada's orders.
MEXICO CITY (AP) — It was strange and surprising when Mexico’s most-wanted drug lord landed at an airfield near El Paso, Texas in July, but the story of how he got there is now growing into a ...
Caro Quintero was wanted for his involvement in drug trafficking as well as the 1985 murders. He was at large as a wanted fugitive in Mexico , the United States, and several other countries. The United States offered a 20-million-dollar reward for information leading to his capture, the highest value among fugitives currently listed on the FBI ...
That clause was apparently motivated by the abduction of a Mexican doctor wanted for allegedly participating in the 1985 torture and killing of Drug Enforcement Administration agent Kiki Camarena.
Throughout his criminal career following his escape, Guzmán was pursued all across Mexico and abroad, and went from being an average-level drug lord to arguably the world's most-wanted man. Mexico offered MXN$30 million (about US$2.3 million) for his capture, while the United States offered up to US$5 million for information leading to his ...