Benjamín Arellano Félix, born on March 12, 1952, in Sinaloa, Mexico, was the leader of the notorious Tijuana Cartel, one of the most powerful and violent drug cartels in Mexico during the 1980s and 1990s. Alongside his brothers, including Ramón and Eduardo, Benjamín built a criminal empire that operated mainly out of the border city…
Juan José Esparragoza Moreno, commonly known as El Azul (“The Blue One”), was a notorious and elusive figure in Mexico’s drug world. He rose to prominence as one of the most powerful and influential leaders in the Mexican drug cartels, most notably within the Sinaloa Cartel. His long-standing career in the narcotics trade, spanning decades,…
Ernesto Fonseca Carrillo, also known as Don Neto, is a pivotal figure in the history of Mexican drug cartels and one of the original leaders of the notorious Guadalajara Cartel. Born on August 1, 1930, in Badiraguato, Sinaloa, Fonseca Carrillo played a key role in shaping the drug trade in Mexico during the 1970s and…
Rafael Caro Quintero is a notorious Mexican drug lord, often referred to as one of the founding members of the Guadalajara Cartel, a powerful drug trafficking organization that flourished in the 1970s and 1980s. Born on October 24, 1952, in La Noria, Sinaloa, Caro Quintero quickly rose through the ranks of the drug trade, alongside…
Joaquín “El Chapo” Guzmán , the former leader of Mexico’s Sinaloa Cartel and one of the world’s most notorious drug traffickers, has been incarcerated in the United States since 2019. After a dramatic legal saga that saw him repeatedly elude Mexican authorities, El Chapo was finally sentenced to life in prison in July 2019. He was found…
Luigi Mancuso: The Main Leader of the ‘Ndrangheta Luigi Mancuso is one of the most notorious and powerful mafia bosses in Italian organized crime and is considered the head of the notorious ‘Ndrangheta in Calabria, one of the most dangerous and influential criminal organizations in the world. Mancuso is at the heart of the ‘Ndrangheta’s activities and is…
Miguel Ángel Félix Gallardo: The Rise and Fall of the ‘Godfather’ of the Mexican Guadalajara Cartel Miguel Ángel Félix Gallardo is a name deeply entwined with the history of the Mexican drug cartels. Known as “El Padrino” (The Godfather), he was the founder of what would become the first large-scale Mexican Guadalajara Cartel. Félix Gallardo’s…
Ridouan Taghi (20-12-1977) is a Moroccan-Dutch criminal. Taghi gave orders for several murders, for which he and co-defendants were tried in the Marengo trial. In this trial, Taghi was sentenced to life imprisonment on 27 February 2024. YouthTaghi was born in Bni Selmane in the province of Chefchaouen, located in the Tangier-Tétouan region in northwestern…
Early last month, the police in Dubai arrested Ridouan Taghi’s eldest son, Faissal, sources told De Telegraaf. Faissal is suspected in the Netherlands, like his father, of participating in a criminal drug trafficking organization and money laundering, among other things. His interrogation brought new suspicions to light against Dutch lawyers, the newspaper reported. Several intelligence…
Juan José Esparragoza Moreno (February 3, 1949 – June 2014), commonly referred to by his alias El Azul (English: “The Blue One”), was a Mexican drug lord and member of the Sinaloa Cartel, the Guadalajara Cartel and the Juárez Cartel cartel . three large and powerful criminal organizations. Originally a member of the Dirección Federal…