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Following reports of his hospitalization due to health complications last Friday, it has been announced that drug kingpin Miguel Ángel Félix Gallardo died this Sunday in Jalisco.
According to preliminary reports from local media, the founder of the Guadalajara Cartel passed away two days after being transferred from the Puente Grande prison in Jalisco to a hospital due to health complications.
Last Friday, it was reported that he had presented with "low oxygenation, altered state of consciousness, and disorientation," as cited by AFP from a statement issued after his hospitalization.
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Who was Miguel Ángel Félix Gallardo?
Miguel Ángel Félix Gallardo, known as 'The Boss of Bosses' or 'The Godfather,' was one of the most powerful drug traffickers in Mexico and one of the founders of the Guadalajara Cartel, considered one of the country's first major criminal organizations and the most powerful between the 1970s and 1980s.
According to InSight Crime, he played a key role in the alliances between Mexican and Colombian drug traffickers, which marked the expansion of drug trafficking and paved the way for what is now organized crime.
The cartel was involved in the kidnapping, torture, and murder of DEA agent Enrique ‘Kiki’ Camarena, which occurred in February 1985. Following the crime, the United States pressured Mexico to arrest those responsible.
Rafael Caro Quintero, a collaborator of the Guadalajara Cartel and one of the main individuals responsible for the kidnapping, torture, and murder of the DEA agent, was captured that same year, while Félix Gallardo was apprehended in 1989.
In recent years, Félix Gallardo's health deteriorated due to various ailments, including hypertension, diabetes, and deafness. Although a judge recommended that he serve his sentence under house arrest, technical problems related to his electronic ankle monitor prevented his transfer.
The kingpin was 80 years old and had been serving a sentence in Puente Grande since 1989 for crimes linked to drug trafficking, such as money laundering, health-related offenses, arms smuggling, and homicide.
The 'Boss of Bosses' was serving a sentence of up to 77 years in prison, 40 of which were for health-related offenses and 37 for the murder of DEA agent 'Kiki' Camarena and pilot Alfredo Zavala.
[Publicidad]