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Vicente Carrillo Fuentes

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In thisSpanish name,the first or paternalsurnameisCarrilloand the second or maternal family name isFuentes.
Vicente Carrillo Fuentes
Born(1962-10-16)16 October 1962(age 61)
Navolato,Sinaloa,Mexico
Other namesEl Viceroy,[1]
El General,[1][2]
Andres[3]
OccupationHead of theJuárez Cartel
Criminal statusArrested
Criminal penalty28 years in prison
Reward amount
Mexico: $30 millionMexicanpesos
USA:US$20 million

Vicente Carrillo Fuentes(born 16 October 1962), commonly referred to by his aliasEl Viceroy,is a Mexican convicteddrug lordand former leader of theJuárez Cartel,a drug trafficking organization. The cartel is based in Chihuahua, one of the primary transportation routes for billions of dollars' worth of illegal drug shipments entering theUnited Statesfrom Mexico annually. He was one of Mexico'smost-wanted drug lordsuntil his capture in 2014.[4]

Early life[edit]

Vicente Carrillo Fuentes was born in Guamuchilito, Navolato, Sinaloa, Mexico on 16 October 1962 to Vicente Carrillo and Aurora Fuentes. He had seven siblings: Angélica,Amado,Cipriano, Guadalupe, Alberto, Rodolfo and José Cruz Carrillo Fuentes (Vicente being the fourth one).[5]All are nephews ofErnesto Fonseca Carrillo,a former drug lord.

Family relations and alliances[edit]

TheJuárez Cartelwas founded by his brotherAmado Carrillo Fuentesfollowing the death ofPablo Acosta Villarreal.

Cipriano Carrillo Fuentes died in the mid-1980s by gunshot under mysterious circumstances. Amado began in the drug business under the tutelage of his uncle and eventually formed the Juárez Cartel by 1993. Amado brought in his brothers and eventually his sonVicente Carrillo Leyva,who was arrested on 1 April 2009.[6][7]

When Amado died on 3 July 1997 following complications from plastic surgery, a brief turf war began in Juarez over the leadership of the cartel. Vicente would emerge as the victor after defeating the Muñoz Talavera brothers for control of the cartel. Vicente formed a partnership withJuan José Esparragoza Moreno,his brother Rodolfo Carrillo Fuentes, his nephew Vicente Carrillo Leyva, Ricardo Garcia Urquiza and theBeltrán Leyva brothers.He kept in service several lieutenants formally under his brother, such as "El Chacky" Hernandez.

The organization was in flux by the time Vicente took control of the cartel and the death of Amado created a large power vacuum in the Mexican underworld. TheArellano Félixbrothers became the most powerful organization during the 1990s while Vicente was able to avoid direct conflict and increase the strength of the Juárez Cartel. The relationship between the Carrillo Fuentes clan and the other members of the organization grew unstable towards the end of the 1990s and into the 2000s. In 2001 after the escape from prison byJoaquín Guzmán Loera,many of the Juárez Cartel members defected to Guzmán'sSinaloa cartel.

In 2004 Rodolfo Carrillo was killed outside of a movie theatre, allegedly at the behest of Guzmán Loera. Vicente Carrillo responded by having Guzmán Loera's brother "El Pollo" assassinated in prison. This sparked off a turf war; however, it seemed that the war between the two was on hold during 2005 and 2006 because the Sinaloa Cartel was engaged in a vicious war with their rival, theGulf Cartel.During this time, the leadership of the cartel was between Vicente Carrillo and Ricardo García Urquiza, who was arrested in November 2005.[8]The cartel had become factionalized between the groups loyal to the Carrillo family and the groups loyal to Juan José Esparragoza Moreno and Guzmán Loera's Sinaloa Cartel.

The Juárez Cartel, under the control of Vicente Carrillo Fuentes and his nephew Vicente Carrillo Leyva, was placed under a large degree of pressure following the "House of Death"case, in which the organization was penetrated by law enforcement, but was corrupted by the fact that the informant participated in murders. In 2008, 200 murders occurred in the first three months and it appeared that the war between the Sinaloa Federation and the remnants of the Juárez Cartel was back on. PresidentCalderónsent thousands of troops toCiudad Juárez.The Juárez Cartel, at one time the most powerful in Mexico, is a shadow of its former self.

Charges[edit]

Carrillo Fuentes was charged in a forty-six count indictment in the Western District ofTexaswith continuing criminal enterprise, importation and possession with intent to distributecocaineandmarijuana,conspiracy to import and possess with intent to distribute cocaine and marijuana, as well as withmoney laundering,tampering with a witness, ordering the intentional killing of individuals to prevent communication of information by them to U.S. law enforcement, and murder in furtherance of a continuing criminal enterprise. The U.S. Departments of State offered a reward of up to $5 millionUSDfor information leading to the arrest and/or conviction of Vicente Carrillo Fuentes.[9]

Kingpin Act sanction[edit]

On 1 June 2000, theUnited States Department of the Treasurysanctioned Carrillo Fuentes under theForeign Narcotics Kingpin Designation Act(sometimes referred to simply as the "Kingpin Act" ), for his involvement in drug trafficking along with eleven other international criminals.[10]The act prohibited U.S. citizens and companies from doing any kind of business activity with him, and virtually froze all his assets in the U.S.[11]

Arrest[edit]

Carrillo Fuentes was arrested in a joint operation by theMexican ArmyandFederal PoliceinTorreón, Coahuilaon 9 October 2014.[12][13]He was then sent to Mexico City and transferred to the federal installations ofSEIDO,Mexico's anti-organized crime investigatory agency, where he gave a formal declaration.[14]Two days later, he was formally charged with drug trafficking and organized crime offenses.[15]On 14 October 2014, Carrillo Fuentes was transferred to theFederal Social Readaptation Center No. 2,a federal maximum-security prison (commonly referred to as "Puente Grande" ), inJaliscostate.[16]That same day, he was formally charged by a federal court in Jalisco for violating Mexico'sFederal Law of Firearms and Explosives.[17]

Sentence[edit]

On 14 September 2021, a Mexican court sentenced Fuentes to 28 years in prison.[18]

In popular culture[edit]

A character loosely based on Vicente Carrillo Fuentes was featured inthe 2017 TV series "El Chapo".Vicente Carrillo Fuentes is portrayed by Fernando Bonilla in the third season of theNetflixSeriesNarcos: Mexico.

See also[edit]

References[edit]

  1. ^ab"Top Mexican drug cartel suspect arrested, officials say".CNN.2 April 2009. p. 2. Archived fromthe originalon 23 September 2010.Retrieved4 October2012.
  2. ^"México ofrece millonarias recompensas por 37 líderes del narco".Univision(in Spanish). 23 February 2009. p. 3.Archivedfrom the original on 27 May 2012.Retrieved4 October2012.
  3. ^International FUGITIVES: Carrillo-Fuentes, Vicente.U.S. Drug Enforcement Agency. Operations > Most Wanted Fugitives > International Division. Retrieved 16 July 2013.
  4. ^"DEA FUGITIVE: CARRILLO-FUENTES, Vicente".Drug Enforcement Administration.Archivedfrom the original on 29 April 2011.Retrieved4 October2012.
  5. ^"¿Quién es Vicente Carrillo Fuentes?"(in Spanish).Milenio.9 October 2014.Retrieved10 October2014.
  6. ^Castillo, Eduardo E. (2 April 2009)."Vicente Carrillo Leyva, Wanted Mexican Drug Suspect, Detained".The Huffington Post.Archivedfrom the original on 7 November 2012.Retrieved4 October2012.
  7. ^Ellingwood, Ken (3 April 2009)."Mexico arrests suspected No. 2 in Juarez drug cartel".Los Angeles Times.Mexico City.Archivedfrom the original on 4 March 2011.Retrieved4 October2012.
  8. ^Marshall, Claire (22 November 2005)."Mexico arrests drug cartel head".BBC News.Mexico City.Archivedfrom the original on 20 August 2014.Retrieved4 October2012.
  9. ^"FBI – Vicente Carrillo Fuentes".El Paso, Texas:Federal Bureau of Investigation.Archivedfrom the original on 10 October 2012.Retrieved4 October2012.
  10. ^"DESIGNATIONS PURSUANT TO THE FOREIGN NARCOTICS KINGPIN DESIGNATION ACT"(PDF).United States Department of the Treasury.15 May 2014. p. 1.Retrieved28 May2014.
  11. ^"An overview of the Foreign Narcotics Kingpin Designation Act"(PDF).United States Department of the Treasury.2009. p. 1. Archived fromthe original(PDF)on 28 May 2014.Retrieved28 May2014.
  12. ^"Capturan a 'El Viceroy'"(in Spanish).Milenio.9 October 2014.Retrieved9 October2014.
  13. ^"El Viceroy fue rastreado por su vehículo, confirman PGR y CNS"(in Spanish). AnimalPolítico. 9 October 2014. Archived fromthe originalon 15 October 2014.Retrieved15 October2014.
  14. ^Hernández, Hugo (12 October 2014)."Sigue declarando en la SEIDO Vicente Carrillo"(in Spanish). El Sol de México.Organización Editorial Mexicana.Archived fromthe originalon 14 October 2014.Retrieved14 October2014.
  15. ^"Dictan formal prisión a Vicente Carrillo Fuentes"(in Spanish). El Diario de Juárez. 14 October 2014. Archived fromthe originalon 15 October 2014.Retrieved15 October2014.
  16. ^Martínez, Jorge (14 October 2014)."Encarcelan a Vicente Carrillo en penal de Puente Grande".Guadalajara, Jalisco:Milenio.Archivedfrom the original on 20 October 2014.Retrieved14 October2014.
  17. ^Ramírez de Aguilar, Fernando (14 October 2014)."Dictan tres órdenes de formal prisión en contra de Carrillo Fuentes"(in Spanish). El Financiero. Grupo Multimedia Lauman.Archivedfrom the original on 16 October 2014.Retrieved15 October2014.
  18. ^"Mexican ex-cartel boss jailed for 28 years".RFI.14 September 2021.Retrieved15 September2021.

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