Flashcards: Mexican drug traffickers

Jesús Malverde, possibly born as Jesús Juarez Mazo (1870–1909) (pronounced: [xeˈsus malˈβeɾ.ðe]), sometimes known as the "generous bandit", "angel of the poor", or the "narco-saint", is a folklore hero in the Mexican state of Sinaloa.

Héctor Luis Palma Salazar (a.k.a.: "El Güero Palma") is a former Mexican drug trafficker and former leader of the Sinaloa Cartel alongside Joaquín "El Chapo" Guzmán.

Arnoldo Rueda Medina (born 15 December 1969) is a former Mexican drug lord and high-ranking leader of La Familia Michoacana, a drug trafficking organization which is based in Michoacán, Mexico.

(This name uses Spanish naming customs: the first or paternal family name is Guzmán and the second or maternal family name is Loera.) Joaquín Archivaldo Guzmán Loera (Spanish pronunciation: [xoaˈkin artʃiˈβaldo ɡusˈman loˈeɾa]; Sinaloa, 25 December 1954 or 4 April 1957) is a Mexican drug lord who heads the Sinaloa Cartel, a criminal organization named after the Mexican Pacific coast state of Sinaloa where it was formed.

Héctor Beltrán Leyva (born 15 February 1965) is a Mexican suspected drug lord and former leader of the Beltrán Leyva Cartel, a drug trafficking organization.

Benjamín Arellano Félix (born 12 March 1952) is a Mexican drug trafficker and former leader of the Mexican criminal organization known as the Tijuana Cartel or 'Arellano-Félix Organization'.

Servando Gómez Martínez (born February 6, 1966), commonly referred to by his alias La Tuta (The Teacher) for once being a teacher, is a Mexican drug lord and former leader of the Knights Templar Cartel, a criminal organization based in the state of Michoacán.

(This name uses Spanish naming customs: the first or paternal family name is Treviño and the second or maternal family name is Morales.) Miguel Ángel Treviño Morales (born 18 November 1970), commonly referred to by his alias Z-40, is a former Mexican drug lord and leader of the criminal organization known as Los Zetas.

Pablo Acosta Villarreal, commonly referred to as El Zorro de Ojinaga ("The Ojinaga Fox") was a Mexican narcotics smuggler who controlled crime along a two-hundred mile stretch of U.

Vicente Carrillo Fuentes (born October 16, 1962), commonly referred to by his alias El Viceroy, is a Mexican suspected drug lord and former leader of the Juárez Cartel, a drug trafficking organization.

(This name uses Spanish naming customs: the first or paternal family name is Loya and the second or maternal family name is Plancarte.) Dionisio Loya Plancarte (born 21 October 1955) is a Mexican drug lord and high-ranking leader of the Knights Templar Cartel, a quasi-religious criminal organization based in the state of Michoacán.

Teodoro García Simental (a.k.a.: El Teo and El Tres Letras) is a former lieutenant of the Mexican criminal organization known as the Tijuana Cartel, and later allied with the Sinaloa Cartel.

Rafael Caro Quintero (born October 3, 1952) is a Mexican drug trafficker who founded the now-disintegrated Guadalajara Cartel with Miguel Ángel Félix Gallardo and other drug traffickers in the 1970s.

Francisco Javier Arellano Félix (born 11 December 1969), the brother of Ramón Arellano Félix, is a former Mexican drug lord and leader of the Tijuana Cartel involved in drug-smuggling operations from Mexico to the United States.

Melissa Margarita Calderón Ojeda (born August 12, 1984), also known as "La China", is a Mexican drug trafficker, assassin and the leader of "Las Fuerzas Especiales de Los Dámaso", an enforcer group of the Sinaloa Cartel.

Jesús Hector Gutiérrez Rebollo (19 April 1934 – 19 December 2013) was a Mexican military general who was sentenced to 40 years in prison on multiple charges, including involvement in organized crime in the late nineties.

Juan José Esparragoza Moreno (born February 3, 1949), commonly referred to by his alias El Azul (English: "The Blue One"), is a Mexican drug lord and leader of the Sinaloa Cartel, a drug trafficking organization.

(This name uses Spanish naming customs: the first or paternal family name is Ávila and the second or maternal family name is Beltrán.) Sandra Ávila Beltrán (born 11 October 1960) is a Mexican drug cartel leader, dubbed "La Reina del Pacífico" (The Queen of the Pacific) by the media.

Alfredo Beltrán Leyva (born January 12, 1971), commonly referred to by his alias El Mochomo (The Desert Ant), is an incarcerated Mexican drug lord and former leader of the Beltrán-Leyva Cartel, a drug trafficking organization.

(This name uses Spanish naming customs: the first or paternal family name is Plancarte and the second or maternal family name is Solís.) Enrique Plancarte Solís (14 September 1970 – 31 March 2014) was a Mexican drug lord and high-ranking leader of the Knights Templar Cartel, a drug cartel headquartered in the state of Michoacán.

(This name uses Spanish naming customs: the first or paternal family name is Meza and the second or maternal family name is Flores.) Fausto Isidro Meza Flores (born June 19, 1982), commonly referred to by his criminal alias El Chapo Isidro ("Shorty Isidro"), is a Mexican drug lord and high-ranking leader of the Beltrán Leyva Cartel, a drug trafficking organization.

Julio de Jesus Radilla Hernandez aka El Negro was the leader of the South Pacific Cartel (a Mexican Drug Cartel) and was arrested on May 25, 2011 by Mexican Federal Police.

Miguel Angel Caro Quintero is a former Mexican Drug lord born in La Noria, Badiraguato, Sinaloa, Mexico, in 1963.

Claudia Ochoa Felix is a Mexican drug trafficker and the leader of Los Ántrax, an organization of enforcers related to the Sinaloa Cartel.

José de Jesús Méndez Vargas (born 28 February 1974), commonly referred to by his alias El Chango ("The Monkey"), is a Mexican drug lord and former leader of the now disbanded La Familia drug cartel, headquartered in the state of Michoacán.

(This name uses Spanish naming customs: the first or paternal family name is Arellano and the second or maternal family name is Félix.) Francisco Rafael Arellano Félix (24 October 1949 – 18 October 2013) was a Mexican drug lord and former leader of the Tijuana Cartel, a drug trafficking organization.

José Gerardo Álvarez-Vázquez (aka: El Indio or El Chayán) is a Mexican drug trafficker who worked for the Beltrán-Leyva Cartel and then for Édgar Valdez Villarreal's criminal organization known as Los Negros.

Rafael Aguilar Guajardo (1950 - April 12, 1993) was a Mexican drug lord and federal police commander of the National Security and Investigation Center (CISEN) in Mexico.

(This name uses Spanish naming customs: the first or paternal family name is Cárdenas and the second or maternal family name is Guillén.) Antonio Ezequiel Cárdenas Guillén (5 March 1962 – 5 November 2010), commonly referred to by his alias Tony Tormenta ("Tony Storm"), was a Mexican drug lord and co-leader of the Gulf Cartel, a drug trafficking organization.

Alberto Espinoza Barrón (also known as La Fresa or 'The Strawberry') is a former Mexican drug trafficker and lieutenant of the La Familia Michoacana ("Michoacán Family") drug cartel.

Arturo Guzmán Decena (a.k.a. Z-1) (13 January 1976 – 21 November 2002) was a Mexican Army Special Forces operative who in 1997 defected to the Gulf Cartel and subsequently founded the criminal syndicate's enforcement wing at the behest of drug baron Osiel Cárdenas Guillén.

Carlos Beltrán Leyva (born 1969) is an incarcerated Mexican drug lord with the Beltrán-Leyva Cartel.

Edgardo Leyva Escandón is a Mexican national and alleged career criminal.

Eduardo Arellano Félix (born October 11, 1956) is a Mexican drug trafficker, brother of Benjamín, Ramón, Javier and sister Enedina, all drug traffickers.