Miguel Angel Felix Gallardo, imprisoned for more than three decades, spoke to the press for the first time and said his family he already arranged his funeral, due to the deterioration of health suffered by whoever was the highest leader in the Guadalajara Cartel.
The call Boss of Bosses It was interviewed by Telemundo from the prison of Puente Grande, in Jalisco. Deaf, blind, affected by pneumonia and with a broken arm, only the remains of a man from 75 years what is resigned to die behind bars.
My health is terrible, my family is making a hole for me to be buried in a tree, I have no life prognosis, since I lost everything
They removed eight hernias, they deprived me of my sight, they deprived me of my ears and as you can see, I cannot walk
Defeated by time and disease, the Boss of Bosses have to use a wheelchair, because every attempt to walk only slips. It was with almost groping steps that he injured his left arm in the fall, according to the American media. He cannot see from the left eye and must use a pink hearing aid to understand what others are saying.
Although the first part of this interview was barely five minutes, that was enough to show an aged and harmless person, once again, as one who asks for considerations in his imprisonment.
His family has already claimed on other occasions that the sentenced man spend his last days out of prison, but the authorities insist on keeping him in prison.
Félix Gallardo pays for the murder of Enrique Camarena, agent of the Drug Enforcement Administration (DEA), who was kidnapped, tortured, and executed in February 1985.
In this case, the North American authorities investigated the participation of Rafael Caro Quintero placeholder image, the Narco de narcos, Y Ernesto Fonseca Carrillo, Don Net, who made up an organization to send marijuana Y cocaine from Colombia and Mexico to the United States.
Although the Narco de narcos Y Don Net were arrested in April 1985, the Boss of Bosses it fell four years later, protected by corrupt officials.
Supposedly, the attack on Kiki Camarena was in retaliation for his activities as an undercover agent that led, among other blows, to the seizure of more than 10 thousand tons of marijuana, at the Búfalo ranch, Chihuahua, causing millionaire losses to Caro Quintero.
Miguel Angel Felix Gallardo He was arrested on a Saturday night, April 8, 1989, in Guadalajara. Some reports indicate that she was in a bathrobe.
At the same time that these actions were being carried out, 80 police officers from Culiacán, the capo’s hometown, were seized. When the operation ended, the officers were released, as it was feared that they would interfere. Some officers did stay behind bars.
Following his arrest, various properties were seized from him, including a hotel, a pharmacy, a real estate company, as well as numerous bank accounts. The calculations of his fortune were estimated in $ 500 million, as well as a heritage of 50 houses and 200 ranches.
The Boss of Bosses He was 43 at the time and was at the height of his criminal career as a the first to export cocaine from Mexico and obtained from Colombia. In that year of 1989, it was indicated that it trafficked four tons each month.
Of all that fortune that was attributed to him, Félix Gallardo is now invaded by health ailments.
Initially he was sentenced to four decades locked up, but after a decade another trial was ordered that finally concluded in 2017 and left the figure in 37 years for the same charges against the DEA agent and the Mexican pilot Alfredo Zavala.
In 2016, Don Neto he was granted house arrest for health problems.
His partner in the organization, Caro Quintero, fled to Costa Rica, where he was arrested in April 1985. After being extradited to Mexico, he was tried and sentenced to 40 years in prison, but in August 2013 a court ordered his release. Since then he has evaded justice and his whereabouts are unknown, the reward for data leading to his capture is around the $ 20 million.
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