Miguel Ángel Félix Gallardo

In this Spanish name, the first or paternal surname is Félix and the second or maternal family name is Gallardo.
Miguel Ángel Félix Gallardo
Mugshot of Gallardo in 1989
Born (1946-01-08) January 8, 1946
Culiacán, Sinaloa, Mexico
OccupationDrug lord
Height1.94 m (6 ft 4 in)
Criminal statusTransferred to house arrest
ConvictionsDrug trafficking, 1st degree murder
Criminal penalty40-year sentence

Miguel Ángel Félix Gallardo (born January 8, 1946), is a Mexican convicted drug lord who was one of the founders of the Guadalajara Cartel, which controlled much of the drug trafficking in Mexico and the corridors along the Mexico–United States border in the 1980s.

Félix Gallardo was arrested in 1989 on charges of ordering the murder of Drug Enforcement Administration (DEA) agent Enrique "Kiki" Camarena. He was serving his 40-year sentence at the Altiplano maximum-security prison but was transferred to a medium-security facility in 2014 due to his declining health.

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