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Miguel Ángel Félix Gallardo

1946 - Today

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Miguel Ángel Félix Gallardo (born January 8, 1946), commonly referred to by his aliases El Jefe de Jefes ('The Boss of Bosses') and El Padrino ('The Godfather'), is a convicted Mexican drug kingpin 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. Read more on Wikipedia

His biography is available in different languages on Wikipedia. Miguel Ángel Félix Gallardo is the 14th most popular mafioso, the 18th most popular biography from Mexico (up from 20th in 2019) and the 2nd most popular Mexican Mafioso.

Miguel Ángel Félix Gallardo was a Mexican drug lord who is most famous for being the leader of the Guadalajara Cartel. He was arrested in 1989 and sentenced to 40 years in prison.

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Among MAFIOSOS

Among mafiosos, Miguel Ángel Félix Gallardo ranks 14 out of 70. Before him are Jesse James, Tamam Shud case, Jack Ruby, Griselda Blanco, Meyer Lansky, and John Dillinger. After him are Frank Abagnale, Karl Gebhardt, Bernardo Provenzano, Velupillai Prabhakaran, Wyatt Earp, and Mark David Chapman.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1946, Miguel Ángel Félix Gallardo ranks 71. Before him are Charles Dance, Demetris Christofias, Nicos Anastasiades, Dolly Parton, Vladimir Zhirinovsky, and Charles Bolden. After him are Ilie Năstase, Stefania Sandrelli, Barry Gibb, Georges J. F. Köhler, John Woo, and Talia Shire.

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In Mexico

Among people born in Mexico, Miguel Ángel Félix Gallardo ranks 18 out of 729. Before him are Antonio López de Santa Anna (1794), Porfirio Díaz (1830), Benito Juárez (1806), Claudia Sheinbaum (1962), Juana Inés de la Cruz (1648), and Salma Hayek (1966). After him are Miguel Hidalgo y Costilla (1753), Andrés Manuel López Obrador (1953), Agustín de Iturbide (1783), Francisco I. Madero (1873), La Malinche (1502), and Kʼinich Janaabʼ Pakal (603).

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Among MAFIOSOS In Mexico

Among mafiosos born in Mexico, Miguel Ángel Félix Gallardo ranks 2. Before him are Joaquín "El Chapo" Guzmán (1957). After him are Ismael "El Mayo" Zambada (1948), and Amado Carrillo Fuentes (1956).

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