Pedro Avilés Pérez
Pedro "El León de la Sierra" Avilés Pérez († September 15, 1978 in Sinaloa ) was a Mexican drug lord and, as part of the first generation of the great Mexican drug smugglers, a pioneer of drug trafficking in Mexico.
Criminal career
Born in the municipality of Badiraguato , Pedro Avilés Pérez began distributing marijuana and heroin as a pioneer in large-scale drug trafficking in the 1960s. His area of influence was mainly in Tijuana and Chihuahua . Avilés was the first to use airplanes to smuggle drugs into the United States. Among the most important members of his organization were Ernesto Fonseca "Don Neto" Carrillo , who acted as treasurer and the uncle of the founder of the Juárez cartel named Amado Carrillo Fuentes , Rafael Caro Quintero , who is said to have worked for Pérez at the age of 12 and the brother of Miguel Caro Quintero - later head of the Sonora cartel - and the godson of "Don Neto" Carrillo is Juan José "El Azul" Esparragoza Moreno , who was responsible for most of the transport, and Miguel Angel Felix "El Padrino “Gallardo , who, as the former police officer and bodyguard of Governor Leopoldo Sánchez Celis , was responsible for agreements with key state officials.
According to reports, the infamous El Chapo also began his career in the service of Pedro Avilés Pérez in the late 1970s . Many sources say he was Chapo's uncle, with Pedro Avilés Burgos, a cousin of Avilés Pérez, claiming this is not true.
death
On September 15, 1978, Avilés was killed in a shooting by the Mexican federal police in the El Tepuche area , a suburb of Culiacan . Miguel Ángel Félix Gallardo took over the reins of the organization, which never had a defined identity and was on the verge of crumbling, and founded the Guadalajara cartel with Rafael Caro Quintero and Ernesto Fonseca Carrillo .
Movie and TV
- 2018: Representation in the series Narcos: Mexico , by Antonio Lopeztorrez.
- 2017: Víctor Rodríguez played his person in the last episode of the first season of the series El Chapo .
- 1999: The film La clave 7 tells the story of the Mexican army's efforts to bring down Pedro Avilés Pérez, played by actor Jorge Reynoso.
Individual evidence
- ↑ Noroeste - Reo muerto sería hijo del extinto capo Pedro Avilés
- ↑ Al Cimino - Drug Wars: The Mexican Cartels
- ^ The Guardian - Mexico's war on drugs: the hidden story
- ^ Peninsular Digital - Genealogía del Narcotráfico (1 de 5) - Primera generación: El inicio
- ^ Vice News - El Chapo Really Liked to Visit His Mom in the Mountains, Locals Say
- ↑ Politico dossier - Al "Cochiloco" lo mataron los colombianos
personal data | |
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SURNAME | Avilés Pérez, Pedro |
ALTERNATIVE NAMES | León de la Sierra, El (nickname) |
BRIEF DESCRIPTION | Mexican drug dealer |
DATE OF BIRTH | 20th century |
PLACE OF BIRTH | Municipio Badiraguato , Sinaloa |
DATE OF DEATH | September 15, 1978 |
Place of death | Sinaloa |