Pedro Avilés Pérez

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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

  1. ↑ Noroeste - Reo muerto sería hijo del extinto capo Pedro Avilés
  2. ↑ Al Cimino - Drug Wars: The Mexican Cartels
  3. ^ The Guardian - Mexico's war on drugs: the hidden story
  4. ^ Peninsular Digital - Genealogía del Narcotráfico (1 de 5) - Primera generación: El inicio
  5. ^ Vice News - El Chapo Really Liked to Visit His Mom in the Mountains, Locals Say
  6. ↑ Politico dossier - Al "Cochiloco" lo mataron los colombianos
personal data
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