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America and Mexico to the U.S. from the 1990s to 2014, the year he was indicted. He obtained his cocaine supplies from South American groups and transported them to Mexico by air, land, and/or water. Once the drugs were in Mexico, the Beltrán Leyva Cartel distributed them to strategic points in Mexico before they reached the U.S. His criminal group often used violent means, including murders, kidnappings, and tortures, to continue their drug trafficking operations.
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cocaine in Culiacán knowing that the drugs would end up in the U.S. Alfredo denied being involved in drug shipments to the U.S. and told the plaintiff that his brother was the true leader of Beltrán Leyva Cartel. The judge denied the defense's request because he stated that
Alfredo did not accept full responsibility of his actions. In June 2022, Beltran Leyva was transferred from
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The Beltrán Leyva brothers trafficked narcotics to the U.S. since the 1990s with the help of the
Sinaloa Cartel. In its heyday, the Beltrán Leyva Cartel dominated drug trafficking operations in western Mexico. Alfredo was responsible for managing multi-ton shipments of cocaine and methamphetamine
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US$ 529 million. The amount was based on the proceeds he made for shipping at least 27.9 tons of narcotics between 2000 and 2012. Alfredo's defense asked the judge to reduce his sentence to 25 years because their client had accepted his role in providing assistance to his brother Arturo to sell
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District of Columbia to participating in international drug trafficking operations. On June 28, the prosecution issued a preliminary forfeit order and requested Alfredo to pay up to $ US10 billion, which the government estimated he had generated through his drug trafficking schemes.
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In 2008, the Beltrán Leyva Cartel broke away from the
Sinaloa Cartel. After Alfredo was arrested, the Beltrán Leyva brothers blamed "El Chapo" for his capture and retaliated by ordering the murder of Edgar Guzmán López, son of
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for his pending drug trafficking offenses. On
November 17 through his lawyer, he pleaded not guilty for conspiracy to import large shipments of cocaine, heroin, marijuana, and methamphetamine from Mexico to the U.S.
241:, Mexico on January 21, 1971. According to the United States Department of the Treasury, he has an alternative date of birth, February 15, 1951. He was nicknamed "El Mochomo" (English: The Desert Ant). He formed the
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Conspiracy to distribute 5 kilograms or more of cocaine, 50 grams or more of methamphetamine, 1 kilogram or more of heroin, and 1,000 kilograms or more of marijuana (21 U.S.C. §§ 959, 960, and 963)
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national federal police and spokesman for the arrest, was murdered five months later. Mexican investigators believed that he was killed in retaliation for the capture of
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647:"Mexican drug lord Beltran Leyva sentenced to life in U.S. prison"
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A character loosely based on Beltran Leyva, named "El
752:"Mexican soldiers capture top player in drug cartel"
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3210:Cartel: The Coming Invasion of Mexico's Drug Wars
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1101:"Alfredo Beltrán Leyva se declara inocente en EU"
510:"Beltran Leyva Organization Tier II Designations"
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3278:Manhunt of Joaquín "El Chapo" Guzmán (2001–2014)
586:"Mexico captures drug lord Carlos Beltran Leyva"
1163:. U.S. Department of Justice. 23 February 2016.
257:. Alfredo and his brothers worked closely with
31: and the second or maternal family name is
784:"Mexico raids net alleged drug cartel figures"
687:"Héctor Beltrán asume el mando del cártel: PF"
547:"Key lieutenant to boss of drug cartel caught"
3215:El Narco: Inside Mexico's Criminal Insurgency
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1194:"EU condena a cadena perpetua a 'El Mochomo'"
3337:Mexican people convicted of money laundering
685:De la Luz González, María (4 January 2010).
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303:Federal Social Readaptation Center No. 1
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1019:. 2009. p. 1. Archived from
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910:McKinley, James C. (9 May 2008).
386:on April 5, 2017, and ordered to
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2424:Julio Alberto Castillo Rodríguez
1211:Johnson, Kevin (April 5, 2017).
1174:Medina, Mariah (July 20, 2016).
1046:"Extraditan a "El Mochomo" a EU"
727:. Mexico City. 21 January 2009.
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2165:Francisco Javier Arellano Félix
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2475:Other cartels and drug lords
2082:Juan José Esparragoza Moreno
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877:Tobar, Hector (9 May 2008).
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2445:Rosalinda González Valencia
2378:Jorge Luis Mendoza Cárdenas
2250:Jesús Enrique Rejón Aguilar
1634:José de Jesús Méndez Vargas
1392:Policía Federal Ministerial
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16:Convicted Mexican drug lord
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2373:Nemesio Oseguera Cervantes
2338:Nemesio Oseguera Cervantes
2089:Ignacio Coronel Villarreal
1505:Sergio Villarreal Barragán
309:Édgar Eusebio Millán Gómez
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1744:Antonio Cárdenas Guillén
1180:San Antonio Express-News
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217:, and imprisoned at the
3377:Inmates of ADX Florence
3327:People from Badiraguato
2658:Raúl Salinas de Gortari
2591:Jesús Amezcua Contreras
2417:Elvis González Valencia
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2139:Benjamín Arellano Félix
1959:Nazario Moreno González
1952:Servando Gómez Martínez
1945:Enrique Plancarte Solís
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1920:Enrique Plancarte Solís
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1824:Rafael Aguilar Guajardo
1765:Homero Cárdenas Guillén
1641:Servando Gómez Martínez
1627:Enrique Plancarte Solís
1620:Alberto Espinoza Barrón
1613:Rafael Cedeño Hernández
1606:Dionisio Loya Plancarte
1585:Nazario Moreno González
1498:Edgar Valdez Villarreal
757:The Dallas Morning News
285:Arrest and imprisonment
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2605:Juan Nepomuceno Guerra
2438:José González Valencia
2383:Érick Valencia Salazar
2343:Érick Valencia Salazar
2289:Miguel Treviño Morales
2194:Edgardo Leyva Escandón
2182:Enedina Arellano Félix
2158:Eduardo Arellano Félix
1885:Knights Templar Cartel
1838:Amado Carrillo Fuentes
1737:Osiel Cárdenas Guillén
1730:Óscar Malherbe de León
1705:Juan Nepomuceno Guerra
1592:Carlos Rosales Mendoza
372:Angel Eduardo Balarezo
301:and imprisoned at the
192:most-wanted drug lords
3258:Piracy on Falcon Lake
3248:Juárez house of death
2869:Nuevo León-Tamaulipas
2651:Noé Ramírez Mandujano
2152:Carlos Arellano Félix
2076:Ismael Zambada García
2053:Ismael Zambada García
2040:Adrián Gómez González
1758:Mario Ramírez Treviño
1484:Alfredo Beltrán Leyva
615:"Meet the drug lords"
233:Early life and career
172:Alfredo Beltrán Leyva
42:Alfredo Beltrán Leyva
3352:Mexican crime bosses
3322:People from Culiacán
2644:Arturo Durazo Moreno
2571:Rafael Caro Quintero
2548:Independent Acapulco
2389:Martín Arzola Ortega
2356:Martín Arzola Ortega
2296:Omar Treviño Morales
2264:Galindo Mellado Cruz
2243:Jaime González Durán
2236:Arturo Guzmán Decena
2132:Ramón Arellano Félix
2070:Joaquín Guzmán Loera
2047:Joaquín Guzmán Loera
1599:Arnoldo Rueda Medina
1530:Héctor Beltrán Leyva
1512:Héctor Beltrán Leyva
1491:Carlos Beltrán Leyva
1477:Arturo Beltrán Leyva
1460:South Pacific Cartel
1430:Beltrán-Leyva Cartel
1137:. 18 November 2014.
1107:. 18 November 2014.
1077:. 19 November 2014.
382:He was sentenced to
366:Trial and conviction
333:Kingpin Act sanction
261:, the leader of the
243:Beltrán Leyva Cartel
239:Badiraguato, Sinaloa
188:Beltrán-Leyva Cartel
108:Beltrán-Leyva Cartel
3144:Rodolfo Torre Cantú
2974:Villas de Salvárcar
2969:Juárez rehab center
1052:on 17 November 2014
950:. 14 October 2014.
824:. 21 January 2008.
311:, top commander of
3160:Jaime Jorge Zapata
3154:(police commander)
3125:Politicians killed
2612:Juan García Ábrego
2598:Pedro Avilés Pérez
2533:Santa Rosa de Lima
1862:Juan Pablo Ledezma
1712:Juan García Abrego
1280:has generic name (
917:The New York Times
627:on 7 November 2012
598:. 3 January 2010.
526:on 7 December 2012
403:In popular culture
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