Notorious: The Top Drug Lords of All Time: #7 Amado Carillo Fuentes
Amado Carillo Fuentes aka “Lord of the Skies”
Country: Mexico, USA
Product: Cocaine, Marijuana
Amado Fuentes was the boss of the Juarez Cartel and one of the most feared and sought out drug lords in all of Mexico. The DEA estimates that he is one of the biggest drug traffickers of all time, transporting more than four times the amount of cocaine than anyone else of his era. His operation is considered one of the most lucrative, reaching a cool 25 billion.
He was dubbed “Lord of the Skies” as a result of using 27 private 727 jet airliners to fly shipments of cocaine into municipal airports in Mexico and into the US. The DEA considers him to be one of the most elusive, suave and urbane drug lords ever, considering he spent his leisure time hanging out with the high ranking elite of the political and entertainment world. The US and Mexican authorities wanted this guy in their clutches so badly that he was forced to undergo plastic surgery and liposuction to change his appearance and evade the authorities. His death is still a mystery although the most widely reported cause was the lethal dose of Dormicum used in the facial operation along with the possibility of him having cocaine in his system as it was being done. The “alternative theories” include everything from him being smothered by his bodyguards during the operation, to his cousin actually being the body they found and that he faked his death. Another floating theory is that he committed suicide because in an interview he said, “If I die, nobody killed me. The only person who can kill Amado Carrillo is Amado Carrillo.”
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