Money and weapons didn’t stop drug dealers from becoming untouchable, but their own bodies took their toll. Over the years, health has become one of the weak points of some members of organized crime.
from Felix Gallardo arrive Ovidio GuzmanThe country’s new and old generations of criminal organizations are not immune to the passage of time and the pace of life. This is evidenced by statements, records and hospital visits by some of the Mexican drug cartel’s most media-profile figures.
Anxiety, diabetes and prostate problems in the Sinaloa Cartel
Once two wanted men by the Mexican government, they are currently being held in a high-security prison, facing not only justice but also their illness. This is Joaquin dwarf Guzman and Hector Guero Founder of Parma Sinaloa Cartel.
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During his more than 28 years in prison, the prison’s attorney Luis Palma Salazar Claims the 63-year-old boss suffers from a number of ailments, including hemorrhoidpoor eyesight, hip problems, and prostateno teeth, even inguinal hernia.
In addition, he was hospitalized in the medical area in 2021 Federal Center for Social Rehabilitation (CEFERESO) No. 1, better known as plateau, After poor treatment bed bug bites It can cause an infection in his legs.
health dwarf and his son Oviedo Guzman.
one of the main faces Sinaloa Cartel yes Joaquín Guzmán Loeracurrently serving a life sentence in one of the nation’s maximum security prisons USA.
According to the US authorities themselves, the treatment the boss received was high pressure and gastritis.
In addition, in September 2021, dwarf He assured that since being imprisoned in 2017, his physical and mental health has been deteriorating due to isolation.
“I suffer from headaches, memory loss, muscle spasms, stress and depression,” he said in a letter.
It should be added that upon delivery millenniumJournalist Laura Sánchez Ley points out that, also known as Lord of the Tunnel, tired autonomic nervous system dysfunctiona potentially fatal neurological disorder that affects the heart and brain.
At the same time, like his father, Ovidio Guzman mouse – Recently extradited to the United States – Suffered gastritis.In addition, it was pointed out that he received Treat Anxiety Disorders and frustrated.
A long list of Guadalajara Cartels
In the 1970s, the Guadalajara drug cartel was born. It was one of the first criminal organizations to control the country’s drug trafficking routes and set a precedent for the reconfiguration of the country’s criminal map. Mexico.
The founder of this criminal organization is Rafael Carlo Quintero, Miguel Angel Felix Gallardo and Ernesto Fonsecais currently serving time in prison and suffering from multiple illnesses.
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Rafael Carlo Quintero After successfully escaping for nine years, he is currently named drug lord among drug lords face problems in prostate This can lead to cancer.
This was pointed out in an interview with journalist Anabel Hénandez, who said that before his arrest, the founder of the organization Guadalajara Cartel He had wanted to surrender to authorities due to his medical condition.
Recently there is news that Carlo Quintero taken from plateauHe was transferred to a tertiary hospital, presumably because of prostatic hyperplasia and underwent surgery, but this has not been confirmed so far.
What is currently known is Capo enters a highly specialized hospital Operated by the Mexico State Institute of Health (ISEM) At 8:41 a.m. on September 20, in the middle of the security device.
Miguel Angel Felix
In April 2023, 34 years have passed since he was captured. Miguel Angel Felix Gallardowhich used to be called The boss of bosses. According to a report Secretariat for Security and Civil Protection (SSPC) Today, the 77-year-old suffers from 22 illnesses, including:
- Deafness in left ear, poor hearing in right ear
- Right eyeball atrophy
- glaucoma
- Facial cancer (skin cancer that occurs in areas of skin exposed to the sun)
- herniated disc
- Benign prostatic hyperplasia (enlargement of the prostate)
- Esophagitis (inflammation that damages the esophagus)
- chronic anxiety disorder
- chronic depression
- arterial hypertension
- diabetes
- Latent tuberculosis and pneumonia
Lawyer for former top chief due to age and health Guadalajara Cartel They asked that his prison term be modified so that he could serve the remainder of his sentence under house arrest.
On September 1, 2022, the Seventh District Court of Federal Criminal Procedure in Mexico City granted The boss of bosses Benefits of house arrest and ordered placement of electronic bracelet.
However, Capo’s proceedings were hampered, resulting in him spending more than a year in prison, with no release in sight despite being released several times to receive medical care.
Ernesto Fonseca Carrillo “Don Neto”
The 92-year-old is also the company’s third founder, according to his daughter Yoanna Carrillo Guadalajara Cartel He is almost blind, and also suffers from colon cancer, rheumatism, hiatal hernia, high blood pressure, and partial paralysis of his right arm.
Since 2016, Fonseca Carrillo has been working at Escondido Valley Estate.
A judge found him guilty of drug trafficking and murdering a police officer. Drug Enforcement Administration (DEAits English abbreviation), Enrique Qiqi Camarena and the Mexican Pilot Alfredo Zavala AvelarHe was arrested in 1985 in Puerto Vallarta, Jalisco.
Some pointed out that the killing of members of the US anti-drug agency was a key point in the downfall of the three leaders.
The disease is CJNG’s Achilles’ heel
Nemesio Oseguera Cervantes, el manchois the leader of the new generation drug cartel in Jalisco (CICC), one of Mexico’s major criminal groups.
According to research by Óscar Balderas, el mancho He ran a criminal “empire” that made him a billionaire boss.However, his rule may bring Achilles’ heel: Leadership health.
According to documents consulted by the Navy Secretary (Semar) millenniumNemesio, 56, was seriously ill. The U.S. Drug Enforcement Administration estimates it has spent millions of dollars building hidden hospitals in places like the Amura Mountains and recruiting doctors and nurses to address the region’s problems. pancreas and kidney.