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Héctor Manuel Beltrán Leyva [3] (15 February 1962 [3] – 18 November 2018) was a Mexican drug lord and leader of the Beltrán Leyva Cartel, a drug-trafficking organization. [ 1 ] [ 4 ] He was the brother of Arturo Beltrán Leyva (deceased), former leader of the cartel.
On October 1, 2014, Hector Beltran Leyva and business associate German Goyenechea, who had become the cartel's chief financier, [52] were both captured while eating at a popular restaurant in San Miguel de Allende. [53] On October 11, 2017, the U.S. Justice Department arrested Sajid Emilio Quintero Navidad, 36, at the San Ysidro Port of Entry.
Beltrán Leyva's arrest [1] [2] was a huge blow to the Sinaloa Cartel, as he allegedly oversaw large-scale drug-smuggling operations and was a key money launderer for the cartel. In apparent revenge for the arrest of his brother Alfredo, Arturo Beltrán Leyva ordered the assassination of the commissioner of the Federal Police , Édgar Eusebio ...
[3] [4] Following the death of cartel boss Arturo Beltrán Leyva in late 2009, Valdez fought a protracted gang war for control of the cartel resulting in over 150 deaths. He employed techniques such as videotaped torture and decapitation. [5] [6] On August 30, 2010, he was arrested by Mexican Federal Police at a rural house near Mexico City. [7]
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 Joaquín "El Chapo" Guzmán Loera. This sparked a war between the Sinaloa Cartel and the Beltrán Leyva Cartel, which allied itself with Los Zetas. [4] [8]
Initially, the gang was at the service of the drug lord Alfredo Beltrán Leyva ("El Mochomo") until he was arrested by the Mexican authorities in 2008. After his arrest, Los Mazatlecos shifted their alliance to Alfredo's brother Héctor Beltrán Leyva, the current leader of the Beltrán Leyva Cartel. The group is one of the largest gangs ...
On the stand, Edward Fernando Leyva said Koehler never said anything about being kidnapped by police and being “forced to ejaculate” in 1983. After his 2020 arrest, Koehler called Leyva dozens ...
Arturo Beltrán Leyva died in a shootout December 2009, and Coronel in similar circumstances in 2010. [8] [9] Mexican authorities captured Héctor Beltrán Leyva in 2014 and held him for their own prosecution until his death in 2018. [10] Mexican authorities captured Jesús Zambada García in 2008 and extradited him to the United States in 2012 ...