Authorities have to fight crime even in the most prosperous countries.
There are people who are not afraid to challenge the state a real challenge: they manage to create entire criminal empires. They contain numerous armies of mercenaries and make billionaire fortunes.
The well-known drug lords who actively operated at the end of the 20th century were especially successful in such matters.
In recent decades, law enforcement agencies have learned much faster to block large channels of drug supply. However, the names of some drug dealers are so famous that people will remember them for a very long time. Introducing 10 the most famous drug lords of the world, made history.
10. Jose Figueroa Agosto | Net worth: $ 100 million
- Date of birth is unknown.
- Place of residence - Dominican Republic.
Under the control of this criminal, cocaine from Colombia was transported through the Dominican Republic and Puerto Rico to America. Agosto was sentenced to 209 years in prison. In the late 90s, he escaped.
So that Agosto would not be imprisoned again, he gave the police a lot of money and repeatedly changed his appearance.
Now the criminal is in prison again, and his huge fortune is hidden. Where exactly - only he knows Jose Figueora Agosto.
9. Nikki Barnes | Fortune on the sale of heroin: $ 105 million
- Born October 15, 1933
- Place of residence - New York, Harlem.
This drug dealer himself loved to use his product. He was addicted to heroin from an early age. However later Nikki Barnes decided that it’s better not to buy drugs, but to sell. Between his addiction and business, he chose the latter.
The drug dealer’s career was very stormy. “The Untouchable” is the famous nickname of Nikki Barnes, which he gave himself.
The drug dealer was often arrested, but this ultimately led to nothing: he was able to get out of the water every time. This made the American president and the police very angry.
Then the drug lord was still given a life sentence. Barnes was an informant for a long time, and thanks to this he was pardoned and released in 1998.
8. Paul Lear Alexander | Status on cocaine trade: $ 170 million
- Born July 27, 1956
- Place of residence - Brazil.
Another name for this drug lord is El Parito Loko. He was called the Cocaine Baron.
Some time Paul Lear Alexander actively informed the Drug Enforcement Administration. At the same time, he did his utmost to improve his business, establishing strong ties and eliminating competitors.
The cunning man played a double game, but this could not last too long: his intentions were revealed, and now he is in prison in Brazil.
7. Freeway Rick Ross | Condition: more than 600 million dollars
- Born January 26, 1960
- Place of residence - Texas.
In the 80s Freeway Rick Ross was King of "crack." He distributed over 400 kg of cocaine per week.
Now Rick Ross is serving a life sentence: he is in prison in America. The offender cannot use the right to early release.
Fryfey was handed over by his partner, who was trying to sell drugs to an undercover federal agent.
6. Rafael Caro Quintero | Condition: more than 650 million dollars
- Born October 3, 1952
- Place of residence - Mexico.
This criminal founded Guadalajara, the famous drug cartel that operated in the 80s of the last century. Rafael Caro Quintero took the lives of several people, including a representative of the law.
In the mid-80s, he was arrested for murder, and in 2013 he was released from a Mexican prison.
However, authorities in America were not happy that the drug lord was released, and they asked him to be detained again. Now the criminal is sought in America, Mexico and other countries.
5. Joaquin Guzman Loera | Condition: 1 billion dollars
- Born December 25, 1954 or April 4, 1957
- Place of residence - Mexico.
Joaquin Guzman Loera controlled the work of the drug cartel Sinaloa. The nickname of this criminal is El Chapo. He was involved in the transport of marijuana, heroin and cocaine between Mexico and America.
When Osama bin Laden died, Loera was called the most dangerous criminal who is wanted by the authorities.
El Chapo is a drug dealer who is considered to be very influential, superior in this respect to Pablo Escobar himself.
Loera repeatedly escaped from custody, but now he is in prison. The criminal got there in 2016 - after meeting with Sean Penn, an American star.
4. Griselda Blanco | Condition: 2 billion dollars
- Born February 15, 1943, died September 3, 2012.
- Place of residence - Colombia.
This criminal is called the Cocaine Queen. She worked with the Medellin drug cartel. Exactly Griselda Blanco has established the uninterrupted transportation of drugs from Colombia to the United States.
Griselda was born into a dysfunctional family. Her mother led a dissolute lifestyle, to which she taught her little daughter. From the earliest years, Griselda was engaged in theft and prostitution. She was very cruel, unbalanced, characterized by sadistic inclinations.
For 20 years, Blanco was in an American prison, after which she was deported to Colombia. The former criminal died from the shots of two unknown people: they could be mercenaries.
3. Carlos Leder | Net worth: $ 2.7 billion
- Born September 7, 1949
- Place of residence - Colombia.
Earlier Carlos Leder he was an ordinary car thief, and somehow he managed to rise to one of the founders of the Medellinsky drug cartel. He arranged for the transportation of cocaine to the United States from Colombia through Southeast Asia, and also made this drug available even to those people who were not wealthy. The transshipment base was the island of Normans Cay. Every day up to 300 kg of narcotic substances passed through it.
Carlos Leder was detained by Colombian police. They gave it to the US authorities. Now the drug lord is imprisoned for the rest of his life.
2. Amado Carrillo Fuentes | Status: more than 25 billion dollars
- Born December 17, 1956, died July 4, 1997
- Place of residence - Mexico.
The nickname for this drug lord is “Lord of Heaven.” He used to be the usual henchman of drug cartel leaders in Colombia. Work Amado Carrillo Fuentes paid with cocaine.
In the late 80s, the Colombian drug lords began to have big problems with the law. Amado took advantage of the situation and organized his cartel - Juarez. He controlled the transportation of drugs to the United States from Mexico. Carrillo was one of the first to actively use airplanes for such matters.
The cause of death of the famous drug lord can be called rather stupid: an unsuccessful plastic surgery.
1. Pablo Escobar | Fortune: $ 30 billion
- Born December 1, 1949, died December 2, 1993
- Place of residence - Colombia.
This drug lord was the founder of the Medellin cartel. Pablo Escobar ruled them with an iron hand for many years. It was this drug lord who controlled most of the world cocaine market.
In the best of times, Pablo Escobar was recognized as one of the richest people in the world. He did business without much imagination, but he was distinguished by purposefulness and special cruelty.
This drug lord launched a real war against the Colombian government, which caused many innocent people to suffer. Pablo Escobar died when police officers stormed his house.