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Miguel Ángel Félix Gallardo

1946 - Today

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Miguel Ángel Félix Gallardo (born January 8, 1946), commonly referred to by his aliases El Jefe de Jefes ('The Boss of Bosses') and El Padrino ('The Godfather'), is a convicted Mexican drug kingpin who was one of the founders of the Guadalajara Cartel, which controlled much of the drug trafficking in Mexico and the corridors along the Mexico–United States border in the 1980s. Félix Gallardo was arrested in 1989 for ordering the murder of Drug Enforcement Administration (DEA) agent Enrique "Kiki" Camarena. Read more on Wikipedia

Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of Miguel Ángel Félix Gallardo has received more than 21,575,653 page views. His biography is available in 27 different languages on Wikipedia (up from 23 in 2019). Miguel Ángel Félix Gallardo is the 14th most popular mafioso (down from 10th in 2019), the 20th most popular biography from Mexico (down from 12th in 2019) and the most popular Mexican Mafioso.

Miguel Ángel Félix Gallardo was a Mexican drug lord who is most famous for being the leader of the Guadalajara Cartel. He was arrested in 1989 and sentenced to 40 years in prison.

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Among MAFIOSOS

Among mafiosos, Miguel Ángel Félix Gallardo ranks 14 out of 70Before him are Jesse James, Bernardo Provenzano, Meyer Lansky, Frank Abagnale, Karl Gebhardt, and John Dillinger. After him are Mark David Chapman, Joaquín "El Chapo" Guzmán, Wyatt Earp, John Gotti, Semion Mogilevich, and Velupillai Prabhakaran.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1946, Miguel Ángel Félix Gallardo ranks 69Before him are Bolo Yeung, Danny Glover, Tansu Çiller, Berti Vogts, Ilie Năstase, and John Woo. After him are Rade Šerbedžija, Michele Placido, Chris Slade, Uri Geller, Daniel Libeskind, and Nicos Anastasiades.

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In Mexico

Among people born in Mexico, Miguel Ángel Félix Gallardo ranks 20 out of 729Before him are Antonio López de Santa Anna (1794), Agustín de Iturbide (1783), Andrés Manuel López Obrador (1953), Juana Inés de la Cruz (1648), Miguel Hidalgo y Costilla (1753), and La Malinche (1502). After him are Joaquín "El Chapo" Guzmán (1957), Moctezuma I (1398), Francisco I. Madero (1873), David Alfaro Siqueiros (1896), Hugo Sánchez (1958), and Vicente Fox (1942).

Among MAFIOSOS In Mexico

Among mafiosos born in Mexico, Miguel Ángel Félix Gallardo ranks 1After him are Joaquín "El Chapo" Guzmán (1957), Amado Carrillo Fuentes (1956), and Ismael "El Mayo" Zambada (1948).