GUADALAJARA (The Thursday Times) — Miguel Ángel Félix Gallardo, the Mexican drug lord known as the “Boss of Bosses” and a founder of the Guadalajara cartel, died on Sunday at the age of 80, security officials said. He died in a hospital where he had been taken from prison two days earlier.
Félix Gallardo was considered one of the most powerful drug lords in Mexico and a key figure in the rise of the country’s major cartels. He had been behind bars since 1989, and he was convicted in the killing of US drug agent Enrique “Kiki” Camarena.
Mexican reports have said for years that his health was poor, and courts considered requests for him to serve the rest of his sentence at home.
