Amado Carrillo Fuentes

Quick Facts

Full Name	Amado Carrillo Fuentes
Occupation	Criminal
Date Of Birth	Dec 17, 1956(1956-12-17)
Age	68
Date Of Death	July 4, 1997, Mexico City, Mexico
Birthplace	Mexico
Country	Mexico
Horoscope	Sagittarius

Amado Carrillo Fuentes Biography

Amado Carrillo Fuentes is one of the most popular and richest Criminal who was born on December 17, 1956 in Mexico, Mexico. Mexican drug cartel member who took control of the Juarez Cartel after killing his boss. He was known for using entire fleets of airplanes to transport drugs.

He and Joaquin Guzman are two of Mexico’s most notorious drug kingpins.

Carrillo’s father died in April 1986. Carillo’s brother, Cipriano Carrillo Fuentes, died in 1989 under mysterious circumstances.

On the night of August 3, 1997, at around 9:30 p.m., four drug traffickers walked into a restaurant in Ciudad Juárez, pulled out their guns, and opened fire on five diners, killing them instantly. Police estimated that more than 100 bullet casings were found at the crime scene. According to a report issued by the Los Angeles Times, four men went to the restaurant carrying at least two AK-47 automatic rifles while others stood at the doorstep.

His brother Cipriano died mysteriously in 1989.

Amado Carrillo Fuentes Net Worth

Amado Carrillo Fuentes is one of the richest Criminal from Mexico. According to our analysis, Wikipedia, Forbes & Business Insider, Amado Carrillo Fuentes 's net worth $25 Billion. (Last Update: December 11, 2023)

His uncle taught him the ways of the drug business a an early age.

He was one of the wealthiest criminals in history, making an estimated twenty- five billion dollars as a crime boss.

Amado Carrillo Fuentes (/f u ˈ ɛ n t ə s / ; December 17, 1956 – July 4, 1997) was a Mexican drug lord who seized control of the Juárez Cartel after assassinating his boss Rafael Aguilar Guajardo. Amado Carrillo became known as “El Señor de Los Cielos” (“The Lord of the Skies”), because of the large fleet of jets he used to transport drugs. He was also known for laundering money via Colombia, to finance this fleet.

Height, Weight & Body Measurements

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Who is Amado Carrillo Fuentes Dating?

According to our records, Amado Carrillo Fuentes married to Sonia Barragan Perez. As of December 1, 2023, Amado Carrillo Fuentes’s is not dating anyone.

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In Ciudad Juárez, the PGR seized warehouses they believed the cartel used to store weapons and cocaine; they also seized over 60 properties all over Mexico belonging to Carrillo, and began an investigation into his dealings with police and government officials. Officials also froze bank accounts amounting to $10 billion belonging to Carrillo. In April 2009, Mexican authorities arrested Carillo’s son, Vicente Carrillo Leyva.

Facts & Trivia

Amado Ranked on the list of most popular Criminal. Also ranked in the elit list of famous people born in Mexico. Amado Carrillo Fuentes celebrates birthday on December 17 of every year.

Top Facts about Amado Carrillo Fuentes

1. Amado Carrillo Fuentes was a Mexican drug lord.
2. He was born on December 17, 1956 in Sinaloa, Mexico.
3. Fuentes was known as “The Lord of the Skies” due to his use of airplanes to transport drugs.
4. He took over the Juárez Cartel after the death of its leader in 1993.
5. At his peak, he controlled up to 70% of cocaine trafficking into the US.
6. Fuentes died during plastic surgery in July 1997.
7. His death led to a power struggle within the Juárez Cartel and increased violence in Mexico’s drug war.
8. The US government offered a $2 million reward for information leading to his capture or conviction.
9. Fuentes’ net worth at the time of his death was estimated at $25 billion USD.
10. He is considered one of the most powerful drug lords in history.

What happened to Amado Carrillo Fuentes?

He died in July 1997 , in a Mexican hospital, after undergoing extensive plastic surgery to change his appearance. In his final days, Carrillo was being tracked by Mexican and U.S. authorities.

How rich was Amado Carrillo Fuentes?

Amado Carrillo Fuentes Net Worth: Amado Carrillo Fuentes was a prolific Mexican drug lord who had a peak net worth of $25 billion. Due to his atmospheric level of wealth, it’s not surprising that Fuentes was (and still is) considered to be one of the most powerful drug lords of all time.

Who was Amado Carrillo Fuentes right hand man?

Manny (died 1997) was Amado Carrillo Fuentes’s assistant and a member of the Juárez cartel. Manny worked from Amado since the mid-1980s, and became Amado’s right-hand man after the establishment of the Juárez cartel in 1989.

Did Amado Carrillo betray Pacho Herrera?

Amado worked with Félix despite knowing that Félix betrayed his uncle, and betrayed Pacho Herrera despite forming a close friendship with him in order to work with the Norte del Valle cartel. This was ultimately demonstrated when he began plotting the overthrowing of Félix Gallardo in the late 1980s.

Is Amado still alive?

July 4, 1997