Galindo Mellado Cruz

Quick Facts

Full Name	Galindo Mellado Cruz
Occupation	Drug Trafficker
Date Of Birth	Apr 18, 1973(1973-04-18)
Age	51
Date Of Death	May 9, 2014, Reynosa, Mexico
Birthplace	Tampico Alto
Country	Mexico
Horoscope	Aries

Galindo Mellado Cruz Biography

Galindo Mellado Cruz is one of the most popular and richest Drug Trafficker who was born on April 18, 1973 in Tampico Alto, Mexico.

Galdino or Galindo Mellado Cruz (18 April 1973 – 9 May 2014), commonly referred to by his alias El Mellado and/or Z-9, was a Mexican suspected drug lord and one of the founders of Los Zetas, a criminal organization originally formed by ex-commandos from the Mexican Armed Forces. He joined the Mexican Army in 1992 and was part of the Grupo Aeromóvil de Fuerzas Especiales (GAFE), an elite special forces unit of the Army. In 1999, he withdrew from the military and was recruited by the Gulf Cartel, a drug trafficking organization, shortly thereafter.

The group of former soldiers recruited by the Gulf Cartel became known as Los Zetas, and Mellado Cruz was part of the original fourteen founders of the group. The group’s members were Arturo Guzmán Decena (alias “Z-1”), the leader; Alejandro Lucio Morales Betancourt (alias “Z-2”); Heriberto Lazcano Lazcano (alias “El Lazca”), Mateo Díaz López (alias “Z-6”); Jesús Enrique Rejón Aguilar (alias “El Mamito”); Óscar Guerrero Silva (alias “Z-8”); Omar Lorméndez Pitalúa (alias “Z-9”); Efraín Teodoro Torres (alias “Z-14”); Mellado Cruz (also known by his alias “Z-6” and “El Mellado”), among other ex- commandos. Throughout the late 1990s and early 2000s, Los Zetas were the Gulf Cartel’s military wing and had the task of protecting Cárdenas Guillén and killing rival cartel members.

Galindo Mellado Cruz Net Worth

Galindo Mellado Cruz is one of the richest Drug Trafficker from Mexico. According to our analysis, Wikipedia, Forbes & Business Insider, Galindo Mellado Cruz 's net worth $5 Million. (Last Update: December 11, 2023)

Galindo Mellado Cruz (also Galdino) was born in Tampico Alto, Veracruz, Mexico on 18 April 1973. According to the Secretariat of National Defense (SEDENA), Mellado Cruz joined the Mexican Armed Forces as a soldier in the Mexican Army on 1 September 1992. During his tenure in the military, he was part of the Grupo Aeromóvil de Fuerzas Especiales (GAFE), an elite special forces unit of the Army, where he received top military training. On 1 May 1999, however, he applied to be discharged from the Army. Shortly thereafter, he was recruited by the Gulf Cartel, a Mexican drug trafficking organization, and began working for the drug kingpin Osiel Cárdenas Guillén along with several other ex- commandos from the Army.

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With other ex-commandos, he formed Los Zetas, a group that worked as the Gulf Cartel’s military wing. In 2010, the Gulf Cartel and Los Zetas broke relations and Mellado Cruz sided with the former to maintain a low profile status. He was killed in a gunfight against Mexican security forces in Reynosa, Tamaulipas, on 9 May 2014.

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Luigison Ranked on the list of most popular Drug Trafficker. Also ranked in the elit list of famous people born in Mexico. Galindo Mellado Cruz celebrates birthday on April 18 of every year.