2009 Mexico most-wanted drug lords

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As of 18 January 2011, Mexico had captured or killed 20 of the 37 in the most-wanted list.[http://www.vanguardia.com.mx/elamarilloentrelos29narcosmasbuscadosenmexico-633439.html "El Amarillo", entre los 29 narcos más buscados en México.] El Universal. El Universal. 18 January 2011. "Vanguardia" Coahuila, Mexico. Retrieved 8 March 2012. The 21 June 2011 arrest of José de Jesús Méndez Vargas,[http://www.csmonitor.com/World/Americas/Latin-America-Monitor/2011/0622/La-Familia-drug-cartel-defeated-says-Mexico La Familia drug cartel defeated, says Mexico.] Sara Miller Llana. The Christian Science Monitor. Boston, Massachusetts. 22 June 2011. Retrieved 21 December 2011. a.k.a. "El Chango", brought the total to twenty-one captured or killed.{{cite web|url=https://www.npr.org/2011/06/22/137336383/mexico-captures-reputed-head-of-drug-cartel |title=Mexico Captures Reputed Leader of La Familia Cartel |publisher=NPR |date=22 June 2011 |access-date=28 January 2014}}{{cite news| url=https://www.foxnews.com/world/mexico-catches-leader-of-violent-la-familia-drug-cartel/ | work=Fox News | title=Mexico Catches Leader of Violent La Familia Drug Cartel | date=21 June 2011}} On 4 November 2011, Francisco Hernández García was captured. A leader of the Zetas drug cartel, Raúl Hernández Lechuga was captured on 12 December 2011.{{cite news|last=Castillo|first=Mariano|title=Mexico captures wanted alleged drug trafficker|url=http://us.cnn.com/2011/12/13/world/americas/mexico-trafficker-arrested/index.html?hpt=hp_bn4|access-date=12 March 2012|newspaper=CNN|date=13 December 2011}} On 26 September 2012, Iván Velázquez Caballero was captured by Mexican security forces.[https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-latin-america-19740090 Mexico Zetas drug lord Ivan Velazquez Caballero captured, police say: One of Mexico's most wanted drugs traffickers has been arrested, security forces say.] BBC News. 27 September 2012. Retrieved 27 September 2012. The 7 October 2012 killing of Heriberto Lazcano brought this total to 25 captured or killed so far.

On 15 July 2013, Miguel Treviño Morales was apprehended by the Mexican Marines in a town called Anáhuac, Nuevo León, near the border of the state of Tamaulipas.{{cite news|title=Mexican military nabs alleged Zetas drug lord Miguel Angel Trevino Morales|url=http://www.cbsnews.com/news/mexican-military-nabs-alleged-zetas-drug-lord-miguel-angel-trevino-morales/|publisher=CBS News|date=16 July 2013|access-date=28 January 2014}} Then, the 27 January 2014 apprehension of Dionisio Loya Plancarte,[https://www.usatoday.com/story/news/world/2014/01/27/mexico-cartel-leader/4950403/ Mexico nabs cartel leader Dionicio Loya Plancarte: The drug cartel leader had a $2.25 million reward on his head from the Mexican government.] USA Today. 27 January 2014. Retrieved 27 January 2014. a.k.a. "El Tío" left the Mexican government with 10 fugitives still on the loose. On 23 June 2014, Fernando Sánchez Arellano was arrested by soldiers of the Mexican Army and federal agents of the Procuraduría General de la República (PGR) at the La Mesa borough of Tijuana, Baja California. On 1 October 2014 Héctor Beltrán Leyva was arrested by the Mexican Army inside a restaurant in San Miguel de Allende, Guanajuato. On 9 October 2014, Vicente Carrillo Fuentes was arrested by Mexican authorities in Torreón (Coahuila). On 27 February 2015, Servando Gómez Martínez, the leader of the Knights Templar cartel, was arrested by Mexican security forces in Morelia, Michoacán.[https://www.nbcnews.com/news/latino/servando-la-tuta-gomez-mexicos-most-wanted-drug-lord-captured-n314036 Servando 'La Tuta' Gomez, Mexico's Most Wanted Drug Lord, Captured.] Raul Torres (Reuters) and Erin McClam (Reuters). NBC News. Retrieved 28 February 2015. On 4 March 2015, Omar Treviño Morales was captured inside a residence in Fuentes del Valle, an upper-class neighborhood in San Pedro Garza García, Nuevo León, by the Federal Police and the Mexican Army. On 8 January 2016, Mexican Marines captured Joaquín Guzmán Loera after a heavy firefight in the city of Los Mochis, Sinaloa, bringing the total captured or killed to 33.

Mexico offered up to 30 million pesos (about 1.76 million U.S. dollars in 2024) for each of the following:

• Arturo Beltrán Leyva, a.k.a. "Jefe de Jefes,"{{cite news|title=Abatido el capo Arturo Beltrán Leyva, el 'Jefe de Jefes'|url=http://internacional.elpais.com/internacional/2009/12/17/actualidad/1261004404_850215.html|access-date=14 March 2012|newspaper=El País|date=17 December 2009}} "El Barbas,"[http://www.eluniversal.com.mx/notas/646493.html Perfil de Arturo Beltrán Leyva: La Muerte, El Barbas o El Botas Blancas, como también se le conocía, se convirtió en el líder del cártel de Sinaloa y aparecía en la lista de los narcotraficantes más buscados del mundo.] El Universal. Mexico City, Mexico. 16 December 2009. Retrieved 7 March 2012. "El Botas Blancas," "La Muerte" – Killed on 16 December 2009[https://www.cbsnews.com/news/mexican-cartel-boss-killed-in-huge-raid/ Mexican Cartel Boss Killed in Huge Raid.] CBS News. 17 December 2009. Retrieved 27 September 2012.
• Héctor Beltrán Leyva, a.k.a. "El Ingeniero,"[https://2009-2017.state.gov/j/inl/narc/rewards/133311.htm Narcotics Rewards Program: Hector Beltran-Leyva.] U.S. Department of State. Bureau of International Narcotics and Law Enforcement Affairs. Retrieved 7 March 2012. "El H," "El General" – Captured on 1 October 2014{{cite news|last=Shoichet|first=Catherine E.|title=Mexico nabs top drug lord Hector Beltran Leyva|url=http://edition.cnn.com/2014/10/01/world/americas/mexico-drug-lord-hector-beltran-leyva-captured|access-date=2 October 2014|newspaper=CNN|date=2 October 2014}} – Died on 18 November 2018
• Héctor Huerta Ríos, a.k.a. "La Burra," "El Junior" – Captured on 25 March 2009 – Killed on 4 July 2019{{cite web|url=http://www.foxnews.com/story/0,2933,510478,00.html|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20090327014656/http://www.foxnews.com/story/0,2933,510478,00.html|url-status=dead|archive-date=27 March 2009|title=FoxNews. Mexico Nabs One of 37 'Most Wanted' Drug Traffickers.|work=Fox News|access-date=2 December 2014}}
• Sergio Villarreal Barragán, a.k.a. "El Grande"[http://www.csmonitor.com/World/Americas/2010/0913/Sergio-Villarreal-Barragan-Capture-of-El-Grande-helps-Mexico-s-president Sergio Villarreal Barragan: Capture of “El Grande” helps Mexico's president] Sara Miller Llana. Christian Science Monitor. 13 September 2010. Retrieved 7 March 2012. "Comeniños,"[http://www.eluniversal.com.mx/nacion/180445.html Un “King Kong comeniños”.] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20121201082309/http://www.eluniversal.com.mx/nacion/180445.html |date=1 December 2012 }} María de la Luz González. El Universal. 13 September 2010. Retrieved 7 March 2012. "King Kong" – Captured on 13 September 2010
• Edgar Valdez Villarreal, a.k.a. "La Barbie,"[https://2009-2017.state.gov/j/inl/narc/rewards/133313.htm Narcotics Rewards Program: Edgar Valdez-Villarreal.] U.S. Department of State. Bureau of International Narcotics and Law Enforcement Affairs. Retrieved 7 March 2012.[http://www.csmonitor.com/World/Americas/2010/0831/In-Mexico-skepticism-that-arrest-of-Edgar-Valdez-Villarreal-La-Barbie-will-stem-drug-trade In Mexico, skepticism that arrest of Edgar Valdez Villarreal – 'La Barbie' – will stem drug trade: Mexican officials arrested Edgar Valdez Villarreal – known as 'La Barbie' – an alleged senior leader in a drug trafficking cartel. That's good news for President Calderón, but there's skepticism it will make a dent in growing drug violence.] Sara Miller Llana. The Christian Science Monitor. 31 August 2010. Retrieved 7 March 2012. "El Comandante", "El Güero" – Captured on 31 August 2010{{cite news|url=https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-latin-america-11134727|title=BBC News|date=31 August 2010}}{{cite web|url=http://www.nbcnews.com/id/38959006|title=MSNBC.|work=NBC News|date=September 2010 |access-date=2 December 2014}}{{dead link|date=August 2024|bot=medic}}{{cbignore|bot=medic}}

• Nazario Moreno González, a.k.a. "El Chayo,"[http://www.eluniversal.com.mx/notas/729542.html Perfil Nazario Moreno González, el adoctrinador: El Chayo, El doctor o El más loco compartía el liderazgo de La Familia Michoacana con José de Jesús Méndez Vargas alias El Chango.] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20121114164651/http://www.eluniversal.com.mx/notas/729542.html |date=14 November 2012 }} Mexico City, Mexico. 10 December 2010. El Universal. Retrieved 7 March 2012.[http://mexico.cnn.com/nacional/2010/12/11/nazario-moreno-el-chayo-un-criminal-en-nombre-de-la-justicia-divina Nazario Moreno, 'El Chayo', un criminal en nombre de la justicia divina: El gobierno mexicano dice que era indocumentado en EU, traficante de drogas, líder espiritual y uno de los jefes de 'La Familia Michoacana'.] {{webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20121114195413/http://mexico.cnn.com/nacional/2010/12/11/nazario-moreno-el-chayo-un-criminal-en-nombre-de-la-justicia-divina |date=14 November 2012 }} CNN Mexico. Retrieved 7 March 2012. "El Doctor," "El Más Loco" – Killed on 9 March 2014{{cite news|last=Shoichet|first=Catherine E.|title=Notorious Mexican cartel leader Nazario Moreno dead – again|url=http://www.cnn.com/2014/03/09/world/americas/mexico-drug-lord-nazario-moreno-killed/|access-date=10 March 2014|newspaper=CNN|date=9 March 2014}}
• Servando Gómez Martínez, a.k.a. "El Profe,"[http://www.eluniversal.com.mx/notas/728846.html “La Tuta” cobra como maestro: Servando Gómez tiene una plaza de docente y en el primer trimestre de 2010 recibió ingresos brutos por 51 mil 811 pesos. En los detalles de su ficha en la página de la SEP, se informa que Gómez Martínez no tiene un perfíl académico pero cuenta con 15 años de servicio.] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140517120146/http://www.eluniversal.com.mx/notas/728846.html |date=17 May 2014 }} 8 December 2010. El Universal. Mexico City, Mexico. Retrieved 7 March 2012. "La Tuta" – Captured on 27 February 2015{{cite web|url=http://www.aljazeera.com/news/2015/02/mexico-captures-wanted-drug-kingpin-la-tuta-150227123158980.html|title=Mexico captures most wanted drug kingpin 'La Tuta'|date=27 February 2015|newspaper=aljazeera.com|access-date=27 February 2015}}
• José de Jesús Méndez Vargas, a.k.a. "El Chango"[http://mexico.cnn.com/nacional/2011/06/21/policia-federal-detiene-a-jesus-mendez-el-chango-lider-de-la-familia Policía detiene a Jesús Méndez 'El Chango', presunto líder de 'La Familia': El gobierno mexicano dijo que la captura de Jesús Méndez, 'El Chango', "destruye" la estructura de mando de la organización criminal.] {{webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120307104642/http://mexico.cnn.com/nacional/2011/06/21/policia-federal-detiene-a-jesus-mendez-el-chango-lider-de-la-familia |date=7 March 2012 }} CNN Mexico. 21 June 2011. Retrieved 7 March 2012. – Captured on 21 June 2011
• Dionisio Loya Plancarte, a.k.a. "El Tío"[http://www.eluniversal.com.mx/estados/76121.html Asesora fue señalada como pareja de “El Tío”: Su cercanía con el gobernador Leonel Godoy Rangel hizo de la maestra en derecho la figura de mayor relevancia contra la que se actuó en el operativo.] {{webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140202114139/http://www.eluniversal.com.mx/estados/76121.html |date=2 February 2014 }} El Universal. 26 May 2010. Retrieved 7 March 2012. – Captured on 27 January 2014

• Jorge Eduardo Costilla Sánchez, a.k.a. "El Coss"[http://www.eluniversal.com.mx/nacion/181707.html “El Coss”, nuevo “amo” del grupo.] Francisco Gómez. El Universal. 8 November 2010. Retrieved 7 March 2012. – Captured on 12 September 2012{{cite news|url=https://www.nytimes.com/2012/09/14/world/americas/el-coss-head-of-gulf-cartel-captured-mexico-says.html|title=Mexico Announces Capture of Gulf Cartel Leader|work=New York Times|author=Randal C. Archibod|date=13 September 2012}}
• Ezequiel Cárdenas Guillén, a.k.a. "Tony Tormenta" – Killed on 5 November 2010{{cite web |url=http://wireupdate.com/wires/12048/top-drug-lord-ezequiel-cardenas-guillen-killed-in-shootout-with-mexican-forces |title=Top drug lord Ezequiel Cardenas Guillen killed in shootout with Mexican forces |publisher=Wireupdate.com |date=27 May 2010 |access-date=6 November 2010 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20101109230432/http://wireupdate.com/wires/12048/top-drug-lord-ezequiel-cardenas-guillen-killed-in-shootout-with-mexican-forces/ |archive-date=9 November 2010 }}{{cite web |url=http://www.eluniversal.com.mx/notas/721541.html |title=Tony Tormenta muere abatido – El Universal |publisher=El Universal |access-date=6 November 2010 |archive-date=9 November 2010 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20101109203745/http://www.eluniversal.com.mx/notas/721541.html |url-status=dead }}
• Sigifredo Nájera Talamantes, a.k.a. "El Canicón" – Captured on 23 March 2009 – Died on 7 September 2015{{cite web|url=http://www.itnsource.com/shotlist/RTV/2009/03/23/RTV511409/|title=ITNSource.|access-date=2 December 2014}}
• Sergio Enrique Ruiz Tlapanco, a.k.a. "El Tlapa" – Captured on 8 September 2009{{cite web|url=http://www.eluniversal.com.mx/notas/625347.html|title=Detienen al Z 44, fundador de Los Zetas|publisher=El Universal|date=9 September 2009|access-date=23 February 2014|archive-date=26 February 2014|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140226062940/http://www.eluniversal.com.mx/notas/625347.html|url-status=dead}}{{cite web | url=http://www.infosurhoy.com/cocoon/saii/xhtml/en_GB/features/saii/roundup/2009/09/10/roundup-02 | author=Winston F. Burges | title=10 Sept. News Brief Central America/Caribbean | publisher=InfoSurHoy/Excélsior/El Universal | date=10 September 2009 | access-date=23 February 2014 | archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150924034852/http://www.infosurhoy.com/cocoon/saii/xhtml/en_GB/features/saii/roundup/2009/09/10/roundup-02 | archive-date=24 September 2015 | url-status=dead }}{{cite web |url=http://hispanicnewsnetwork.blogspot.com/2010_03_01_archive.html | title=5 Million Offered By U.S. Government For Information Leading to the Arrest of 6 Drug Cartel Kingpins | publisher=Hispanic News Network|date=25 March 2010|access-date=23 February 2014}}

• Vicente Carrillo Fuentes, a.k.a. "El Viceroy,"[http://articles.cnn.com/2009-04-02/world/mexico.drug.arrest_1_drug-cartel-juarez-cartel-cartel-leader?_s=PM:WORLD Top Mexican drug cartel suspect arrested, officials say.] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20100923130317/http://articles.cnn.com/2009-04-02/world/mexico.drug.arrest_1_drug-cartel-juarez-cartel-cartel-leader?_s=PM:WORLD |date=23 September 2010 }} CNN. 2 April 2009. Retrieved 7 March 2012. "El General" – Captured on 9 October 2014{{cite news|title=Mexico 'drug lord' Carrillo arrested|url=https://www.bbc.com/news/world-latin-america-29561723|access-date=10 October 2014|newspaper=BBC|date=9 October 2014}}{{cite news|title=CARRILLO FUENTES FUE DETENIDO POR LA POLICÍA FEDERAL SIN HACER UN SOLO DISPARO|url=http://www.elsiglodetorreon.com.mx/noticia/1046065.el-viceroy-visitaba-a-su-novia-en-torreon.html|access-date=12 October 2014|newspaper=El Siglo de Torreón|language=es|date=11 October 2014}}
• Vicente Carrillo Leyva, a.k.a. "El Ingeniero"[http://noticias.univision.com/mexico/noticias/article/2009-04-02/cayo-vicente-carrillo-leyva-capo#axzz1oSSTZ56j Cayó Vicente Carrillo Leyva, capo del Cartel de Juárez.] Univison. 4 February 2009. Retrieved 7 March 2012. – Captured on 1 April 2009{{cite web|url=http://www.eluniversal.com.mx/notas/719898.html|title=El Universal.|date=18 June 2013|access-date=2 December 2014|archive-date=17 October 2013|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20131017203301/http://www.eluniversal.com.mx/notas/719898.html|url-status=dead}}
• Juan Pablo Ledezma, a.k.a. "El JL"

• Joaquín Guzmán Loera, a.k.a. "El Chapo"{{cite news|last=Wilkinson|first=Tracy|title=Most-wanted Mexico drug trafficker is found everywhere|url=http://www.latimes.com/news/nationworld/world/la-fg-chapo3-2008nov03,0,6368634.story|access-date=14 December 2011|newspaper=Los Angeles Times|date=3 November 2008}} – Captured on 22 February 2014 – Escaped on 11 July 2015{{cite web|url=http://www.cnn.com/2015/07/12/world/mexico-el-chapo-escape/ |title=Mexican drug lord Joaquin 'El Chapo' Guzman escapes |work=CNN |date=13 July 2015 |access-date=13 July 2015}} – Recaptured on 8 January 2016
• Ismael Zambada García, a.k.a. "El Mayo,"LILIANA.Madera county. Sinaloaense[http://www.eluniversal.com.mx/notas/584798.html Detienen al hijo de El Mayo Zambada: Vicente Zambada Niebla, alias El Vicentillo, fue presentado esta mañana junto a cinco personas más. La detención se logró el miércoles en Jardines del Pedregal.] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20121008161039/http://www.eluniversal.com.mx/notas/584798.html |date=8 October 2012 }} María de la Luz González. El Universal. Mexico City, Mexico. 19 March 2009. Retrieved 7 March 2012. "El M-Z,"[http://www.informador.com.mx/mexico/2010/190925/6/el-mayo-dice-que-calderon-perdera-la-guerra-antinarco.htm “El Mayo” dice que Calderón perderá la guerra antinarco.] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120420185946/http://www.informador.com.mx/mexico/2010/190925/6/el-mayo-dice-que-calderon-perdera-la-guerra-antinarco.htm |date=20 April 2012 }} El Informador. 4 April 2010. Retrieved 7 March 2012. "El Padrino" – Captured on 25 July 2024{{cite news|url=https://www.cnn.com/2024/07/25/us/sinoloa-cartel-ismael-zambada-custody-report?cid=ios_app | title=US operation to capture Sinaloa cartel leaders had the help of one of the captured men: A son of 'El Chapo,' official says }}
• Ignacio Coronel Villarreal, a.k.a. "El Nacho"[http://www.eluniversal.com.mx/notas/698597.html Muere abatido 'Nacho' Coronel: El líder del cártel de Sinaloa murió en medio de un enfrentamiento con elementos del Ejército tras un operativo en un fraccionamiento residencial de Zapopan.] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120315151022/http://www.eluniversal.com.mx/notas/698597.html |date=15 March 2012 }} El Universal. Mexico City, Mexico. 29 July 2010. El Universal. – Killed on 29 July 2010{{Cite web |url=http://channel6newsonline.com/2010/07/top-drug-lord-ignacio-coronel-killed-in-shootout-with-mexican-army/ |title=News 6. |access-date=20 January 2011 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110723130151/http://channel6newsonline.com/2010/07/top-drug-lord-ignacio-coronel-killed-in-shootout-with-mexican-army/ |archive-date=23 July 2011 |url-status=dead }}
• Juan José Esparragoza Moreno, a.k.a. "El Azul"[https://www.fbi.gov/wanted/alert/juan-jose-esparragoza-moreno Wanted by the FBI: JUAN JOSE ESPARRAGOZA-MORENO.] FBI. Retrieved 7 March 2012. – Allegedly died on 7 June 2014{{cite news|last1=Becerra|first1=Hector|title=Mexican cartel kingpin reported dead – of a heart attack|url=http://www.chicagotribune.com/news/nationworld/la-fg-mexican-cartel-kingpin-dead-20140609,0,5046251.story|access-date=12 June 2014|publisher=Chicago Tribune|date=9 June 2014}}
• Vicente Zambada Niebla, a.k.a. "El Vicentillo"[http://www.suntimes.com/news/metro/7566004-418/dea-officials-deny-they-promised-drug-kingpin-immunity.html DEA officials deny they promised drug kingpin immunity.] Natasha Korecki. 9 September 2011. Chicago Sun-Times. Retrieved 7 March 2012. – Captured on 19 March 2009{{cite web|url=https://www.nbcnews.com/id/wbna29773111|title=MSNBC|work=NBC News|date=19 March 2009 |access-date=2 December 2014}}

• Teodoro García Simental, a.k.a. "El Teo,"[https://web.archive.org/web/20110714220118/http://articles.nydailynews.com/2010-01-12/news/17945521_1_garcia-simental-cartels-mexican-drug-lords Cops nab infamous Mexican drug lord Teodoro (El Teo) Garcia Simental; dissolved 300 people in acid.] Helen Kennedy. New York Daily News. New York, New York. 12 January 2010. Retrieved 10 March 2012. "El Lalo,"[http://www.pgr.gob.mx/Prensa/2007/bol10/mar/b27610.shtm El fiscal de la SIEDO obtuvo nuevo auto de formal prision contra Teodoro Garcia Simental, alias "El Teo".] {{webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20130522090524/http://www.pgr.gob.mx/Prensa/2007/bol10/mar/b27610.shtm |date=22 May 2013 }} Procuraduria General de la Republica. Mexico City, Mexico. 6 March 2010. Retrieved 10 March 2012. "El Alamo," "El K-1,"[http://www.eluniversal.com.mx/notas/651198.html Detiene Policía Federal a El Teo en BCS] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20100115110003/http://www.eluniversal.com.mx/notas/651198.html |date=15 January 2010 }} El Universal. Mexico City, Mexico. 12 January 2010. Retrieved 10 March 2012. "El Tres Letras"[https://www.usatoday.com/news/world/2010-01-12-Mexico-drugs_N.htm Officials: Mexican drug kingpin captured: Alleged Drug Lord Bio.] USA Today, 12 January 2010. Retrieved 10 March 2012. – Captured on 12 January 2010[http://www.latimes.com/news/nation-and-world/la-fg-mexico-arrest13-2010jan13,0,4064511.story Mexican drug lord Teodoro Garcia Simental, known for his savagery, is captured] (12 January 2010)
• Fernando Sánchez Arellano, a.k.a. "El Ingeniero,"[https://content.time.com/time/specials/packages/article/0,28804,2019221_2019202_2019201,00.html Top 10 Notorious Mexican Drug Lords: Luis Fernando Sánchez Arellano.] By Ioan Grillo. TIME. 22 June 2011. Retrieved 8 March 2012.{{cite news | title = El discípulo de los Arellano Félix | date = 4 May 2011 | url = http://www.lapoliciaca.com/nota-roja/el-discipulo-de-los-arellano-felix/ | work = La Policiaca | access-date = 7 March 2012 | language = es | archive-url = https://web.archive.org/web/20160402102444/http://www.lapoliciaca.com/nota-roja/el-discipulo-de-los-arellano-felix/ | archive-date = 2 April 2016 | url-status = dead }} "El Alineador" – Captured on 23 June 2014{{cite news | title = Leader of Tijuana drug cartel captured in northern Mexico | date = 24 June 2014 | url = https://news.yahoo.com/leader-tijuana-drug-cartel-captured-northern-mexico-080628530.html | access-date = 25 June 2014}}
• Benjamín Arellano Félix a.k.a. "El Min,"{{Cite web |last=Davis |first=Kristina |date=July 6, 2022 |title=The Business - Arellano-Felix Cartel {{!}} Drug Wars I FRONTLINE |website=PBS |url=https://www.pbs.org/wgbh/pages/frontline/shows/drugs/business/afo/afomembers.html}} – Captured on 9 March 2002{{Cite web |last=Davis |first=Kristina |date=6 July 2022 |title=Former drug kingpin Benjamín Arellano Félix seeks early release from prison. Feds say no way. |url=https://www.sandiegouniontribune.com/news/courts/story/2022-07-06/benjamin-arellano-felix-release-motion}}
• Ramón Arellano Félix a.k.a. "El Commandante Món"{{Cite web |date=6 November 2009 |title=Narcotics Rewards Program: Ramon Eduardo Arellano-Felix |url=https://2009-2017.state.gov/j/inl/narc/rewards/115374.htm |website=US Department of State}} "Món" "Colores" – Killed on 10 February 2002{{Cite web |title=La muerte del icónico narco mexicano Ramón Arellano Félix cumple 20 años |url=https://www.swissinfo.ch/spa/m%C3%A9xico-narcotr%C3%A1fico_la-muerte-del-ic%C3%B3nico-narco-mexicano-ram%C3%B3n-arellano-f%C3%A9lix-cumple-20-a%C3%B1os/47337874 |access-date=2023-01-25 |website=SWI swissinfo.ch |date=10 February 2022 |language=es}}

• Heriberto Lazcano Lazcano, a.k.a. "El Lazca,"[https://www.usatoday.com/news/world/2011-06-17-drug-war-mexico_n.htm Gunfight kills 2 in Mexico border city.] USA Today. 18 June 2011. Retrieved 8 March 2012. "Z-3",[https://web.archive.org/web/20100918191401/http://www.time.com/time/specials/packages/article/0,28804,2019221_2019202_2019169,00.html Top 10 Notorious Mexican Drug Lords.] TIME. 22 June 2011. Retrieved 8 March 2012. "El Verdugo"[https://www.justice.gov/dea/fugitives/houston/LAZCANO-LAZCANO.html DEA Fugitive: LAZCANO-LAZCANO, HERIBERTO.] {{webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110529213423/http://www.justice.gov/dea/fugitives/houston/LAZCANO-LAZCANO.html |date=29 May 2011 }} U.S. Drug Enforcement Administration. Retrieved 8 March 2012. (English: "The Executioner"), "El Bronce,"{{cite news|title=Capturan a "El Lucky," uno de los fundadores del cartel de Los Zetas|url=http://www.abc.es/20111213/internacional/abci-captura-lucky-201112130053.html|access-date=8 March 2012|newspaper=ABC|date=12 December 2011|language=es}} "El Pitirijas,"{{cite news|title=Dictan formal prisión a 'El Mamito', líder de Los Zetas|url=http://noticias.terra.com.mx/mexico/seguridad/dictan-formal-prision-a-el-mamito-lider-de-los-zetas,16cedcde6d7b3310VgnVCM20000099f154d0RCRD.html|access-date=24 April 2012|newspaper=Terra Networks|date=11 September 2011|language=es}} "Licenciado" – Killed on 7 October 2012[http://edition.cnn.com/2012/10/09/world/americas/mexico-zetas-cartel-boss/index.html?hpt=hp_t3 Mexico confirms death of feared Zetas cartel leader] CNN. 9 October 2012. Retrieved 9 October 2012.
• Miguel Ángel Treviño Morales, a.k.a. "Z-40" ("40," "Cuarenta," "Comandante 40")[https://www.justice.gov/opa/pr/2009/July/09-crm-703.html Alleged Mexican Cartel Leaders, Associates Targeted in Newest Effort to Combat Drug Trafficking Organizations.] U.S. Department of Justice. 20 July 2009. Retrieved 11 March 2012. – Captured on 15 July 2013
• Omar Treviño Morales, a.k.a. "Z-42" – Captured on 4 March 2015{{cite web|url=https://www.bbc.com/news/world-latin-america-31731842|title=Mexico arrests Zetas cartel leader Omar Trevino Morales|date=4 March 2015|publisher=BBC|access-date=4 March 2015}}
• Iván Velázquez Caballero, a.k.a. "El Talibán,"[https://www.cbsnews.com/news/barbie-brutal-mexican-cartel-hit-man/ "Barbie": Brutal Mexican Cartel Hit Man.] CBS News. 23 July 2009. Retrieved 11 March 2012. "Z-50"[http://www.pgr.gob.mx/prensa/2007/bol09/Nov/b141909.shtm El Fiscal de la SIEDO Obtiene Arraigo por 40 Dias: Contra presuntos integrantes de "Los Zetas" detenidos en Fresnillo, Zacatecas.] {{webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20130522091427/http://www.pgr.gob.mx/prensa/2007/bol09/Nov/b141909.shtm |date=22 May 2013 }} 18 Noviembre 2009. Retrieved 12 March 2012. – Captured on 26 September 2012
• Gregorio Sauceda Gamboa, a.k.a. "El Goyo,"[http://www.presidencia.gob.mx/infografias/2009/abril/290409captura_elgoyo/ Detiene la Policia Federal a Gregorio Sauceda Gamboa, alias "El Goyo" y/o "El Caramuela, presunto integrante del Cartel del Golfo en Tamaulipas.] Office of the President. Federal Government of Mexico. 2009. Retrieved 20 March 2012. "Metro-2," "Caramuela" – Captured on 30 April 2009{{cite web|url=http://www.eluniversal.com.mx/primera/32903.html|title=El Universal|date=14 June 2013|access-date=2 December 2014|archive-date=9 March 2013|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20130309045147/http://www.eluniversal.com.mx/primera/32903.html|url-status=dead}}[http://www.elsolonoticias.com/inicio/index.php?option=com_content&view=article&id=7632:atrapan-en-chihuahua-a-francisco-hernandez-garcia-alias-qel-2000q&catid=51:nacion&Itemid=61 Atrapan en Chihuahua a Francisco Hernández García, alias "El 2000".]{{Dead link|date=March 2020 |bot=InternetArchiveBot |fix-attempted=yes }} 8 November 2011.
• Alberto Pineda Villa, a.k.a. "El Borrado" – Killed on 12 September 2009{{cite web |url=http://insightcrime.org/insight-latest-news/item/1092-mexico-defense-of-kingpin-strategy-falls-short |title= Mexico Defense of Kingpin Strategy Falls Short|website=insightcrime.org |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110829142449/http://insightcrime.org/insight-latest-news/item/1092-mexico-defense-of-kingpin-strategy-falls-short |archive-date=29 August 2011}}
• Marco Antonio Pineda Villa, a.k.a. "El MP" – Killed on 12 September 2009[http://www.diariodemorelos.com/index.php?option=com_content&task=view&id=48684&Itemid=80 Despliegan autoridades municipales, estatales y federales un operativo en la Procuraduría.]

El Diario de Morelos. 14 September 2009. Retrieved 21 December 2011.

• Ricardo Almanza Morales, a.k.a. "El Gori I"[http://www.jornada.unam.mx/2009/03/24/politica/004n2pol Se Buscan.] Alfredo Méndez. La Jornada. Mexico City, Mexico. 24 March 2009. p. 4. Retrieved 10 March 2012. – Killed on 4 December 2009[http://seattletimes.nwsource.com/html/nationworld/2010428607_apltdrugwarmexico.html Shootouts in northern Mexico kill 13 after raid: A pair of shootouts between troops and gunmen in northern Mexico have killed 13 people, including a bystander and a drug trafficker linked to the killing of a retired army officer.] Catherine E. Shoichet (Associated Press). Seattle Times. Seattle, WA. 4 December 2009. Retrieved 11 March 2012.
• Eduardo Almanza Morales, a.k.a. "El Gori II"
• Raymundo Almanza Morales, a.k.a. "El Gori III" – Captured on 22 May 2009[http://www.eluniversal.com.mx/primera/33019.html Cae operador del cártel del Golfo en Monterrey: Raymundo Almanza Morales, alias "El Gori," uno de los principales lugartenientes del cártel del Golfo, fue detenido en Monterrey, Nuevo León, informó la Secretaría de la Defensa Nacional (Sedena).] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140202113935/http://www.eluniversal.com.mx/primera/33019.html |date=2 February 2014 }} Nubia Maya. El Universal. 22 May 2009. Retrieved 27 September 2012.
• Flavio Méndez Santiago, a.k.a. "El Amarillo" – Captured on 18 January 2011[https://www.npr.org/templates/story/story.php?storyId=103181125 NPR News] {{webarchive |url=https://web.archive.org/web/20101223141006/http://www.npr.org/templates/story/story.php?storyId=103181125 |date=23 December 2010 }}[http://articles.cnn.com/2011-01-18/world/mexico.violence_1_heriberto-lazcano-cartel-osiel-cardenas-guillen?_s=PM:WORLD Mexico announces capture of one of the founders of Los Zetas.] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120314152359/http://articles.cnn.com/2011-01-18/world/mexico.violence_1_heriberto-lazcano-cartel-osiel-cardenas-guillen?_s=PM%3AWORLD |date=14 March 2012 }} CNN News. 18 January 2011. Retrieved 28 January 2012.
• Sergio Peña Solís, a.k.a. "El Concord," "El Colosio" – Captured on 14 March 2009[http://www.presidencia.gob.mx/2009/03/la-policia-federal-captura-a-sergio-pena-mendoza-alias-el-concord-presunto-operador-de-los-zetas-en-reynosa/ La Policía Federal captura a Sergio Peña Mendoza, alias “El Concord” presunto operador de “Los Zetas” en Reynosa.] Secretaría de Seguridad Pública. Mexico City, Mexico. Press Release 120/09. 14 March 2009. Retrieved 10 March 2012.
• Raúl Lucio Hernández Lechuga, a.k.a. "El Lucky" – Captured 12 December 2011

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