Juan Pablo Ledezma
{{short description|Mexican drug lord}}
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| birth_date = {{Birth date and age|1987|12|28}}
| birth_place = Ciudad Juarez, Chihuahua, Mexico
| alias = El JL,
Juan Pablo Ledesma,[http://www.pgr.gob.mx/Servicios/fugitivos/opera_lista.asp?item_delincuente=351 PGR - Los más buscados: José Luis Fratello] {{webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110928011211/http://www.pgr.gob.mx/Servicios/fugitivos/opera_lista.asp?item_delincuente=351 |date=2011-09-28 }}
José Luis Fratello,
Luis Ledesma,
Juan Pablo Ledesma,
Eduardo Ledesma,
Luis Pablo Ríos Rodríguez
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| charge = Murder, extortion, drug trafficking
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| conviction_status = Fugitive
| occupation = Leader of the Juárez Cartel
| reward_amount = Mexico: 15 million Mexican Pesos;
USA: $2.5 million USD
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Juan Pablo Ledezma (born December 28, 1987), also known as José Luis Fratello, is the alleged current leader of the Mexican gang La Línea, which is the leading armed wing of the Juárez Cartel, and is said to be the current head of the organization.{{cite news | title = Mexico offers $2M for top drug lords | date = March 24, 2009 | publisher = El Paso Times | url = http://www.elpasotimes.com/ci_11979513 | work = Times | access-date = 2010-09-30 | url-status = dead | archive-url = https://archive.today/20130122130827/http://www.elpasotimes.com/ci_11979513 | archive-date = January 22, 2013 }}
[http://www.jornada.unam.mx/2006/09/07/index.php?section=estados&article=038n1est La Jornada Agreden a reporteros]. (In spanish)[http://www.eluniversal.com.mx/estados/62438.html Agreden en Juárez a 3 reporteros] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150228214608/http://www.eluniversal.com.mx/estados/62438.html |date=2015-02-28 }} (in Spanish)[http://www.elsiglodetorreon.com.mx/noticia/249144.el-cartel-de-juarez-opera-en-17-estados.html El Cártel de Juárez opera en 17 estados] (in Spanish)
Arrest warrant
The Mexican government is currently offering a $2 million USD bounty for information leading to his capture. In 2019, imprisoned Sinaloa Cartel operative Jesús 'El Rey' Zambada revealed that notorious Sinaloa Cartel leader Joaquin "El Chapo" Guzman had issued a bounty for Ledezma's death after Ledezma ended the Juarez Cartel's alliance with the Sinaloa Cartel.{{Cite web|url=https://www.unionjalisco.mx/articulo/2019/12/18/viral/el-jl-el-hombre-mas-odiado-por-el-chapo|title='El JL', el hombre más odiado por 'El Chapo'|date=18 December 2019}} Ledezma is also suspected of orchestrating El Chapo’s brother’s killing in prison. Zambada also claimed that Ledezma was the only person who earned "an enormous hatred" from El Chapo. At the time of his arrest in May 2020, it was reported that Luis Alberto “El Mocho” M. was at that point the leader of La Linea and that El Mocho's predecessor, who is also imprisoned, is named Ricardo Arturo “El Piporro” C.{{Cite web|date=2020-05-27|title=Gang leader's arrest triggers backlash in Chihuahua|url=https://mexiconewsdaily.com/news/gang-leaders-arrest-triggers-backlash-in-chihuahua/|access-date=2020-06-03|website=Mexico News Daily|language=en-US}}
See also
References
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External links
- [http://www.recompensas.gob.mx/RecDetalle.asp?nInd=105 PHOTO of Juan Pablo Ledezma] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160304235354/http://www.recompensas.gob.mx/RecDetalle.asp?nInd=105 |date=2016-03-04 }}
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Category:Fugitives wanted by Mexico
Category:Fugitives wanted by the United States
Category:Fugitives wanted on organised crime charges
Category:Juárez Cartel traffickers
Category:Mexican drug traffickers
Category:People from Ciudad Juárez
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