Carlos Beltrán Leyva
Convicted Mexican drug lord / From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
Carlos Beltrán Leyva (born 1969) is a Mexican incarcerated drug lord with the Beltrán-Leyva Cartel. The cartel was created by the four Beltrán Leyva brothers: Carlos, Héctor, Alfredo and Arturo.[2] Born in the Sinaloan countryside in the late 1960s, Carlos and his brothers worked closely with Joaquín "Chapo" Guzmán, the leader of the Sinaloa Cartel, during decades of smuggling.[3]
Carlos Beltrán Leyva | |
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Born | 1969 (age 54–55)[1] Sinaloa, Mexico |
Occupation | Beltrán-Leyva Cartel drug lord |
Criminal status | Incarcerated |
The organization, run mainly by Arturo and Héctor,[4] formed as a splinter group of the powerful Sinaloa Cartel, which was led by Joaquín Guzmán Loera. After Alfredo was arrested, the Beltrán-Leyva brothers blamed Guzmán Loera and retaliated by forming the Beltrán-Leyva Cartel, and killing one of the Sinaloa cartel chief's sons in a grenade attack on a Culiacán shopping center. This sparked a war between the Sinaloa Cartel and the Beltrán-Leyva Cartel, which allied itself with the Gulf Cartel.[2]