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Sep 27, 1961 Monterrey, Nuevo León, Mexico Died on 16 Dec 2009 (aged 48)
Mexican drug lord
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About Arturo Beltrán Leyva
- Marcos Arturo Beltrán Leyva (September 27, 1961 – December 16, 2009) was an organized crime figure and the leader of the Mexican drug trafficking organization known as the Beltrán-Leyva Cartel, which is headed by the Beltrán Leyva brothers: Marcos Arturo, Carlos, Alfredo and Héctor.
- The cartel is responsible for cocaine, marijuana, heroin and methamphetamine production, transportation and wholesaling.
- It controls numerous drug trafficking corridors into the United States and is responsible for human smuggling, money laundering, extortion, kidnapping, murder, contract killing, torture, gun-running and other acts of violence against men, women, and children in Mexico.
- The organization is connected with the assassinations of numerous Mexican law enforcement officials.Since the mid-1990s Arturo Beltrán Leyva allegedly led powerful groups of assassins to fight for trade routes in northeastern Mexico.
- By 2008, through the use of corruption or intimidation, he was able to infiltrate Mexico's political, judicial and police institutions to steal classified information about anti-drug operations, and even infiltrated the Interpol office in Mexico.The Beltrán Leyva brothers, who were formerly aligned with the Sinaloa Cartel, are now allies of Los Zetas.
