Dionisio Loya Plancarte

DioSITO Loya Plancarte
Born (1955-10-21) 21 October 1955 (age 69)
Apatzingán, Michoacán, Mexico
Other namesEl Tío ('The Uncle')[1]
EmployerKnights Templar Cartel
Criminal statusCaptured
RelativesEnrique Plancarte Solís (Nephew)
In this Spanish name, the first or paternal surname is Loya and the second or maternal family name is Plancarte.

Dionisio Loya Plancarte (born 21 October 1955) is a Mexican drug lord and high-ranking leader of the Knights Templar Cartel, a quasi-religious criminal organization based in the state of Michoacán. He is the uncle of Enrique Plancarte Solís, another former high-ranking leader of the cartel. Since 2009, he was listed as one of Mexico's 37 most-wanted drug lords, with a $30 million pesos (US$2.3 million) bounty for information leading to his capture. He was arrested by the Mexican Army in Morelia, Michoacán on 27 January 2014.

  1. ^ "Asesora fue señalada como pareja de "El Tío". El Universal (in Spanish). 26 May 2010. Archived from the original on 2 February 2014. Retrieved 23 November 2012.