Carlos Rosales Mendoza

In this Spanish name, the first or paternal surname is Rosales and the second or maternal family name is Mendoza.
Carlos Rosales Mendoza
Born
Carlos Alberto Rosales Mendoza

(1963-02-12)12 February 1963
La Unión, Guerrero, Mexico
Died27 December 2015(2015-12-27) (aged 52)
Gabriel Zamora, Michoacán
Cause of deathTorture, gunshot
Other namesEl Tísico, El Prieto, El Carlitos
OccupationLa Familia Cartel drug lord
Criminal chargeDrug trafficking, organized crime and use of illegal firearms

Carlos Alberto Rosales Mendoza (12 February 1963 – 27 December 2015) was a former Mexican drug lord who founded and led an organized crime syndicate called La Familia Michoacana.[1] He was a close friend and associate of Osiel Cárdenas Guillén, the former leader of the Gulf Cartel.[2]

He was born in the municipality of La Unión, Guerrero in southern Mexico.[3] When Rosales Mendoza founded the first cells of La Familia Michoacana in the 1980s, the Milenio Cartel was competing with the organization for the control of the production and distribution of narcotics in the state of Michoacán.[4][5] In 2000, Rosales Mendoza united with the Gulf Cartel and Los Zetas to thwart the Milenio Cartel, causing a wave of violence in western Mexico that lasted until the year 2003.[5] He was arrested twice, on 24 October 2004,[6] and on 5 August 2014, and set free in late 2014. He was found dead in a parking lot on 28 December 2015.

  1. ^ Grayson, George W. (16 March 2009). "FPRI: La Familia: Another Deadly Mexican Syndicate". Council on Foreign Relations. Archived from the original on 15 November 2012. Retrieved 15 November 2012.
  2. ^ "FORMAL PRISIÓN EN CONTRA DE CARLOS ALBERTO ROSALES MENDOZA (A) "CARLITOS" Y DE ROBERTO HUERTA RÍOS" (in Spanish). Presidencia de la República. 2004. Archived from the original on 2 February 2014. Retrieved 15 November 2012.
  3. ^ Money and Finance: Treasury: Treasury, PT. 500-End, Revised as of July 1, 2010. United States Government Printing Office. 28 September 2010. p. 764. ISBN 978-0160860034. Retrieved 15 November 2012.
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