Ernesto Fonseca Carrillo

In this Spanish name, the first or paternal surname is Fonseca and the second or maternal family name is Carrillo.
Ernesto Fonseca Carrillo
Born (1930-08-01) August 1, 1930 (age 94)
Santiago de los Caballeros, Badiraguato, Sinaloa, Mexico
NationalityMexican
Other namesDon Neto
OccupationDrug lord of the Guadalajara Cartel
Known forIllegal drug trade
Height1.79 m (5 ft 10 in)
Partner(s)Miguel Ángel Félix Gallardo, Rafael Caro Quintero, Amado Carrillo Fuentes
Notes
Arrested on April 7, 1985. Currently under house arrest.

Ernesto Fonseca Carrillo (August 1, 1930), commonly referred to by his alias Don Neto, is a Mexican drug lord and former leader of the Guadalajara Cartel, a defunct criminal group based in Jalisco. He headed the organization alongside Miguel Ángel Félix Gallardo, and Rafael Caro Quintero. Fonseca Carrillo was involved with drug trafficking since the early 1970s, primarily in Ecuador, and later moved his operations to Mexico.[1]

Fonseca is the uncle of former Juárez Cartel leader, Amado Carrillo Fuentes.[2]

  1. ^ Nash, Jay Robert (1993). World Encyclopedia of Organized Crime. Da Capo Press. p. 167. ISBN 0-306-80535-9.
  2. ^ Chepesiuk, Ron (2003). The Bullet Or the Bribe: Taking Down Colombia's Cali Drug Cartel. Greenwood Publishing. pp. 112. ISBN 0-275-97712-9.