Rafael Aguilar Guajardo

In this Spanish name, the first or paternal surname is Aguilar and the second or maternal family name is Guajardo.
Rafael Aguilar Guajardo
Born
Rafael Aguilar Guajardo

1950
Ciudad Juárez, Chihuahua, Mexico
Died12 April 1993(1993-04-12) (aged 42–43)
Cancún, Quintana Roo, Mexico
Cause of deathGun shot
OccupationDrug lord
TitleLeader of the Juárez Cartel
Term1987 – 12 April 1993
PredecessorPablo Acosta Villarreal
SuccessorAmado Carrillo Fuentes
Partner(s)Pablo Acosta Villarreal, Amado Carrillo Fuentes

Rafael Aguilar Guajardo (1950 – 12 April 1993)[1] was a Mexican drug lord, federal police commander of the Dirección Federal de Seguridad (DFS) in Mexico,[2] and one of the Juárez Cartel co-founders.

He was the right-hand man to Pablo Acosta Villarreal who was killed in April 1987, during a cross-border raid by Mexican Federal Police helicopters in the Rio Grande village of Santa Elena, Chihuahua.[3] Having taken over from Acosta, Rafael Aguilar Guajardo made Amado Carrillo Fuentes his second-in-command.

Mexican police reported that Carlos Maya Castillo, an official also working at the National Security and Investigation Center, assisted Aguilar with information and reservations, provided him with cell phones, and recruited corrupt police agents for Aguilar's criminal organization.[4]

Two days after threatening to reveal his high-level Mexican government contacts, Amado Carrillo Fuentes took over the reins of power in the Juárez cartel after assassinating Aguilar, [2] setting off the city's worst ongoing bout of criminal violence. Aguilar's assets seized by the Attorney General of Mexico (PGR) were valued at $100 million, and they included nightclubs, houses, and a 7000 m2 property in Acapulco.[4]

In the streaming television series Narcos: Mexico (2018-2021), he was portrayed by Noé Hernández.

  1. ^ Marjorie Miller (April 15, 1993). "Suspected Drug Lord Shot to Death at Mexican Resort: Narcotics: He was vacationing with his family. A Colorado woman also is killed in the Cancun attack". Los Angeles Times. Archived from the original on February 23, 2013. Retrieved October 16, 2014.
  2. ^ a b Getty, Mark (January 2004). "Mexico's Forgotten Disappeared: The Victims of the Border Narco Bloodbath". Frontera NorteSur. New Mexico State University. Archived from the original on December 14, 2012. Retrieved October 4, 2012.
  3. ^ Poppa, Terrence (2009). "Comandante Guillermo Gonzalez Calderoni". Archived from the original on October 12, 2009. Retrieved August 18, 2009.
  4. ^ a b González, Héctor A. (February 21, 2007). "Los prófugos del salinato". El Diario (in Spanish). Mexico City. Agencia Mexicana de Información. Archived from the original on March 13, 2012. Retrieved October 4, 2012.