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Pedro Aviles Perez , "The Lion of the Sierras" , the first boss of the Mexico drug trade

Tuesday, September 11, 2018 17:10

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Nicknamed “El Leon de la Sierra”(The Lion of the mountain range), he was the criminal mastermind of several fearsome capos in the drug trade.

Translated for Borderland Beat by “Cruz”

Pedro Aviles, the first boss of the drug trade in Mexico

Drug Trafficking has changed in the past years. Back then, the violence was unnecessary and the organizations were scarce.

Only 2 organizations that had been identified by the authorities existed in the 70´s, currently, they know of the existence of 9 cartels and 36 groups, cells, or gangs linked to some of these criminal organizations.

The 2 organizations involved in the drug trade, which back then were not even called cartels rather were known as “clicas”(clicks), they were the Gulf and Pacific organizations.

The latter was lead by Pedro Aviles Perez he was better known as “El Leon de la Sierra”. He is considered the first boss of drug trafficking in Mexico.

He received his nickname because of his use of the mountain range within the Golden Triangle Chihuahua, Sinaloa and Durango) as one of his centers of operation, from where he turned the drug trade business in an organization modeled in sowing, cultivation, and distribution.

Aviles Perez was already trafficking cocaine into the United States from South America, even before Pablo Escobar was considered “El Patron del Mal”(the boss of evil).

Pablo Escobar (Image is taken from the web)

His contact in the United States was Max Cossman, “El rey del opio”(king of opium), who was a member of Benjamin “Bugsy” Siegel gang of the Lucky Luciano family.

Luciano was the boss of the North American Italian mafia, a group that had been operating in Mexico since 1940.

Mexico turned into the ideal location for the sowing of drugs because of WWII. This was because heroin was used in hospitals during the war.

Lucky Luciano proposed to then-president Franklin Roosevelt that they impulse the cultivation in Mexico in order to supply the scarceness of heroin and morphine in the market due to the suspension of heroin supply from Turkey.

“El Leon de la Sierra” had under his command several men who years later would be fearsome drug lords.

In Pedro Aviles inner circle where Miguel Felix Gallardo, who would be the leader of the Guadalajara Cartel, the predecessor of the Pacific Cartel, who was nicknamed “El Jefe de Jefes”(boss of bosses/ main boss).

Also included was Ernesto Fonseca Carrillo, “Don Neto”, the right-hand man of Felix Gallardo; Manuel Salcido Uzeta*, “El Cochiloco”, one of closest men to Aviles Perez.

Not to mention Juan Jose Quintero Payan, “Don Juanjo”, who in the future would be a co-founder of the Juarez Cartel; and Pablo Acosta Villarreal, known as “El Zorro de Ojinaga”(the fox of Ojinaga).

The last of “El Leon de la Sierra” inner circle was Juan José Esparragoza Moreno, “El Azul”(Blue). One of the co-founders of the Guadalajara Cartel and later Sinaloa Cartel.

Don Neto (Above left), El Azul (Above right), Don Juanjo (Below left), El Zorro de Ojinaga (Below Right)

In Pedro Aviles Peres inner circle consisted of Amado Carillo, who would be known as “El Señor de los Cielos”(the lord of the skies), founder and supreme leader of the Juarez Cartel. He and Felix Gallardo were amongst the first to start working with Pablo Escobar in Colombia.

“El Señor de los Cielos” (Image is taken from the web)

As well as Rafael Caro Quintero, called the “El narco de narcos”(top drug lord), another founder of the Guadalajara Cartel with “Don Neto” and “El Jefe de Jefes”.

And finally was Ismael “El Mayo” Zambada, one of the founders of the Sinaloa Cartel, a criminal that has eluded the authorities for decades.

Rafael Carro Quintero (Left) and Ismael “El Mayo” Zambada (Right)

Further down the totem pole and barely working as sowers or hitmen, were Joaquin Guzman Loera, “El Chapo”, his right-hand man Hector “El Guero” Palma, and the Arellano Felix and Beltran Leyva brothers.

Hector “El Guero” Palma (Left) and Joaquin Guzman (Right)

CAF Francisco Javier Arellano Felix, Benjamin Arellano, Ramon Arellano

There was practically null violence back then. In fact, it was considered a threat towards the business.

The majority of the people in the Pacific Organization were from Sinaloa, but they were known as the Guadalajara Organization because it was their base of operations.

Even though they were low profile, hiding the opulence of drug trafficking was difficult as it always has been. The development of the city in the state of Jalisco proved the hand that the drug trade had in the state overlapped by the government.

The deal with the authorities had 2 rules: Aviles Perez would maintain the peace in the zones of operation and would circulate the money for the benefit of the local economy.

“El Leon de la Sierra” was murdered in a shootout in Culiacan, Sinaloa on September 15, 1978, during the celebration of a national holiday.

According to unofficial versions, Aviles Perez was a victim of a trap set up by the Mexican Army.

The drug lord was on his way to a meeting when he was stopped by military personnel who stripped him of his weapons and proceeded to murder him.

With the death of “El Leon de la Sierra”, Felix Gallardo would take over the organizations leadership and thus create The Guadalajara Cartel, and surround himself with people such as: Amado Carrillo Fuentes, Héctor Luis Palma Salazar, Joaquín Guzmán Loera, Ismael Zambada García, Ernesto Fonseca Carrillo, Rafael Caro Quintero, Felipe Gurrola Gutierrez

Source: http://www.borderlandbeat.com/2018/09/pedro-aviles-perez-first-boss-of-mexico.html

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