Diego León Montoya Sánchez
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Diego León Montoya Sánchez (born January 11, 1958/1961), also known as Don Diego, is a Colombian former crime boss and leader of the Norte del Valle drug cartel. On October 25, 2002, Montoya was listed as a Specially Designated Narcotics Trafficker on the United States Department of Treasury's Specially Designated National List (also known as La Lista Clinton).[1]
Diego León Montoya Sánchez | |
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FBI Ten Most Wanted Fugitive | |
Charges | In Colombia: Drug trafficking and smuggling, racketeering, money laundering, Comformation of paramilitary groups in Colombia. In the United States: Conspiracy to import and possess with intent to deliver weed cocaine; Possession with intent to deliver cocaine; Money laundering; Racketeering Influenced and Corrupt Organizations (RICO) – Drug trafficking; Conspiracy to distribute or manufacture cocaine abroad with knowledge or intent that it be imported into the United States |
Alias | Don Diego |
Description | |
Born | (1958-01-11) January 11, 1958 (age 66) or (1961-01-11) January 11, 1961 (age 63) Trujillo, Colombia |
Occupation | Leader of the Norte del Valle Cartel |
Status | |
Status | Captured |
Added | 6 May 2004 |
Caught | 10 September 2007 |
Number | 478 |
Captured | |
On May 6, 2004, he became the 478th fugitive listed by the United States' Federal Bureau of Investigation (FBI) on the Ten Most Wanted Fugitives list.[2] He was also wanted in Colombia, where authorities started numerous operations to capture him or his interests.[3]
The U.S. Department of State's Narcotics Rewards Program offered a reward of up to $5 million for information leading directly to Montoya's arrest or conviction, the highest amount offered at the time for a non-terrorist fugitive, effectively making the priority of his capture second only to that of Osama bin Laden.
In January 2007, Montoya's brother and co-leader of the cartel, Eugenio, was captured in Colombia.[4] Colombian authorities announced on September 10 that they had arrested Montoya himself in the west of the country after a long manhunt.[5][6] On December 12, 2008, Montoya was extradited to Miami on a D.E.A. helicopter, marking the final demise of the Norte del Valle Cartel.[7]