Juan José Esparragoza Moreno
Mexican drug trafficker (1949-2014) / From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
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Juan José Esparragoza Moreno (February 3, 1949 - June 2014), commonly referred to by his alias El Azul (English: "The Blue One"), was a Mexican drug lord and member of the Sinaloa Cartel, Guadalajara Cartel and Juárez Cartel, three large and powerful criminal organizations. Originally a member of the Dirección Federal de Seguridad (DFS) police agency, he founded the Guadalajara Cartel in the 1970s along with other drug kingpins in Mexico. Following its disintegration in the late 1980s, he went on to lead the Juárez Cartel and eventually settled in the Sinaloa Cartel. He worked alongside Joaquín "El Chapo" Guzmán and Ismael Zambada García, once considered world's most-wanted, powerful and rich drug lords.
Juan José Esparragoza Moreno | |
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Born | (1949-02-03)February 3, 1949 |
Died | (2014-06-07)June 7, 2014 (unconfirmed)[1] Mexico |
Other names | Aliases: El Azul
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Occupation(s) | Former member of the Guadalajara Cartel, Sinaloa Cartel and Juárez Cartel |
Height | 1.73 m (5 ft 8 in) |
Criminal status | Fugitive |
Spouse | Gloria Monzón |
Reward amount | Mexico: $30 million Mexican pesos USA: $5 million USD |
Partner(s) | Miguel Ángel Félix Gallardo |