‘Narcos: Mexico’ Season 2 Picks Up Where We Left Off With Félix Gallardo And The Guadalajara Cartel

BY Jorge Rodriguez-Jimenez | February 11, 2020

BY Jorge Rodriguez-Jimenez
February 11, 2020

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Miguel Ángel Félix Gallardo is known as the padrino of Mexican narcotrafficking. As drug authorities were operating farther and tougher throughout Florida, Colombian drug cartels began to use Mexico to move their drugs. Félix Gallardo capitalized on this change in the drug trade and created a drug trafficking empire in Mexico.

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Miguel Ángel Félix Gallardo was the leader of the Guadalajara Cartel.

Known as "The Bill Gates Of Cocaine," Félix Gallardo amassed over $500 million during his 18-year reign with the Guadalajara Cartel. But the riches wouldn't last forever — and all it took was one ruthless murder of an undercover DEA agent to bring the M… https://t.co/u1302QBD6W pic.twitter.com/UuynTOxE1Y
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The Guadalajara Cartel was established in the 1980s and was one of the first cartels in Mexico to operate with the Colombian cartels. The Guadalajara Cartel flourished in the cocaine trade, though their crimes extend to murder, money laundering, torture, arms trading, and extortion.

One thing that set the Guadalajara Cartel apart was that the organization took a 50 percent cut of cocaine the smuggled into Mexico from Colombia. The cartel knew the value of the cocaine and they used the drugs they received from Colombia to beef up their criminal empire in Mexico.

At its peak, the Guadalajara Cartel was operating in numerous territories across the country. The cartel was operating in Tijuana, Juarez, Sinaloa, Jalisco, and Sonora.

“Narcos: Mexico” Season 2 is picking up where the first season left off. The

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We pick up right where we left off in Season 1: Miguel Ángel Félix Gallardo is on top and more powerful than ever. pic.twitter.com/WIC6wP49Xv

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The Guadalajara Cartel was a force to be reckoned with in the 1980s. The cartel’s power was short-lived, however. The crime organization was established in 1980 and eventually fell apart by 1989.

Yet, the first major downfall for the cartel was the murder of undercover DEA agent Enrique “Kiki” Camarena. The agent, who managed to infiltrate deep into the cartel, led an operation in 1984 to bust a 2,500-acre marijuana plantation in Chihuahua, Mexico called “Rancho Búfalo.”

The following year, Félix Gallardo ordered the kidnapping of Camarena and tortured the agent for 30 hours before he was killed. The following year, two of Félix Gallardo’s closet companions were arrested for the murder.

After keeping a low profile for years, Félix Gallardo moved with his family to Guadalajara City in 1987. He lived in peace until he was arrested by authorities on April 8, 1989, and charged with the murder and several other crimes connected to the cartel by both the Mexican and U.S. governments.

There is even a narcocorrido believed to be about the drug lord.

Los Tigres Del Norte released an album called “Jefe de Jefes” and the titular song is believed to be inspired by Félix Gallardo. The album, released in 1997, became the group’s first No. 1 album on the Billboard Top Latin Albums chart.

Fans are very excited to see the next season of “Narcos: Mexico

The “Narcos” series has captured the fascination of Netflix’s audience. At first, the show was in Colombia following the rise and fall of notorious drug lord Pablo Escobar. “Narcos: Mexico” is the continuation of that story with the narcotrafficking in Mexico.