Today, we’re looking at Miguel Ángel Félix Gallardo. He was “El Padrino”, the godfather of all godfathers, the Mexican tzar of cocaine, the suave mastermind behind the Guadalajara Cartel.
From the mid 1970s to the late 80s, Felix Gallardo built the largest drug empire Mexico had ever seen. Using a network of corrupt policemen, politicians and lawmakers, he presided over a multi-billion dollar enterprise, fostering widespread corruption across Mexican institutions. Let's profile him.
Credits:
Host - Iain Russell
Video Editors - Ibiwari Dago, Alicia Gómez
Script editor - Jennifer Conerly
Sources:
George W. Grayson, 'Mexico: Narco-Violence and a Failed State'
Howard Padwa, Jacob Cunningham, 'Addiction: A Reference Encyclopedia'
David F. Marley, 'Mexican Cartels: An Encyclopedia of Mexico's Crime and Drug Wars'
Richard Craig, 'Operation Condor: Mexico's Antidrug Campaign Enters a New Era'
José Gállego, 'Los patrones del mundo : vida, poder y muerte de los grandes narcos'
Jesus Blancornelas, 'El cartel: los Arellano Felix, la mafia mas poderosa'
Jesús Esquivel, 'La CIA, Camarena y Caro Quintero'
Diego Enrique Osorno, 'El cártel de Sinaloa'
Anabel Hérnandez, 'Los Señores del Narco'
Joan Grillo, 'El Narco, The Bloody Rise of Mexican Drug Cartels'
Amazon series - 'The Last Narc' by Tiller Russell
George W. Grayson, 'Mexico: Narco-violence and Failed state?
00:00 Intro
01:11 Bio
10:25 A Man of Business
17:42 A Man of Principles
23:09 Still a Murderer?
27:23 Final Thoughts
