Captured, killed or betrayed: this is how the era ended in the power of the "lords of narco"

"In the world of drug trafficking, they do not take you, they kill you," was one of the last sentences uttered by a former repentant member of the Sinaloa Cartel, who paid with his life the costs of drug trafficking.

Narcos must take care of their rivals, the police and even their people. This explains the (almost) tragic end of his days.

That's how big narcos ended their days of glory.

Joaquín "El Chapo" Guzmán

In the world's most wanted drug trade It was resumed on January 8, 2016 in Los Monchis, Sinaloa, and taken by helicopter to the Altiplano prison, where he escaped in 2014 after being arrested in a Mazatlan spa.

In 2018 he was extradited to the United States. where, after three months of trial, 56 witnesses, photographs, recordings and SMS intercepted, the jury could not have reasonable doubt of the existence of Guzmán Loera. Has been found guilty of 10 counts of indictment.

Jesús Salas Aguayo "El Chuyín"

For entire families of Villa Ahumada, ChihuahuaJesús Salas "El Chuyín", leader of the cartel of Juarez, represented the hell, but for the majority of people, it was the salvation.

The narco, 42, was linked to homicides, theft of oil, trafficking in weapons and drugs. He is currently detained at Altiplano Rehabilitation Center.

Servando Gómez "La Tuta"

Before being the head of the criminal cell The Templar Knights, Servando Gómez "La Tuta" was a teacher and, until 2010, he received 58,000,811 pesos of gross monthly income, without course.

Despite the fact that its links with drugs date back to 2001, being inside the Gulf Cartel, it was until 2015 that a court upheld the aUto of formal prison against the head for his responsibility for organized crime, deprivation of liberty and robbery.

Heriberto Lazcano, "The Z-3"

Until the date of his death in 2012, the leader of the party Cartel of Los Zetas It was considered the second most wanted capo in Mexico. Heriberto Lazcano,he was installed in the infantry of the Mexican army in 1991 at the age of 17 years. But seven years later (1998), he asks for his withdrawal from the army to immediately join Los Zetas.

For six years, he headed the criminal cell that he defended to death. According to reports, Lazcano lost his life on October 7, 2012 in a fight between police and narcos.

On October 8, an armed commando stole the narco's body before performing the autopsy, so that his death was as mysterious as his life.