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Vicente Carrillo Leyva (born 19 July 1976) is a Mexican "narco-junior" and a leader in the Juárez Cartel.

The son of the drug lord Amado Carrillo Fuentes, head and founder of the Juarez Drug Cartel who rose to power and riches from humble origins, Carrillo Leyva was told by his father not to enter the drug trafficking business. Amado Carrillo accordingly sent his son to study at the best private universities of México, Switzerland, and Spain, to train as an engineer.

At first contenting himself to rely on the assets and stashed cash of his late father, he eventually was tempted by the huge profits of narco-trafficking and became criminally active in the Juarez cartel.

Capture

Carrillo Leyva was arrested by Mexican police on 2 April 2009, but subsequently acquitted of money laundering charges, though charges of illegal possession of firearms kept him from gaining his freedom. After being found guilty of illegal arms possession, and paying a US$16,000 fine, he was released on 17 December 2010, to the custody of Mexican federal police with new charges of money laundering.

Carrillo Leyva entered the United States government witness protection program, and he lives under a completely different name and identity.

See also

• Drug cartels
  • Gulf Cartel
  • Juárez Cartel
  • Sinaloa Cartel
  • Tijuana Cartel
• List of Mexico's 37 most-wanted drug lords
• Mérida Initiative
• Mexican Drug War

References

1. Cayó Vicente Carrillo Leyva, capo del Cartel de Juárez. Univison. 4 February 2009. Retrieved 7 March 2012.
2. "Perfil Vicente Carrillo Leyva". El Universal (in Spanish). 2 April 2009. Retrieved 15 January 2013.
3. "Narco-Junior" is the mexican term for the rich and privileged heirs of the cartels created by their grandparents and parents.
4. Top Mexican drug cartel suspect arrested, officials say. Archived 23 September 2010 at the Wayback Machine CNN. 2 April 2009. Retrieved 7 March 2012.
5. Enjuiciarán a Vicente Carrillo Leyva 'El Ingeniero' por falsificación de documentos. Univision. 12 December 2009. Retrieved 7 March 2012.
6. Magazine article
7. TIME article "busting Mexico's Narco Juniors
8. Top Mexican drug cartel suspect arrested, officials say. Archived 23 September 2010 at the Wayback Machine CNN. 2 April 2009. Retrieved 7 March 2012.
9. Top Mexican drug cartel suspect arrested
10. Vicente Carrillo Leyva arrested
11. Juez absuelve a Vicente Carrillo Leyva Archived 17 October 2013 at the Wayback Machine El Universal 29 October 2010. (in Spanish)
12. Vicente Carrillo Leyva. Malcolm Beith. Retrieved 7 March 2012.

• Living people
• Fugitives wanted by Mexico
• Fugitives wanted by the United States
• Juárez Cartel traffickers
• Mexican people convicted of money laundering
• 1976 births
• People from Mexico City