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Rafael Aguilar Guajardo

Mexican drug lord (1950-1993)

Rafael Aguilar Guajardo (1950 – 12 April 1993) was a Mexican drug lord, federal police commander of the Dirección Federal de Seguridad (DFS) in Mexico, and one of the Juárez Cartel co-founders.2

From Wikipedia’s article on Rafael Aguilar Guajardo (this version), CC BY-SA 4.0.

Born 1955, died Apr 12, 1993.1

About

He was the right-hand man to Pablo Acosta Villarreal who was killed in April 1987, during a cross-border raid by Mexican Federal Police helicopters in the Rio Grande village of Santa Elena, Chihuahua. Having taken over from Acosta, Rafael Aguilar Guajardo made Amado Carrillo Fuentes his second-in-command.

Mexican police reported that Carlos Maya Castillo, an official also working at the National Security and Investigation Center, assisted Aguilar with information and reservations, provided him with cell phones, and recruited corrupt police agents for Aguilar's criminal organization.

Aguilar was shot to death while vacationing with his family in the Caribbean resort of Cancun. He was shot outside of Gypsys Restaurant on the city’s tourist strip as he returned from a submarine tour with family members.

An innocent bystander, American tourist Georgina Knafel, 32, of Nederland, Colorado was gunned down as well. Aguilar’s wife, Maria Teresa Delgado Varela, 35, and son, 11, were wounded in the attack.

From Wikipedia’s article on Rafael Aguilar Guajardo, shared under CC BY-SA 4.0.2

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Career

Occupation: drug trafficker.4

Personal life

  • Born1955, Mexico5
  • DiedApr 12, 1993, Cancun6
  • CitizenshipMexico7

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