Personalities

Leaders of organized crime come from many backgrounds.  InSight profiles these personalities, giving readers a more thorough picture of the origins, motives and direction of these individuals.

Mexico Criminal Personalities

  • Joaquin Guzman Loera, alias 'El Chapo'
    Joaquin Guzman Loera, alias 'El Chapo' Probably the most famous living drug trafficker on the planet still at large, Joaquin Guzman Loera, alias 'El Chapo,' heads up an alliance of powerful drug traffickers known as the…
  • Hector Beltran Leyva, alias 'El H'
    Hector Beltran Leyva, alias 'El H' Hector Beltran Leyva, alias "El H," is the head of the Beltran Leyva Organization (BLO) in Mexico. Once one of the most feared groups in the region, the BLO’s top…
  • Miguel Angel Treviño, alias 'Z-40'
    Miguel Angel Treviño, alias 'Z-40' Miguel Angel Treviño, alias 'Z-40,' is a former Mexican military officer who is now a top commander of the Zetas criminal organization in Mexico.
  • Edgardo Leyva Escandon, alias '24'
    Edgardo Leyva Escandon, alias '24' Edgardo Leyva Escandon, alias '24,' has worked with Mexico's Tijuana Cartel, also known as the Arellano Felix Organization (AFO), since 1994, and is a specialist in arms and security. According to…
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Colombia Criminal Personalities

  • Erick Vargas Cardenas, alias 'Sebastian'
    Erick Vargas Cardenas, alias 'Sebastian' Erick Vargas Cardenas, alias "Sebastian," is a former hitman turned leader of the feared Oficina de Envigado organization that operates in and around Medellin, Colombia.
  • Daniel Barrera Barrera, alias 'El Loco'
    Daniel Barrera Barrera, alias 'El Loco' Daniel Barrera Barrera, alias "El Loco," is the closest thing Colombia has to a present-day Pablo Escobar. He uses a vast network of collaborators, from former paramilitaries to leftist guerrillas,…
  • Guillermo Leon Saenz Vargas, alias 'Alfonso Cano'
    Guillermo Leon Saenz Vargas, alias 'Alfonso Cano' Guillermo León Sáenz Vargas, alias 'Alfonso Cano,' was the supreme commander of the Revolutionary Armed Forces of Colombia (Fuerzas Armadas Revolucionarias de Colombia – FARC), the hemisphere’s oldest and deadliest…
  • Jorge Briceño Suarez, alias 'Mono Jojoy'
    Jorge Briceño Suarez, alias 'Mono Jojoy' Until his death in September 2010, Víctor Julio Suárez Rojas, alias 'Mono Jojoy,' was the top military commander of the Revolutionary Armed Forces of Colombia (Fuerzas Armadas Revolucionarias de Colombia – FARC),…
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