Chepe Diablo
Jose Adan Salazar Umaña does not fit the profile of a criminal leader. As the president of the first division of Salvadoran soccer, he is one of the heavyweights of the nation’s most popular sport. He has built a business empire around his chain of hotels. Yet, as the report by the online outlet El Faro about the group illustrates, officials say that Salazar is one of the founders of the Cartel de Texis, which controls the Northern Route through which cocaine is brought from Honduras to Guatemala.




