Sigifredo Nájera Talamantes

Sigifredo Nájera Talamantes
Born Tamaulipas, Mexico
Status Captured, 23 March 2009.[1]
Died 7 September 2015
Mexico
Other names El Canicón" - Captured on 23 March 2009
Occupation Los Zetas drug lord
Criminal charge Drug trafficking, money laundering, assault
Criminal status Captured, 23 March 2009[2]
This name uses Spanish naming customs: the first or paternal family name is Nájera and the second or maternal family name is Talamantes.

Sigifredo Nájera Talamantes (died 7 September 2015), commonly referred to by his alias El Canicón, was a Mexican drug lord and high-ranking leader of Los Zetas.

Kingpin Act sanction

On 24 March 2010, the United States Department of the Treasury sanctioned Nájera Talamantes under the Foreign Narcotics Kingpin Designation Act (sometimes referred to simply as the "Kingpin Act"), for his involvement in drug trafficking along with fifty-three other international criminals and ten foreign entities.[3] The act prohibited U.S. citizens and companies from doing any kind of business activity with him, and virtually froze all his assets in the U.S.[4]

Arrest

He was captured on 23 March 2009.[5][6] The government of Mexico had listed Nájera Talamantes as one of its 37 most-wanted drug lords and offered the equivalent of over $1 million USD for information leading to his capture.[7]

Death

He died of a heart attack inside his prison cell at the Federal Social Readaptation Center No. 1 on 8 September 2015.[8]

See also

References

  1. ↑ ITNSource.
  2. ↑ ITNSource.
  3. ↑ "DESIGNATIONS PURSUANT TO THE FOREIGN NARCOTICS KINGPIN DESIGNATION ACT" (PDF). United States Department of the Treasury. 15 May 2014. p. 11. Archived (PDF) from the original on 28 May 2014. Retrieved 28 May 2014.
  4. ↑ "An overview of the Foreign Narcotics Kingpin Designation Act" (PDF). United States Department of the Treasury. 2009. p. 1. Archived from the original (PDF) on 28 May 2014. Retrieved 28 May 2014.
  5. ↑ ITNSource.
  6. ↑ 5 Million Offered By U.S. Government For Information Leading To The Arrest Of 6 Drug Cartel Kingpins. Hispanic News Network. March 25, 2010.
  7. ↑ Univision. México ofrece millonarias recompensas por 37 líderes del narco. English title: Mexico offers rewards in the millions for 37 drug lords. Retrieved 18 February 2011.
  8. ↑ Mosso, Rubén (8 September 2015). "Líder zeta murió tras paro cardiáco: gobierno federal" (in Spanish). Milenio.
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