Guadalajara Cartel Founder Miguel Angel Felix Gallardo to Remain in Prison Even After Being Granted House Arrest | Here's Why

As his health deteriorated, Guadalajara Cartel founder Miguel Angel Felix Gallardo has been allowed Monday to continue his sentence from home.

However, Infobae reported that the Attorney General's Office (FGR) challenged the order issued by a judge on the same day, which means that the Mexican drug lord will still have to remain in prison in the meantime.

The FGR argued that the judge had only ruled on his 40-year sentence and not his separate 37-year sentence. According to Borderland Beat, another judge still needs to rule concerning his 37-year sentence.

Guadalajara Cartel Founder Miguel Angel Felix Gallardo to Remain in Prison Until Age 120

Miguel Angel Felix Gallardo is currently serving two prison sentences that add up to his 76-year-old age. He was arrested in April 1989 for the kidnapping and killing of U.S. Drug Enforcement Administration (DEA) agent Enrique "Kiki" Camarena Salazar.

In the same year, a court sentenced the Guadalajara Cartel founder to 40 years in prison for crimes that included stockpiling weapons, drug trafficking, murder, bribery, and money laundering. However, after serving 28 years, a 2017 retrial sentenced him to an additional 37 years for the death of Camarena.

A judge has already rejected the Mexican drug lord's request to reduce and combine his sentences, which means that after serving both sentences, he would be around 120 years of age.

Felix Gallardo was temporarily granted a reprieve in his prison sentence back in July. He has been released from the Puente Grande prison to be taken to a hospital in Mexico's city of Guadalajara to try to save his sight.

In his first interview from prison, the Guadalajara Cartel founder told Telemundo last year that his health was terrible and that his family was already digging a hole under a tree for him to be buried.

He also said he does not have hopes of getting out of prison. He noted that he had lost all hope of being released and believed he would die in prison. Felix Gallardo is currently blind in one eye and deaf in one ear and often needs an oxygen tank in order to breathe.

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Who Is Miguel Angel Felix Gallardo of the Guadalajara Cartel?

Miguel Angel Felix Gallardo, also known for his aliases "El Jefe de Jefes"(The Boss of Bosses) and "El Padrino" (The Godfather), has once worked with Rafael Caro Quintero, another Guadalajara Cartel co-founder, who has been named to the Federal Bureau of Investigation (FBI) 10 Most Wanted Fugitives list.

Felix Gallardo also oversaw lieutenants like young Joaquin "El Chapo" Guzman Loera, who later became the leader of the Sinaloa Cartel. He was also known to work with Amado Carrillo Fuentes for the fleet of airplanes used to move drugs for his Juarez cartel.

The rise of the Guadalajara Cartel started during the emergence of marijuana and cocaine in the U.S. in the 1960s and '70s. Felix Gallardo's drug cartel reportedly gained power due to their connections to the powerful Colombian drug cartels and the lack of internal rivalries and competition in Mexico at the time.

The Guadalajara Cartel started to split in the late 1980s, partly due to the 1985 murder of Camarena. The Sinaloa Cartel and Tijuana Cartel reportedly assumed control of what remained of the Guadalajara Cartel.

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Written by: Rick Martin

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