Amado Carrillo Fuentes

Amado Carrillo Fuentes (El Señor de Los Cielos) was born on 17th December 1956 in Navolato, Sinaloa, Mexico. His family was not a small one; he had altogether 11 siblings. His uncle Ernesto Fonseca Carrillo (Don Neto) introduced him to the drug business in which he probably remained for the rest of his life. During his life, he first became a member of the Guadalajara Cartel. As time passed, he became known a drug lord and controlled the Juárez Cartel, which he took over after Rafael Aguilar Guajardo was assassinated. Amado was an active pilot. Due to his success in drug trade and his large jet fleet, he was known as the Lord of the Skies (El Señor de Los Cielos). He had not limited himself to Mexico only; he worked with a Colombian drug lord Pablo Escobar and also with the Colombian Cali Cartel to smuggle drugs via the Colombia⁠–⁠⁠Mexico⁠–⁠USA route. In the mid-nineties, USA and Mexico were pressured to capture Amado Carrillo Fuentes. He decided to undergo a plastic surgery in order to change his appearance. The operation went wrong and he died of complications. July 7, 1997 is known as the day of this death. A large funeral was held in Guamuchilito, Sinaloa. However, there have been rumors that Amado Carrillo Fuentes did not die, but rather escaped to live in hiding, and the man in the coffin was someone else, an unfortunate victim.

Navolato, Sinaloa, Mexico

Relationships

Amado Carrillo Fuentes was married to Candeleria Leyva Cardenas. They had three children. He was also known to be in a relationship with a Cuban woman named Marta Venus Cáceres, who did now know his true identity at that time.

Property

One of Amado Carrillo Fuentes' mansions was a residence on Cráter 525, Jardines del Pedregal, Álvaro Obregón, 01900 Mexico City. This property was raffled off in June 2022 in Mexican National Lottery, where one ticket cost only $10, while the value of the luxurious mansion was estimated to be $4.5 million. After the death of the drug kingpin, the property, containing among others an indoor pool, a big nineties-style kitchen, several jacuzzis, gardens, life-size play house, and garage space for a few dozens of cars, was unsuccessfully auctioned already in 2020. It was seized two years before Amado Carrillo Fuentes' death. Due to the expensive maintenance costs, it became inevitable that the Mexican government could no longer give money to this cause. According to the photos published before the raffle, the once luxurious interior no longer looked its best.

A part of Carrillo Fuentes' mansion in Mexico City