Adán Amezcua Contreras

Adán Amezcua Contreras, along with his brothers Jesús and Luis, were the leaders of the Colima Cartel, a Mexican methamphetamine and precursor drug smuggling organization.[1][2][3][4][5]

Arrest

On November 10, 1997, Adán Amezcua was arrested in his hometown of Colima, Col., Mexico, on weapons charges.[1][3] Two years later in March 1999, Adán Amezcua was arrested on money laundering charges, the charges were however dropped 2 months later and he was released.[6]

See also

References

  1. ^ a b "1998 Congressional Hearings Intelligence and Security: DEA Congressional Testimony". Senate Foreign Relations Committee. February 26, 1998. http://www.fas.org/irp/congress/1998_hr/ct980226.htm. 
  2. ^ "PBS Frontline: Murder Money & Mexico: The Amezcua-Contreras Cartel". Public Broadcasting Service (PBS). http://www.pbs.org/wgbh/pages/frontline/shows/mexico/etc/amezcua.html. 
  3. ^ a b "DEA Confirms Arrest By Mexican Authorities of AMEZCUA-CONTRERAS Brothers". Drug Enforcement Agency (DEA). June 2, 1998. http://www.fas.org/irp/agency/doj/dea/product/pr980602.htm. 
  4. ^ "Mexico Drops Most Charges on 2 Drug Suspects". New York Times. June 10, 1998. http://query.nytimes.com/gst/fullpage.html?res=9E01E2D6123AF933A25755C0A96E958260. 
  5. ^ "Women take over Mexican drug cartels". Japan Today. September 5, 2002. http://www.japantoday.com/jp/news/229068. 
  6. ^ (PDF) Organized Crime And Terrorist Activity In Mexico, 1999-2002. Library of Congress. February 2003. http://www.loc.gov/rr/frd/pdf-files/OrgCrime_Mexico.pdf.