| Dionicio Loya Plancarte | |
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| Born | October 21, 1955 Michoacán, Mexico |
| Other names | El Tío |
| Employer | La Familia Michoacana drug cartel |
| Title | Cartel's chief of operations. |
| Partner | José de Jesús Méndez Vargas and Nazario Moreno González. |
| Notes
Has a $2.3 million USD bounty for his arrest.
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Dionicio Loya Plancarte (a.k.a: El Tío) is one of the former leaders of the Mexican drug cartel known as La Familia Michoacana,[1][2][3][4] headquartered in the Mexican state of Michoacán. Loya was arrested by the Mexican Army in Morelia, Michoacán along with other 60 cartel members on April 18, 2009 during a religious ceremony.[1] Plancarte, however, has since been released and is currently a leader of the La Familia offshoot known as the Knights Templar Cartel[5]
As of November 2011, he remains at large.[6] The Mexican government has offered a $3 million pesos (USD $2.3 million) bounty for information leading to his capture.[1][3][7]
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