- Dionicio Loya Plancarte
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Dionicio Loya Plancarte 
Born October 21, 1955
Michoacán, MexicoOther 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.This name uses Spanish naming customs; the first or paternal family name is Loya and the second or maternal family name is Plancarte.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]References
- ^ a b c "Dionicio Loya "El Tío" entre los detenidos por el ejército." (in Spanish). Quadratin. April 19, 2009. http://www.quadratin.com.mx/www1/noticia.php?id=48141. Retrieved 2010-09-06.
- ^ "Programa de Recompensas" (in Spanish). Procuraduria General de la Republica. 2009. http://www.pgr.gob.mx/servicios/Enlaces%20de%20Actualidad/recompensas.asp. Retrieved 2009-09-06.
- ^ a b "Mexico offers $2 million for top drug lords". MSNBC News (Associated Press). March 23, 2009. http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/29839838/. Retrieved 2010-09-06.
- ^ La Familia Michoacana - leadership chart
- ^ http://blogs.mcclatchydc.com/mexico/2011/06/one-capo-falls-others-move-in.html
- ^ http://www.borderlandbeat.com/2011_06_01_archive.html
- ^ "Mexico offers $2 million for top drug lords". El Paso Times. March 23, 2009. http://www.elpasotimes.com/ci_11978412. Retrieved 2010-09-06.
See also
- List of Mexico's 37 most-wanted drug lords
Mexican Drug War (2006–present) (Names in italics represent dead or arrested individuals) Federal forces Mexican Army • Mexican Air Force • Mexican Navy • GAFE • Federal Investigations Agency • SIEDO • Federal PoliceBeltrán-Leyva Cartel
(Extinct in 2010)FoundersArturo Beltrán Leyva • Alfredo Beltrán Leyva • Carlos Beltrán Leyva • Edgar Valdez Villarreal • Sergio Villarreal Barragán • Héctor Beltrán LeyvaLa Familia Cartel
(Extinct in mid-2011)FoundersNazario Moreno González • Carlos Rosales Mendoza • Arnoldo Rueda Medina • Dionicio Loya Plancarte • Rafael Cedeño Hernández • Alberto Espinoza Barrón • Enrique Plancarte Solís • José de Jesús Méndez Vargas • Servando Gómez MartínezGulf Cartel FoundersLeadersOsiel Cárdenas Guillén • Antonio Cárdenas Guillén • Jorge Eduardo CostillaJuárez Cartel
(Armed wing: La Línea)FoundersRafael Aguilar Guajardo • Pablo Acosta Villarreal • Amado Carrillo FuentesLeadersVicente Carrillo Fuentes • José Luis FratelloKnights Templar Cartel
(Armed wing: La Resistencia)FoundersEnrique Plancarte Solís • Servando Gómez MartínezLeadersEnrique Plancarte Solís • Servando Gómez MartínezSinaloa Cartel
(Armed wing: Gente Nueva)FoundersLeadersTijuana Cartel FoundersRamón Arellano Félix • Benjamín Arellano Félix • Francisco Rafael Arellano Félix • Carlos Arellano Félix • Eduardo Arellano Félix • Francisco Javier Arellano FélixLeadersEnedina Arellano Félix • Luis Fernando Sánchez Arellano • Edgardo Leyva EscandonLos Zetas Cartel FoundersArturo Guzmán Decena • Jaime González Durán • Jesús Enrique Rejón Aguilar • Heriberto LazcanoLeadersHeriberto Lazcano • Miguel Treviño MoralesSee also Other cartelsEarly drug lordsSome corrupt officialsJesús Gutiérrez Rebollo • Victor Gerardo Garay Cadena • Arturo Durazo Moreno • Noé Ramírez Mandujano • Ricardo Gutiérrez Vargas • Rodolfo de la Guardia García • Francisco Navarro Espinoza • Raúl Salinas de Gortari • Julio César Godoy ToscanoOperationsMérida Initiative • Project Gunrunner • Project Coronado • Operation Solare • Operation Xcellerator • Operation Michoacan • Operation Baja California • Operation Sinaloa • Joint Operation Nuevo Leon-Tamaulipas • Operation Chihuahua • Operation Quintana RooVehiclesVariousTimeline of the Mexican Drug War • Édgar Eusebio Millán Gómez • Enrique Camarena • Jaime Jorge Zapata • War on Drugs • House of Death • Piracy in Falcon Lake • List of massacres in Mexico • Most wanted Mexican drug lords • Blog del NarcoCategories:- Living people
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