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these are the undisputed and
uncompromising bosses of the narcotics
world welcome to watchmojo.com and today
we’re counting down our picks for the
top 10
narcos he is also a humble rural Mexican
for this list we’re looking at various
men and women that have heavily
influenced their native countries and
the world as a whole through the illegal
drug trade and a growing jail Empire
number 10 I smiled Sam Botta Garcia this
narco has been called Mexico’s last drug
kingpin and with good reason otherwise
known as el mayo sam bodda has sole
leadership of the Sinaloa cartel
previously run in association with the
likes of El Chapo originally a farmer I
smile Sam Botta Garcia later immersed
himself in the trafficking of Colombian
cocaine in fact his career dates back to
the early days of the Colombian drug
trafficker Pablo Escobar making this
Mexican drug lord a mythical name in the
business he’s never been arrested and
he’s been known to physically alter his
appearance through plastic surgery
decade after decade
Garcia looms over the Sinaloa cartel
while somehow evading authorities number
nine Arturo beltrán Leyva as the man
that reportedly introduced el chapo to
the drug trafficking trade this narco
was originally groomed by the Lord of
the skies Amado Carrillo Fuentes
alongside his four brothers out of Toro
Beltran liba protected the Sinaloa
cartel as the leader of the hit squad
forces a specialist de Toro
yet after a 2008 beef with El Chapo and
the subsequent murder of El Chapo’s son
Leyva and company aligned with other
factions while further establishing
themselves through complete violence and
political corruption as the heat
intensified and a 2 million dollar
reward was put out labour found himself
cornered by the Mexican Marines
resulting in one of the more
controversial narco deaths of the 21st
century
number 8 Felix Mitchell before cocaine
took over the United States in the 1980s
this
Oakland native was the preeminent heroin
distributor in his native California
leading the 69 mob Felix Mitchell also
known as Felix the Cat amassed such
power that his lifestyle inspired a
wealth of gangs all gunning for the
elite status associated with the Oakland
narco Michels 1985 conviction and
subsequent jailhouse murder essentially
opened the door for even more bay area
violence defying the expectations of the
government meanwhile international news
coverage of his funeral procession only
cemented his status among dealers and
the community at large
he was the drug lord of East Oakland who
made twenty to thirty thousand dollars a
day selling narcotics in a slum number
seven Frank Lucas I’m Iran Harlan
famously portrayed by Denzel Washington
in the 2007 film American Gangster this
North Carolina native handled his
business directly and violently so you
are what you are in this world as either
one of two things either you somebody a
nobody
while the Ridley Scott film took some
creative license with its depiction of
Frank Lucas there’s no denying that he
was a larger-than-life character with a
knack for surviving even with numerous
jail stints during the 70s and 80s Lucas
somehow managed to survive the perils of
the drug industry and claimed to have
made over a million dollars per day
despite all the glitz and glamour
the massive unloading of heroin upon the
streets of New York City vastly affected
an entire generation they terrorized the
old drug dealers and they forced them
off the streets
they were brutal they would throw them
off the roof
there were people being shot they
cleaned up the old-time drug dealers
through violence number six
pre-cell de blanco’ known as the
godmother among other names this
Colombian narco preceded the rise of
Pablo Escobar Pablo Escobar was stealing
cars when she was already trafficking
thirty four hundred pounds of cocaine
although Griselda Blanco is mostly known
for her Miami Medellin connection she
was originally the leader of a New York
City drug ring during the mid-70s
reportedly the mastermind of up to 200
murders lenka’s lack of empathy and
eighty million dollar per month
distribution network led to some
turbulent years in South Florida as the
cocaine Cowboys dominated the Miami drug
scene even in the face of a 1985 arrest
and subsequent conviction
Griselda managed to maintain a
long-standing presence in the cocaine
industry until she was ultimately killed
in a 2012 drive-by shooting after a
return to Medellin number five Kuhn saw
undoubtedly the most famous drug lord of
the infamous Golden Triangle this narco
was less about glitz and more about
guerrilla warfare though the Burma born
Chang chief whose moniker Kuhn saw which
means Prince prosperous may suggest
otherwise and as the commander in chief
of his own army kun saw evolved into the
definitive opium dealer he also worked
with the affer mentioned Frank Lucas to
bring ninety percent pure drug product
into the United States effectively
hooking even more addicts due to the
substantial quality increase mom made
Coon sauce supposedly surrendered to
authorities in 1996 but was never
arrested meaning he managed to stay a
free man in self-imposed retirement
until his death in 2007 number 4 Amado
Carrillo Fuentes in 2014
the leader of the violent Juarez cartel
Vicente Carrillo Fuentes was arrested
ending a turbulent reign over Mexico but
it was his older brother Amado Carrillo
Fuentes that originally made the
organization such
to their peers in the cocaine industry
known as el senor de los cielos or lord
of the skies
America Rio anta’s took control in 1993
upon the murder of boss Rafael Aguila
Guapo when test time in the drug trade
earned him as much as twenty five
billion dollars while his jet fleet used
for laundering money back and forth
between Mexico and Colombia earned him
respect if not notoriety in a strange
twist of events however when tez
mysteriously passed away during a 1997
plastic surgery procedure while the
doctors involved paid the ultimate price
number three freeway Rick Ross not to be
confused with the rapper Rick Ross this
is the man that controlled the Los
Angeles drug trade for the entirety of
the 80s in fact the influence of freeway
Rick Ross extended deep into American
pop culture as he was the most prolific
cocaine distributor thanks to a
Nicaraguan connection what began as a
Southern Californian operation evolved
into a billion-dollar business with Ross
becoming directly tied to the
iran-contra affair as depicted in the
2014 film kill the messenger I was
buying a hundred kilos a week selling
three million dollars a day and still
couldn’t get rid of that inventory fast
enough man it was raining cold it’s safe
to say there’s never been an American
narco more talked about than freeway
Rick Ross you start to be around a
certain thing and then you kind of get
immune to it you know where it’s not
really it doesn’t bother you anymore
number two Joaquin Guzman also known as
el chapo since the late 70s this elusive
drug lord has been affiliated with
organized crime as the kingpin of the
Sinaloa cartel El Chapo has been
infamously connected to the influx of
cocaine in the United States even so
he’s become somewhat of a mythical
figure for his brazen escapes from
prison prison authorities inside a dirty
blonde know lost visual contact with
strippers
and certainly for his controversial
interview with Sean Penn we all want
this drug problem to stop over the
course of several decades joaquín
guzmán Loera established himself as a
vicious and uncompromising narco showing
no mercy for his enemies while
accumulating unfathomable power and
wealth in the process known as the last
Godfather El Chapo’s reach extends far
beyond his native Mexico Willow Chapel
get extradited what will become of his
empire who’s really winning the war on
drugs and who’s losing before we unveil
our number one pick here are some
honorable mentions the Americans quickly
whisked him away to stand trial on
conspiracy drug and gun charges charges
he is since pleaded guilty to
number one Pablo Escobar he was moving
hundreds of tons of cocaine into the
United States every year
in life this Colombian was a folk hero
to some in public enemy number one for
others and in death Pablo Escobar’s
legacy has been extensively documented
both in film and television Plata o
Plomo steady the name in his rise to
power
El Padrino capitalized fully on the
public’s wants and needs manipulating
those around him while silencing anyone
who posed a threat as a result
Escobar’s unprecedented Empire made
Colombia the central headquarters for a
worldwide import/export operation with
international authorities at the mercy
of something they didn’t fully
understand but as Pablo Escobar
continued to push back against law
enforcement law enforcement pushed even
harder leading to a violent yet final
confrontation in 1993 in which he was
killed by Colombian national police they
say when a nuclear holocaust destroys
the world only the cockroaches will
survive yes I’m Yetta de I guess they
were wrong do you agree with our list
who do you think is the most influential
narco on our list for more addictive top
10s published every day be sure to
subscribe to watchmojo.com my company
sells a product that’s better than the
competition at a price that’s lower than
the competition
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Oh
these are the undisputed and
uncompromising bosses of the narcotics
world welcome to watchmojo.com and today
we’re counting down our picks for the
top 10
narcos he is also a humble rural Mexican
for this list we’re looking at various
men and women that have heavily
influenced their native countries and
the world as a whole through the illegal
drug trade and a growing jail Empire
number 10 I smiled Sam Botta Garcia this
narco has been called Mexico’s last drug
kingpin and with good reason otherwise
known as el mayo sam bodda has sole
leadership of the Sinaloa cartel
previously run in association with the
likes of El Chapo originally a farmer I
smile Sam Botta Garcia later immersed
himself in the trafficking of Colombian
cocaine in fact his career dates back to
the early days of the Colombian drug
trafficker Pablo Escobar making this
Mexican drug lord a mythical name in the
business he’s never been arrested and
he’s been known to physically alter his
appearance through plastic surgery
decade after decade
Garcia looms over the Sinaloa cartel
while somehow evading authorities number
nine Arturo beltrán Leyva as the man
that reportedly introduced el chapo to
the drug trafficking trade this narco
was originally groomed by the Lord of
the skies Amado Carrillo Fuentes
alongside his four brothers out of Toro
Beltran liba protected the Sinaloa
cartel as the leader of the hit squad
forces a specialist de Toro
yet after a 2008 beef with El Chapo and
the subsequent murder of El Chapo’s son
Leyva and company aligned with other
factions while further establishing
themselves through complete violence and
political corruption as the heat
intensified and a 2 million dollar
reward was put out labour found himself
cornered by the Mexican Marines
resulting in one of the more
controversial narco deaths of the 21st
century
number 8 Felix Mitchell before cocaine
took over the United States in the 1980s
this
Oakland native was the preeminent heroin
distributor in his native California
leading the 69 mob Felix Mitchell also
known as Felix the Cat amassed such
power that his lifestyle inspired a
wealth of gangs all gunning for the
elite status associated with the Oakland
narco Michels 1985 conviction and
subsequent jailhouse murder essentially
opened the door for even more bay area
violence defying the expectations of the
government meanwhile international news
coverage of his funeral procession only
cemented his status among dealers and
the community at large
he was the drug lord of East Oakland who
made twenty to thirty thousand dollars a
day selling narcotics in a slum number
seven Frank Lucas I’m Iran Harlan
famously portrayed by Denzel Washington
in the 2007 film American Gangster this
North Carolina native handled his
business directly and violently so you
are what you are in this world as either
one of two things either you somebody a
nobody
while the Ridley Scott film took some
creative license with its depiction of
Frank Lucas there’s no denying that he
was a larger-than-life character with a
knack for surviving even with numerous
jail stints during the 70s and 80s Lucas
somehow managed to survive the perils of
the drug industry and claimed to have
made over a million dollars per day
despite all the glitz and glamour
the massive unloading of heroin upon the
streets of New York City vastly affected
an entire generation they terrorized the
old drug dealers and they forced them
off the streets
they were brutal they would throw them
off the roof
there were people being shot they
cleaned up the old-time drug dealers
through violence number six
pre-cell de blanco’ known as the
godmother among other names this
Colombian narco preceded the rise of
Pablo Escobar Pablo Escobar was stealing
cars when she was already trafficking
thirty four hundred pounds of cocaine
although Griselda Blanco is mostly known
for her Miami Medellin connection she
was originally the leader of a New York
City drug ring during the mid-70s
reportedly the mastermind of up to 200
murders lenka’s lack of empathy and
eighty million dollar per month
distribution network led to some
turbulent years in South Florida as the
cocaine Cowboys dominated the Miami drug
scene even in the face of a 1985 arrest
and subsequent conviction
Griselda managed to maintain a
long-standing presence in the cocaine
industry until she was ultimately killed
in a 2012 drive-by shooting after a
return to Medellin number five Kuhn saw
undoubtedly the most famous drug lord of
the infamous Golden Triangle this narco
was less about glitz and more about
guerrilla warfare though the Burma born
Chang chief whose moniker Kuhn saw which
means Prince prosperous may suggest
otherwise and as the commander in chief
of his own army kun saw evolved into the
definitive opium dealer he also worked
with the affer mentioned Frank Lucas to
bring ninety percent pure drug product
into the United States effectively
hooking even more addicts due to the
substantial quality increase mom made
Coon sauce supposedly surrendered to
authorities in 1996 but was never
arrested meaning he managed to stay a
free man in self-imposed retirement
until his death in 2007 number 4 Amado
Carrillo Fuentes in 2014
the leader of the violent Juarez cartel
Vicente Carrillo Fuentes was arrested
ending a turbulent reign over Mexico but
it was his older brother Amado Carrillo
Fuentes that originally made the
organization such
to their peers in the cocaine industry
known as el senor de los cielos or lord
of the skies
America Rio anta’s took control in 1993
upon the murder of boss Rafael Aguila
Guapo when test time in the drug trade
earned him as much as twenty five
billion dollars while his jet fleet used
for laundering money back and forth
between Mexico and Colombia earned him
respect if not notoriety in a strange
twist of events however when tez
mysteriously passed away during a 1997
plastic surgery procedure while the
doctors involved paid the ultimate price
number three freeway Rick Ross not to be
confused with the rapper Rick Ross this
is the man that controlled the Los
Angeles drug trade for the entirety of
the 80s in fact the influence of freeway
Rick Ross extended deep into American
pop culture as he was the most prolific
cocaine distributor thanks to a
Nicaraguan connection what began as a
Southern Californian operation evolved
into a billion-dollar business with Ross
becoming directly tied to the
iran-contra affair as depicted in the
2014 film kill the messenger I was
buying a hundred kilos a week selling
three million dollars a day and still
couldn’t get rid of that inventory fast
enough man it was raining cold it’s safe
to say there’s never been an American
narco more talked about than freeway
Rick Ross you start to be around a
certain thing and then you kind of get
immune to it you know where it’s not
really it doesn’t bother you anymore
number two Joaquin Guzman also known as
el chapo since the late 70s this elusive
drug lord has been affiliated with
organized crime as the kingpin of the
Sinaloa cartel El Chapo has been
infamously connected to the influx of
cocaine in the United States even so
he’s become somewhat of a mythical
figure for his brazen escapes from
prison prison authorities inside a dirty
blonde know lost visual contact with
strippers
and certainly for his controversial
interview with Sean Penn we all want
this drug problem to stop over the
course of several decades joaquín
guzmán Loera established himself as a
vicious and uncompromising narco showing
no mercy for his enemies while
accumulating unfathomable power and
wealth in the process known as the last
Godfather El Chapo’s reach extends far
beyond his native Mexico Willow Chapel
get extradited what will become of his
empire who’s really winning the war on
drugs and who’s losing before we unveil
our number one pick here are some
honorable mentions the Americans quickly
whisked him away to stand trial on
conspiracy drug and gun charges charges
he is since pleaded guilty to
number one Pablo Escobar he was moving
hundreds of tons of cocaine into the
United States every year
in life this Colombian was a folk hero
to some in public enemy number one for
others and in death Pablo Escobar’s
legacy has been extensively documented
both in film and television Plata o
Plomo steady the name in his rise to
power
El Padrino capitalized fully on the
public’s wants and needs manipulating
those around him while silencing anyone
who posed a threat as a result
Escobar’s unprecedented Empire made
Colombia the central headquarters for a
worldwide import/export operation with
international authorities at the mercy
of something they didn’t fully
understand but as Pablo Escobar
continued to push back against law
enforcement law enforcement pushed even
harder leading to a violent yet final
confrontation in 1993 in which he was
killed by Colombian national police they
say when a nuclear holocaust destroys
the world only the cockroaches will
survive yes I’m Yetta de I guess they
were wrong do you agree with our list
who do you think is the most influential
narco on our list for more addictive top
10s published every day be sure to
subscribe to watchmojo.com my company
sells a product that’s better than the
competition at a price that’s lower than
the competition
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