(FILES) (FILE) Picture taken on January 1, 2005 of Felix Gallardo, member of the Guadalajara Cartel, at La Palma prison in Almoloya of Juarez, Mexico. Mexico is being whipped by a war among drug cartels disputing their place and the trafficking to the United States with unusual ferocity and sophisticated arms on June 11, 2008. Mexican drug lord Miguel Angel Felix Gallardo died on November 15, 2026, at the age of 80 in a hospital to which he had been transferred from prison two days earlier for emergency treatment, authorities reported. Known as "The Boss of Bosses," he had been serving a prison sentence since 1989 and was considered one of the most powerful drug lords and a key figure in the rise of Mexico's major cartels. (Photo by Handout / PGR / AFP)
November 15, 2026
Notorious Mexican drug lord Miguel Angel Felix Gallardo dies
GUADALAJARA, Mexico (AFP)—Notorious Mexican drug lord Miguel Angel Felix Gallardo died Sunday at age 80 in a hospital where he had been transferred from prison two days earlier, security officials said.
Felix Gallardo, known as “the Boss of Bosses,” was considered one of the most powerful drug lords in the country and a key figure in the rise of major cartels in Mexico.
Felix Gallardo has been incarcerated since 1989.
