Miguel Angel Felix Gallardo, architect of Mexico’s drug trade, dies aged 80

Miguel Angel Felix Gallardo, a founder of the Guadalajara cartel and a major figure in modern Mexican drug trafficking, has died aged 80. His role in building links between Mexican and Colombian traffickers helped reshape the international cocaine trade.

Jalisco’s security ministry said Gallardo died in hospital on 15 November after multiple organ failure. He had been moved there from prison two days earlier and had been incarcerated since 1989, following his conviction for the 1985 murder of US Drug Enforcement Administration agent Enrique “Kiki” Camarena Salazar.