Javier Barba-Hernández (d. 1986) was a Mexican former lawyer turned enforcer, hired by the
Guadalajara Cartel to combat the Mexican
Federal Judicial Police (FJP) and the American
Drug Enforcement Administration (DEA).
Hernandez acted as a warlord for
Ernesto Fonseca Carrillo
Ernesto Fonseca Carrillo (August 1, 1930), commonly referred to by his alias Don Neto, is a Mexican drug lord and former leader of the Guadalajara Cartel, a defunct criminal group based in Jalisco. He headed the organization alongside Miguel Áng ...
,
Rafael Caro Quintero and
Miguel Ángel Félix Gallardo. According to the DEA he is believed to have assisted in the transportation of two Americans, John Walker and Alberto Radelat, who were later killed by the cartel under the false suspicion they were DEA agents. Prior to his death he was wanted for questioning in the murder of DEA agent
Enrique Camarena.
Barba was killed on November 13, 1986
in a shoot-out with
Mexican Federal Judicial Police in
Mazatlán, Mexico. The DEA believes this may be part of a cover-up as the FJP has refused to turn over his fingerprints for identification.
See also
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Guadalajara Cartel
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Mexican Drug War
References
1986 deaths
Guadalajara Cartel traffickers
People shot dead by law enforcement officers in Mexico
Year of birth missing
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