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Sigifredo Nájera Talamantes (died 7 September 2015), commonly referred to by his alias El Canicón'','' was a Mexican
drug lord A drug lord, drug baron, kingpin or narcotrafficker is a high-ranking crime boss who controls a sizable network of people involved in the illegal drug trade. Such figures are often difficult to bring to justice, as they are normally not directly ...
and high-ranking leader of
Los Zetas Los Zetas (, Spanish for "The Zs") is a Mexican criminal syndicate, regarded as one of the most dangerous of Mexico's drug cartels. They are known for engaging in brutally violent "shock and awe" tactics such as beheadings, torture, and indiscri ...
.


Kingpin Act sanction

On 24 March 2010, the
United States Department of the Treasury The Department of the Treasury (USDT) is the national treasury and finance department of the federal government of the United States, where it serves as an executive department. The department oversees the Bureau of Engraving and Printing and t ...
sanctioned Nájera Talamantes under the
Foreign Narcotics Kingpin Designation Act The Foreign Narcotics Kingpin Designation Act, better known as the Kingpin Act, is landmark federal legislation in the United States intended to address international narcotics trafficking by imposing United States sanctions on foreign persons a ...
(sometimes referred to simply as the "Kingpin Act"), for his involvement in drug trafficking along with fifty-three other international criminals and ten foreign entities. The act prohibited U.S. citizens and companies from doing any kind of business activity with him, and virtually froze all his assets in the U.S.


Arrest

He was captured on 23 March 2009.ITNSource.
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Mexico Mexico (Spanish: México), officially the United Mexican States, is a country in the southern portion of North America. It is bordered to the north by the United States; to the south and west by the Pacific Ocean; to the southeast by Guatema ...
had listed Nájera Talamantes as one of its 37 most-wanted drug lords and offered the equivalent of over $1 million
USD The United States dollar (symbol: $; code: USD; also abbreviated US$ or U.S. Dollar, to distinguish it from other dollar-denominated currencies; referred to as the dollar, U.S. dollar, American dollar, or colloquially buck) is the official ...
for information leading to his capture.


Death

He died of a heart attack inside his prison cell at the
Federal Social Readaptation Center No. 1 The Federal Social Readaptation Center No. 1 "Altiplano" ( es, Centro Federal de Readaptación Social Número 1 "Altiplano") is the maximum security federal prison (originally called the ''Penal de Máxima Seguridad No. 1 "Almoloya de Juárez",'' ...
on 8 September 2015.


See also

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List of Mexico's 37 most-wanted drug lords This is a list of Mexico's 37 most-wanted drug lords as published by Mexican federal authorities on 23 March 2009. According to a ''BBC Mundo'' Mexico report, the 37 drug lords "have jeopardized México national security." As of 8 January 2016, ...


References

2015 deaths Fugitives Gulf Cartel members Mexican crime bosses People sanctioned under the Foreign Narcotics Kingpin Designation Act 1980 births {{crime-bio-stub