This is the millionaire figure that Arellano Felix offered for the head of ‘El Mayo’ Zambada.

Although initially Ismail ‘El Mayo’ Zambada maintained a professional relationship with the organization of Arellano Felix For drug traffic to the United States (USA), their relationship broke down in the early 1990s over a million-dollar debt.

Journalist Jesus Blancornellas suggested that his book Cartel That ‘El Mayo’ used the plaza Tijuana (in Baja California) to send shipments of marijuana and cocaine to a neighboring country. However, these activities would have been carried out without paying a percentage to the Arellano Félix family, which at the time controlled the border town.

Friction arose between the two aforementioned parties, as Benjamin Arellano Felix told his brother Ramon that the Sinaloa boss owed him close to USD 20 million. The Tijuana Cartel. Although the debt was recognized by Mayo himself, it was never settled.

Thus they decided to undertake the seemingly impossible task: kill Ismael Zambada Garcia. It was in 1993 that Ramon put a price on the head of the drug trafficker who now heads it. The Sinaloa Cartel.

Arellano Felix offered to end Zambada Garcia’s life USD 3 million, which is equivalent to over 50 million Mexican pesos today. This amount is five times less than what the United States government is currently offering to capture ‘El Mayo’, which is USD 15 million.

This decision was supported by his gunman Benjamin Arellano Felix. David Corona Baron and your financial advisor Everardo Arturo PaezAccording to journalist Annabel Hernandez in her book The Traitor: The Secret Diary of Mayo’s Son.

A person offering to undertake such an undertaking is known as a hitman Ramiro Ramirezwho sought to ensure the success of the mission by paying him half the money offered as an advance.

Ramírez went month after month without completing the order, until the end of the year. “It’s not that easy (…) It’s not easy to see and it never stays in one place,” Hitman justifies in the face of the lack of results.

Because of the above, Ramírez demanded the other half to kill ‘El Mayo’. But time passed before the operation was completed. was up to Nineteen ninety six When Ramon asked Paez to replace the hitman, who by then was already considered a scammer.

In February of the following year, Arellano Felix killed one of his gunmen (identified as David Corona Baronaka ‘El CH’) to locate Ramirez, who sought refuge in the small town of Chula Vista, California.

Although the task was to end Ramírez’s life, the operation was not successful. A gunman shot Ramiro, who managed to escape his assailants. From that date they lost track of him and never heard from him again.

As for ‘El Mayo’ Zambada, they never managed to beat him. The Sinaloa boss, unlike other leaders of the Sinaloa cartel (such as Joaquín ‘El Chapo’ Guzmán), maintains a low profile. That is why, at the age of 75, despite being one of the priority targets of the United States for his involvement in international drug trafficking, he has never set foot in prison.