# Fame.am profile — machine-readable export
# Canonical URL: https://fame.am/person/hector-beltran-leyva
# Generated: 2026-08-16T02:10:41.711Z

schema: https://schema.org/Person
url: "https://fame.am/person/hector-beltran-leyva"
name: "Héctor Beltrán Leyva"
slug: "hector-beltran-leyva"
description: "Héctor Manuel Beltrán Leyva was a Mexican drug lord and leader of the Beltrán Leyva Cartel, a drug-trafficking organization. He was the brother of Arturo Beltrán Leyva (deceased), former leader of the cartel. Héctor was the second-in-command and rose to the leadership of the criminal organization after his brother's death on 16 December 2009 during a confrontation with Mexican marines."
tagline: "Mexican drug lord (1965–2018)"
gender: "male"
country:
  name: "Mexico"
  isoCode: "MX"
birthDate: "1965-02-15"
deathDate: "2018-11-18"
livingStatus: "DECEASED"
scores:
  popularity:           48.94
  momentum:             0
  historical:           8.882841333333333
  currentAttention:     0
  sourceConfidence:     54.99999999999999
  profileCompleteness:  35
  trendDirection:       "STABLE"
ranks:
  global:   null
  country:  null
  category: null
sources:
  - url: "https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki/H%C3%A9ctor_Beltr%C3%A1n_Leyva"
    title: "Héctor Beltrán Leyva"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://ar.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D9%87%D9%83%D8%AA%D9%88%D8%B1_%D8%A8%D9%8A%D9%84%D8%AA%D8%B1%D8%A7%D9%86_%D9%84%D9%8A%D9%81%D8%A7"
    title: "هكتور بيلتران ليفا"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://de.wikipedia.org/wiki/H%C3%A9ctor_Beltr%C3%A1n_Leyva"
    title: "Héctor Beltrán Leyva"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/H%C3%A9ctor_Beltr%C3%A1n_Leyva"
    title: "Héctor Beltrán Leyva"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://es.wikipedia.org/wiki/H%C3%A9ctor_Beltr%C3%A1n_Leyva"
    title: "Héctor Beltrán Leyva"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://fr.wikipedia.org/wiki/H%C3%A9ctor_Beltr%C3%A1n_Leyva"
    title: "Héctor Beltrán Leyva"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://hy.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D4%B7%D5%AF%D5%BF%D5%B8%D6%80_%D4%B2%D5%A5%D5%AC%D5%BF%D6%80%D5%A1%D5%B6_%D4%BC%D5%A5%D5%B5%D5%BE%D5%A1"
    title: "Էկտոր Բելտրան Լեյվա"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://ig.wikipedia.org/wiki/H%C3%A9ctor_Beltr%C3%A1n_Leyva"
    title: "Héctor Beltrán Leyva"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://nl.wikipedia.org/wiki/H%C3%A9ctor_Beltr%C3%A1n_Leyva"
    title: "Héctor Beltrán Leyva"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://ru.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D0%91%D0%B5%D0%BB%D1%8C%D1%82%D1%80%D0%B0%D0%BD_%D0%9B%D0%B5%D0%B9%D0%B2%D0%B0%2C_%D0%AD%D0%BA%D1%82%D0%BE%D1%80"
    title: "Бельтран Лейва, Эктор"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q4083345"
    title: "Wikidata"
    type:  "WIKIDATA"

# bio (long form, separated for readability)
bio: |
  Imported from discovery source: wikidata-dump