# Fame.am profile — machine-readable export
# Canonical URL: https://fame.am/person/jose-gonzalo-rodriguez-gacha
# Generated: 2026-08-15T22:59:22.024Z

schema: https://schema.org/Person
url: "https://fame.am/person/jose-gonzalo-rodriguez-gacha"
name: "José Gonzalo Rodríguez Gacha"
slug: "jose-gonzalo-rodriguez-gacha"
description: "José Gonzalo Rodriguez Gacha, also known by the alias of El Mexicano, was a Colombian drug lord who was one of the leaders of the Medellín Cartel along with the Ochoa brothers and Pablo Escobar. At the height of his criminal career, Rodriguez was acknowledged as one of the world's most successful drug dealers. In 1988, Forbes magazine included him in their annual list of the world's billionaires."
tagline: "Colombian mob boss (1947-1989)"
image: "https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:FilePath/Rodriguezgacha.png?width=1200"
gender: "male"
birthDate: "1947-05-14"
deathDate: "1989-12-15"
livingStatus: "DECEASED"
scores:
  popularity:           55.82
  momentum:             1.384840871021776
  historical:           14.357464
  currentAttention:     0
  sourceConfidence:     60
  profileCompleteness:  40
  trendDirection:       "STABLE"
ranks:
  global:   null
  country:  null
  category: null
sources:
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    title: "José Gonzalo Rodríguez Gacha"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
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    title: "خوسيه غونزالو رودريغيز غتشا"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
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    title: "José Gonzalo Rodríguez Gacha"
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    title: "Gonzalo Rodríguez Gacha"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://es.wikipedia.org/wiki/Gonzalo_Rodr%C3%ADguez_Gacha"
    title: "Gonzalo Rodríguez Gacha"
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  - url: "https://fi.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jos%C3%A9_Gonzalo_Rodr%C3%ADguez_Gacha"
    title: "José Gonzalo Rodríguez Gacha"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
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    title: "José Gonzalo Rodríguez Gacha"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
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    title: "José Gonzalo Rodríguez Gacha"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
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    title: "José Gonzalo Rodríguez Gacha"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
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    title: "José Gonzalo Rodríguez Gacha"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
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    title: "José Gonzalo Rodríguez Gacha"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://ru.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D0%A0%D0%BE%D0%B4%D1%80%D0%B8%D0%B3%D0%B5%D1%81_%D0%93%D0%B0%D1%87%D0%B0%2C_%D0%A5%D0%BE%D1%81%D0%B5_%D0%93%D0%BE%D0%BD%D1%81%D0%B0%D0%BB%D0%BE"
    title: "Родригес Гача, Хосе Гонсало"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
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    title: "José Gonzalo Rodríguez Gacha"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
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# bio (long form, separated for readability)
bio: |
  Imported from discovery source: wikidata-dump