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Juan José Esparragoza Moreno

Mexican drug trafficker

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  • Momentum16.9
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Lived 1943–2014, aged 71Mexico
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    1943–2014
    Aged 71
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Updated 2026-08-23

Juan José Esparragoza Moreno, commonly referred to by his alias El Azul, was a Mexican drug lord and co-founder of the Sinaloa Cartel, a drug trafficking organization. Originally a member of the Dirección Federal de Seguridad (DFS) police agency, he founded the Guadalajara Cartel in the 1970s along with other drug kingpins in Mexico. Following its disintegration in the late 1980s, he went on to lead the Juárez Cartel and eventually settled in the Sinaloa Cartel. He worked alongside fellow drug lord El Chapo.

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