Enrique Plancarte Solís

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For the Puerto Rican former boxer, see Enrique Solis.
Enrique Plancarte Solís
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Born (1970-09-14)14 September 1970[1]
Nueva Italia, Michoacán, Mexico
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Other names La Chiva, El Kike
Occupation Leader of the Knights Templar
Criminal charge Drug trafficking, murder, extortion, money laundering, kidnapping
Reward amount
 Mexico: $10 Million Mexican Pesos;
USA: $1.6 million USD

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This name uses Spanish naming customs: the first or paternal family name is Plancarte and the second or maternal family name is Solís.

Enrique Plancarte Solís (14 September 1970 – 31 March 2014) was a Mexican drug lord and high-ranking leader of the Knights Templar Cartel, a drug cartel headquartered in the state of Michoacán. Prior to his tenure in the Knights Templar, he was a top leader of the split-off group La Familia Michoacana.

Criminal career

Plancarte Solís was a high-ranking leader of La Familia Michoacana drug cartel.[2][3][4] Following the reported death of Nazario Moreno González in 2010, La Familia Michoacana broke off and formed the Knights Templar Cartel,[5][6] an organized crime gang based in the Mexican state of Michoacán. Plancarte was one of its top lieutenants. His duties were to coordinate the production and smuggling operations of methamphetamine from Mexico into US[3] He was wanted by the governments of Mexico and the U.S.[7][8][9]

Kingpin Act sanction

On 25 February 2010, the United States Department of the Treasury sanctioned Plancarte Solís under the Foreign Narcotics Kingpin Designation Act (sometimes referred to simply as the "Kingpin Act"), for his involvement in drug trafficking along with twenty-one other international criminals and ten foreign entities.[10] 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.[11]

Death

Plancarte Solís was killed in a gunfight with soldiers of the Mexican Navy on 31 March 2014 in Colón, Querétaro.[12]

Personal life and family

In 2014, the Mexican singer Melissa admitted to being Plancarte Solis' daughter.[13] His cousin Jesús Ramírez Plancarte was arrested by Mexican security forces on 22 May 2014.[14] His nephew Mario Loya Contreras was arrested by the Mexican Federal Police in Apatzingán with four other suspected criminals on 5 June 2014.[15]

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  1. ↑ Lua error in package.lua at line 80: module 'strict' not found.
  2. ↑ La Familia Michoacana Fact Sheet DEA
  3. ↑ 3.0 3.1 Lua error in package.lua at line 80: module 'strict' not found.
  4. ↑ Cae responsable de narcolaboratorios de La Familia (23 December 2009) El Universal (in Spanish).
  5. ↑ Lua error in package.lua at line 80: module 'strict' not found.
  6. ↑ El Chango Mendez arrestado. (in Spanish)
  7. ↑ OFAC Issues Kingpin Act Designations; Places Individuals and Entities on the SDN List (25 February 2010)
  8. ↑ Treasury Sanctions La Familia Michoacana Leadership
  9. ↑ Boletina EU a los líderes de La Familia Michoacana
  10. ↑ Lua error in package.lua at line 80: module 'strict' not found.
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  13. ↑ [1]
  14. ↑ Lua error in package.lua at line 80: module 'strict' not found.
  15. ↑ Lua error in package.lua at line 80: module 'strict' not found.
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