MEXICO CITY, Nov 15 (Reuters) – Miguel Angel Felix Gallardo, who founded one of Mexico’s most influential cartels, has died in a hospital in Guadalajara, Jalisco state, two days after he was transferred there for emergency treatment, local media outlet Milenio reported on Sunday.
The 80-year-old founder of the Guadalajara Cartel had suffered from several health issues, local outlets reported. He had remained in state custody since his 1989 arrest.
(Reporting by Noe Torres and Sarah Morland in Mexico City, Jose Gonzalez in Ciudad Juarez; Editing by Edmund Klamann)
