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Place of Birth: Ciudad Mier, Tamaulipas, Mexico
About Juan Mejía González
- Juan Reyes Mejía González (born 18 November 1975), commonly referred to by his alias R1, is a Mexican drug lord and high-ranking member in the Gulf Cartel who allegedly heads Los Rojos, a faction within the cartel.Mejía González was often accredited as the "second-in-command" in the Gulf organization.
- He is responsible for controlling the flow of cocaine from Central America and South America to the drug corridors between Nuevo Laredo and Reynosa, Tamaulipas.
- In March 2008, Mejía González was indicted in Washington, D.C.
- and placed as one of the most-wanted fugitives by the U.S.
- government.Mejía González is allegedly responsible for ordering the assassination of Samuel Flores Borrego, a drug lord of the Metros faction in the Gulf cartel, on 2 September 2011.
- Flores Borrego's assassination triggered a series of confrontations between the two factions in the Mexican state of Tamaulipas.
- The Metros faction emerged victorious in early 2012, and Mejía González has fallen off the radar and has not been heard of since then.
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