The quirks and stories of a ruthless billionaire and drug lord (Amado Carrillo Fuentes)

To support the channel on Patreon (many thanks):   / humansofhistory   To donate to my PayPal (many thanks): PayPal.Me/HOHchannel Amado Carrillo Fuentes was perhaps the most powerful Mexican drug lord to have ever lived. At the helm of the Juárez cartel, he had an estimated net worth of $25 b dollars, with which he bought off some of the most important elements of the Mexican state. His death, just like his life, is shrouded in myth and rumour. But what was he really like as a man? How does one become the Lord of the Skies? —————————————CREDITS————————————————————— Host: Iain Russell Editor: Alicia Gómez Script Editor: Jennifer Conerly Assistant Editor: Anagata Zhulitova —————————————SOURCES———————————————————— Far too many to bore you with or to strain your eyes - many of which news articles - but certainly available on request. The primary ones, however, also recommended for extra reading are the following: Charles Bowden - Down by the River: Drugs, Murder, Money and Family Charles Bowden - Murder City: Ciudad Juárez and the Global Economy's New Killing Fields Terrence Poppa - Drug Lord: The True Story of Pablo Acosta; the Life and Death of a Mexican Kingpin David F. Marley - Mexican Cartel: An Encyclopedia of Mexico's Crime and Drug Wars Anabel Hérnandez - Narcoland: The Mexican Drug Lords and Their Godfathers Edward Follis - The Dark Art: My Undercover Life in Global Narco-terrorism Sergio González Rodriguez - Huesos en el Desierto José Alfredo Andrade Bojorges - La Historia Secreta del Narco: Desde Navolato Vengo Jesús Lemus Lemus - El último infierno: Más historias negras desde Puente Grande https://www.texasmonthly.com/news-pol... —————————————TIMESTAMPS——————————————————— 00:00 - 0:34 Intro 0:34 - 5:42 Sinaloan Cowboy 5:42 - 13:56 In the Flesh 13:56 - 17:50 "I have done no evil" 17:50 - 27:00 El Señor de los Cielos 27:00 - 28:40 Final Thoughts —————————————SOCIAL MEDIA—————————————————— Join us! We’re on: Facebook -   / hohprofiles   Instagram -   / _humansofhi.  . Tik Tok -   / humansofhistory   ——————————————CONTACT———————————————————— Email: [email protected] ————————————————————————————--------------------------------- I do not own the rights to the images, music or historical footage used in the video. Copyright Disclaimer under section 107 of the Copyright Act 1976: allowance is made for “fair use” for purposes such as criticism, comment, news reporting, teaching, scholarship, education and research.