The U.S. government is offering up to $26 million in rewards for various leaders of the Mexican terrorist criminal organization Carteles Unidos. Some of those cartel leaders falsely claim to be leaders of self-defense movements.
On Thursday morning, the U.S. Department of State announced a series of large-scale rewards against the key leaders of Carteles Unidos. The leaders and reward amounts are listed as:
Juan José Farías Álvarez, a/k/a “El Abuelo” – up to $10 million;
Nicolás Sierra Santana, a/k/a “El Gordo” – up to $5 million;
Alfonso Fernández Magallón, a/k/a “Poncho” – up to $5 million;
Luis Enrique Barragán Chávez, a/k/a “R5,” “Wicho,” “Güicho” – up to $3 million; and
Edgar Orozco Cabadas, a/k/a “El Kamoni” – up to $3 million.
According to the State Department, Carteles Unid