Héctor was the second-in-command and rose to the leadership of the criminal organization after his brother's death on 16 December 2009 during a confrontation with Mexican marines.
[15] 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.[16] Beltrán Leyva was arrested by the Mexican Army on Wednesday, 1 October 2014.
1 (commonly referred to simply as "Altiplano"), a maximum-security prison in Almoloya de Juárez, State of Mexico.
[21] The next day, he was formally charged in a federal court for drug trafficking, money laundering, and organized crime offenses.
The hospital's emergency area was safeguarded by security forces while Beltrán Leyva was receiving medical attention.