[2] The cartel was led by the Díaz-Parada brothers, Pedro, Eugenio Jesús a.k.a.
Pedro Díaz-Parada was first arrested by the Mexican Army in 1985 and then by Federal Police agents in January 2007.
[3] Pedro Díaz Parada was sentenced to 33 years' imprisonment in 1985, but subsequently escaped prison twice – once in 1987 and again in 1992.
He extended his activity to cocaine trafficking by using speed boats and light aircraft.
In September 1987, Judge Villafuerte Gallegos was murdered near his home in Cuernavaca, Morelos, where he had been moved in order to protect him from the threats of Díaz Parada.