Paul Lir Alexander, also known as El Parito Loco, is a Brazilian drug lord.
[1] Alexander was born in Santa Catarina and joined military service in the Israeli Army and the Mossad.
[2] He later worked as a Drug Enforcement Administration (DEA) agent before becoming the leader of a drug-smuggling ring in Brazil.
He was reported to have been among the wealthiest of Rio de Janeiro's drug lords, with an estimated $20 million in assets, primarily in the form of real estate.
[4] He was arrested again in Brazil and sentenced to 42 years' imprisonment before disappearing while on a temporary release from a Brazilian prison in 2010.