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A Mexican cartel boss serving time for decapitating 12 individuals has died after getting contaminated with the coronavirus in jail, officers stated.
Los Zetas chief Moises Escamilla Could — often called “Gordo Could,” or “Fatty Could” — died in jail in Jalisco the place he was serving 37 years for his brutal crimes, officers advised Agence France-Presse (AFP).
“He wasn’t affected by any illness and began displaying respiratory signs on Could 6,” the well being ministry stated on the finish of final week, with out figuring out Escamilla, AFP stated.
He died in a hospital the following day, with a supply on the public prosecutor’s workplace in Jalisco confirming to AFP that it was the cartel boss.
‘Fatty Could’ led a bunch calling itself “Outdated College Zetas” and was the principle provider of cocaine in Cancún, the place it was additionally the strongest prison group, the BBC stated.
He was arrested in 2008 together with eight of his males, the broadcaster stated, and sentenced for organized crime and illegally carrying weapons.
The savage crimes included the beheading of a dozen individuals within the southeastern state of Yucatan in 2008, the reviews stated.
He was deemed a extremely harmful inmate on the Puente Grande maximum-security jail in Jalisco state earlier than his an infection and dying, the BBC stated.
As of Tuesday morning, Mexico had 36,327 confirmed coronavirus instances, with greater than 3,500 deaths, Johns Hopkins College knowledge exhibits.