Galindo Mellado Cruz, Date of Birth, Place of Birth, Date of Death
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Mexican ex-commando and drug lord
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Place of Birth: Tampico Alto, Veracruz, Mexico
About Galindo Mellado Cruz
- Galdino or Galindo Mellado Cruz (18 April 1973 – 9 May 2014), commonly referred to by his alias El Mellado and/or Z-9, was a Mexican suspected drug lord and one of the founders of Los Zetas, a criminal organization originally formed by ex-commandos from the Mexican Armed Forces.
- He joined the Mexican Army in 1992 and was part of the Grupo Aeromóvil de Fuerzas Especiales (GAFE), an elite special forces unit of the Army.
- In 1999, he withdrew from the military and was recruited by the Gulf Cartel, a drug trafficking organization, shortly thereafter. With other ex-commandos, he formed Los Zetas, a group that worked as the Gulf Cartel's military wing.
- In 2010, the Gulf Cartel and Los Zetas broke relations and Mellado Cruz sided with the former to maintain a low profile status.
- He was killed in a gunfight against Mexican security forces in Reynosa, Tamaulipas, on 9 May 2014.
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