Dionisio Loya Plancarte (born 21 October 1955) is a Mexican drug lord and high-ranking leader of the Knights Templar Cartel, a quasi-religious criminal organization based in the state of Michoacán.
He is the uncle of Enrique Plancarte SolĂs, another former high-ranking leader of the cartel.
Since 2009, he was listed as one of Mexico's 37 most-wanted drug lords, with a $30 million pesos (USD $2.3 million) bounty for information leading to his capture.
He was arrested by the Mexican Army in Morelia, Michoacán on 27 January 2014.