Raúl Meza Ontiveros, Date of Birth, Place of Birth, Date of Death

    

Raúl Meza Ontiveros

Date of Birth: 11-Dec-1966

Place of Birth: Tamazula, Durango, Mexico

Date of Death: 27-Mar-2007

Profession: drug trafficker

Nationality: Mexico

Zodiac Sign: Sagittarius


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About Raúl Meza Ontiveros

  • Raúl Meza Ontiveros (American Spanish: [ra'ul 'mesa onti'ße?os]; 11 December 1966 – 27 March 2007), commonly referred to by his alias "El M6", was a Mexican suspected drug lord and high-ranking leader of the Sinaloa Cartel, a criminal group based in Sinaloa.
  • He was the right-hand man of Javier Torres Félix (alias "El JT"), the former leading operator of Ismael "El Mayo" Zambada, one of Mexico's most-wanted drug lords.
  • In 1997, he was arrested with several of his accomplices in Cancún in possession of 348 kilograms (767 lb) of Colombian cocaine.
  • He was sentenced to ten years in prison, but was released in 1998 for inconsistencies in the case.
  • Investigators suspected that he rejoined organized crime after his release and climbed up the leadership chain of the Sinaloa Cartel.
  • Upon the arrest of El JT in 2004, Meza Ontiveros worked closely with Manuel Torres Félix (alias "El M-1") and Misael Torres Urrea (alias "El M-2").
  • In 2007, he was killed by armed men in Culiacán, Sinaloa.
  • The official details regarding his death are unknown.
  • In the following years, his family suffered several loses.
  • In 2009, his sibling Faustino was killed by suspected organized crime members.
  • His son César Raúl Meza Torres (alias "El Mini-6"), who tried to follow Meza Ontiveros' footsteps, joined the Sinaloa Cartel as a young assassin.
  • He was killed by security forces in 2010.

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