Pedro Avilés Pérez
Mexican drug lord (1931–1978) / From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
In this Spanish name, the first or paternal surname is Avilés and the second or maternal family name is Pérez.
Pedro Avilés Pérez, also known as "El León de la Sierra" (English: "The Mountain Lion"),[3][4] was a Mexican drug lord in the state of Sinaloa beginning in the late 1960s.
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Pedro Avilés Pérez | |
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Born | (1931-04-11)April 11, 1931 |
Died | September 15, 1978(1978-09-15) (aged 47)[2] Culiacán, Sinaloa, Mexico |
Cause of death | Gunshot wounds |
Nationality | Mexican |
Other names | El Leon de la Sierra, Sneaky Pete |
Citizenship | Mexican |
Occupation | Drug trafficking |
Known for | Drug lord; pioneered the use of aircraft to smuggle drugs to the United States |
Partner(s) | Miguel Ángel Félix Gallardo, Ernesto Fonseca Carrillo, Juan José Esparragoza Moreno, Rafael Caro Quintero |
Children | Atani Perez |
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He is considered to be the first generation of major Mexican drug smugglers of marijuana.[5] He was also the first known drug lord to use an aircraft to smuggle drugs to the United States.[6][unreliable source?]
In the Netflix series Narcos: Mexico, Avilés was portrayed by actor Antonio Lopez Torres.