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Manuel Torres Félix
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Manuel Torres Félix |
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Born | José Manuel Torres Félix
28February 1958
Cosalá, Sinaloa, Mexico |
Died | 13 October 2012 (aged 54)
Culiacán, Sinaloa, Mexico |
Cause of death | Shooting |
Other names | ElM1, El Ondeado |
Occupation | Sinaloa Cartel lieutenant |
Employer | Ismael Zambada
Joaquín Guzmán Loera |
Known for | Drug trafficking, murder |Predecessor | Javier Torres Félix (El JT) |
José Manuel Torres Félix (28 February 1958 – 13 October 2012), also known as El M1 and El Ondeado, was an allegeddrug trafficker and leader of a cell within the Sinaloa Cartel.[1][2]
Born in a small town in the state of Sinaloa, Torres Félix began working for theSinaloa Cartel in the 1990s and later ascended to the apex of the cartel after his brother Javier Torres Félix was arrested in 2004. He then began to work withOvidio Guzmán López, the son of Joaquín Guzmán Loera, Mexico's most-wanted man, and oversaw drug trafficking shipments coming in from South America intoMexico under the tutelage of Ismael Zambada García.[3]
When his son Anastasio was killed by rival gang members of the Beltrán-Leyva Cartel in 2008, TorresFélix reportedly lost his mind and went on a killing spree, torturing the perpetrators at his home in Culiacán. This earned him the nickname of "El Ondeado"('The Crazy One') for his emotional stability and explosive personality.
Torres Félix gunned down and killed in a clash with the Mexican Army on 13 October