Héctor Luis Palma Salazar [SEP] country of citizenship
Héctor Luis Palma Salazar
Héctor Luis Palma Salazar (a.k.a  "El Güero Palma") is a former Mexican drug trafficker and leader of the Sinaloa Cartel alongside Joaquín "El Chapo" Guzmán. Palma was arrested on June 23, 1995 and extradited to the United States, where he served a jail sentence until June 2016. He was then deported back to Mexico in June 2016, where he was charged with a double murder in 1995, in Nayarit.
Early life and career.
Jesus Héctor Luis Palma
came to be known as the Tijuana Cartel, while the Sinaloa Cartel continued to be run by former lieutenants Héctor Luis Palma Salazar, Adrián Gómez González and Joaquín Guzmán Loera ("El Chapo").
Leadership.
The Sinaloa Cartel used to be known as "La Alianza de Sangre" ("Blood Alliance"). When Héctor Luis Palma Salazar (a.k.a. El Güero Palma) was arrested on 23 June 1995 by the Mexican Army, his partner Joaquín Guzmán Loera took leadership of the cartel. Guzmán was