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Miguel Ángel Félix Gallardo (born January 8 1946) is a convicted Mexican drug lord who formed the Guadalajara Cartel in the 1980s and controlled almost all of the drug trafficking in Mexico and the corridors along the Mexico–United States border.Gallardo’s drug trafficking network was protected by his many high-level government connections especially those within the Dirección Federal de Seguridad and the Central Intelligence Agency (CIA).[citation needed] Gallardo was considered an asset by the CIA due to the financial and material assistance he provided to the Contras in Nicaragua.
