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Mexico's Guadalajara cartel founder, aged 80, dies in hospital, Milenio reports

Reuters

MEXICO CITY, ‌Nov 15 (Reuters) - Miguel Angel Felix ​Gallardo, ‌who founded one ‌of Mexico's most influential cartels, has ‌died in a hospital in Guadalajara, Jalisco state, two days ⁠after he ‌was transferred there ⁠for emergency treatment, ​local media outlet Milenio reported on ​Sunday.

The 80-year-old founder ​of ‌the Guadalajara Cartel ​had suffered ⁠from several health ‌issues, local ​outlets ​reported. He had remained in state custody since his 1989 ‌arrest.

(Reporting by Noe Torres and Sarah ‌Morland ​in Mexico City, Jose Gonzalez in Ciudad Juarez; Editing ‌by Edmund Klamann)