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He is known as El Se\u00f1or Padrino de los Tr\u00e1ilers (“Lord of the Trailers”) for shipping large sums of Colombian narcotics in trucks through Mexico, to later smuggle them across the international border into the United States.Recognized for his ability to make money, Medina Garza was appointed as the head of the Gulf Cartel in Reynosa, Tamaulipas in 1996, soon after the arrest of the organization’s co-founder Juan Garc\u00eda \u00c1brego. His reign in Reynosa, however, was confronted by several drug traffickers who wanted to take control of the city.He was listed on the FBI\u2019s most wanted list in 2007, and is believed to still be conducting the Gulf Cartel\u2019s operations in Reynosa and Matamoros.Table of ContentsCriminal career[edit]Early life and initiation[edit]Reign in Matamoros[edit]Arrest and sentence[edit]Personal life and family[edit]See also[edit]Sources[edit][edit]References[edit]Bibliography[edit]Criminal career[edit]Early life and initiation[edit]Hugo Baldomero Medina Garza was born in the Mexican city of San Fernando, Tamaulipas around the year 1958.[1] His family owned a successful trailer company known as Mercanc\u00eda Bamega, where Medina Garza worked before joining the drug trade. Medina Garza did poorly in school, and dropped out of college while studying agronomy to pursue a career at the trailer company with his father.[2] In 1992, Medina Garza began to work at the local drug trade.[4] Another report states that Medina Garza owned a cafeteria in the outskirts of San Fernando, where he managed to meet police commanders and drug traffickers, including the Gulf Cartel co-founder Juan Garc\u00eda \u00c1brego, who invited him to join the cartel full-time in 1994.[5]Reign in Matamoros[edit]When Garc\u00eda \u00c1brego was arrested in January 1996, his right-hand man \u00d3scar Malherbe de Le\u00f3n appointed Medina Garza as the gatekeeper of the smuggling routes in Matamoros, Tamaulipas, and as one of Garc\u00eda \u00c1brego’s successors. Medina Garza was recognized by his colleagues for his ability to make money, for being discrete, and for his friendship with the drug lord Amado Carrillo Fuentes (“Lord of the Skies”), whom he met through his friend \u00c1ngel Salvador G\u00f3mez Herrera (“El Chava”), a policeman-turned-drug trafficker.[A 1][7] During his time in Matamoros, an ex-marine that worked for the Gulf Cartel, Rafael Olvera L\u00f3pez (“El Raffles”), complained that he worked a lot but did not earn what he expected. Humberto Garc\u00eda \u00c1brego (brother of Juan) and Malherbe de Le\u00f3n grew suspicious of Olvera L\u00f3pez’s remarks, and warned Medina Garza that he was a possible threat to his reign in Matamoros.One day in 1996, Olvera L\u00f3pez was called on by Medina Garza’s henchmen to pay him a visit at his office for a private talk. Olvera L\u00f3pez, who was well-versed with weapons, took his Magnum pistol. Hours later, Olvera L\u00f3pez went to the offices of Baldomero Medina with two of his loyal bodyguards, nicknamed El Capi and El Cipri. At the door, one of Medina Garza’s guards told Olvera L\u00f3pez that he wanted to see him alone, so his bodyguards waited at the sitting room. Inside, Olvera L\u00f3pez was greeted by Medina Garza, who told him to take a seat in front of his desk. He noticed, however, that El Chava G\u00f3mez was behind him sitting down on a sofa. Olvera L\u00f3pez lighted a cigarette, while Medina Garza told him, “You know why I called you here? I was thinking of a new business perspective for you.” As he spoke, Medina Garza tilted to his side to pull a pistol; Olvera L\u00f3pez reacted by pulling his too but El Chava G\u00f3mez shot him in the head from behind. Having survived the first shot, Medina Garza finished him with another one on his head. He then ordered his men to get rid of the corpse.Medina Garza earned his nickname El Se\u00f1or de los Tr\u00e1ilers (“Lord of the Trailers”) for smuggling large sums of marijuana and cocaine from Mexico into the United States using a fleet of trailers from his privately owned company.[2][7][10] He also had several fishing companies in the cities of San Fernando, Tampico, Veracruz and Campeche, and used its boats to hide narcotics and ship them to El Mezquital port in Matamoros.[2] In addition, the Mexican authorities allege that Medina Garza had several businessmen in Matamoros and Tampico that laundered his money at hotels, restaurants, and exchange houses. He reportedly had interest in owning a newspaper in Campeche, where he supposedly had several journalists already on his payroll.[11]On 17 April 1997, Medina Garza was reportedly shot in the face by gunmen of El Chava G\u00f3mez after he had resisted an abduction. The rapid medical intervention saved Medina Garza’s life, and he had to retire temporarily from the drug trade. He was interned for two years in Monterrey where he underwent plastic surgery. Conflict between these two drug traffickers prevailed until 1999, when El Chava G\u00f3mez was assassinated.[2][5] Having recovered from his surgery in 1999, Medina Garza returned to take control of the Gulf Cartel by directing cocaine shipments coming in from Colombia into southern Tamaulipas, prompting confrontations with another drug lord, Osiel C\u00e1rdenas Guill\u00e9n.[2] By the end of his career, Medina Garza separated from the Gulf Cartel and began to work independently.[12][13]Arrest and sentence[edit]Following a traffic accident in the port city of Tampico, Tamaulipas, Medina Garza was arrested by the Mexican Army and police at around three in the afternoon on 1 November 2000 while pending several charges on drug trafficking, illegal use of firearms, and money laundering. Immediately after he was apprehended, Medina Garza was taken to Ciudad Victoria capital city and later transferred to Mexico City for questioning.[4][7][A 2]He was sentenced to 30 years in prison in November 2004,[15] but a Mexican federal tribunal overturned it to an 11+1\u20442-year sentence in March 2008.[16]On 5 February 2016, one of the officers who participated in his arrest was murdered in Tampico. He was allegedly part of a kidnapping ring.[17]Personal life and family[edit]Medina Garza’s habitual residence was in the state of San Luis Potos\u00ed, where he controlled a network of trucks that moved narcotics into the U.S. He was married with the daughter of Josu\u00e9 Flores, a businessman from the city of Ciudad Victoria, Tamaulipas.[2]In 2008, Medina Garza’s cousin Adalberto Garza Dragustinovis was identified by the authorities as a leading member in the Gulf Cartel, and was accused of trying to regroup the cartel’s armed wing, Los Zetas, despite growing opposition from other leaders in the organization. He had several businesses in northern Mexico, but his links with organized crime have not been confirmed and the case is still open.[18][19]Medina Garza is the cousin of Gabriel de la Garza Garza, a former mayor and local congressman of San Fernando, Tamaulipas.[20][21] Delia Garza is also a relative of him; she was the former mayoral candidate in San Fernando for the Institutional Revolutionary Party (PRI).[21]See also[edit]Sources[edit][edit]^ When Juan Garc\u00eda \u00c1brego was arrested and immediately extradited to the United States in 1996, the Mexican authorities alleged that the criminal dynasty of the Gulf Cartel was crumbling; at the same time, the Tijuana Cartel consolidated itself through extreme violence, while Ju\u00e1rez Cartel dominated aerial drug trafficking shipments.[6]^ Another source mentions that he was arrested at a hotel zone near the Miramar beach in Tampico, Tamaulipas while traveling alone in his vehicle at night.[14]References[edit]^ (subscription required) Barajas, Abel (4 November 2000). “Busca EU la extradicion del senor de los traileres”. El Norte (Monterrey) (in Spanish). Editora El Sol, S.A. de C.V. p.\u00a02. ProQuest\u00a0315937581.^ a b c d e f Castillo, Gustavo (3 November 2000). “Gira juez orden de arraigo contra Baldomero Medina”. La Jornada (in Spanish). Archived from the original on 1 September 2009. Retrieved 10 February 2013.^ a b “Aprehenden a cabecilla del c\u00e1rtel del Golfo”. La Jornada (in Spanish). 2 November 2011. Retrieved 10 February 2013.^ a b (subscription required) “De la cafeteria al narcotrafico”. Reforma (in Spanish). Mexico City. Editora El Sol, S.A. de C.V. 31 December 2000. ProQuest\u00a0310573870.^ Castillo, Gustavo (15 March 2005). “La historia del c\u00e1rtel del Golfo”. La Jornada (in Spanish). Archived from the original on 10 November 2005. Retrieved 10 February 2013.^ a b c “Reputed Boss of Gulf Cartel Held”. Los Angeles Times. Mexico City. 4 November 2000. Archived from the original on 9 February 2013. Retrieved 9 February 2013.^ Valdez, Javier (10 February 2001). “Formal prisi\u00f3n contra El se\u00f1or de los trailers”. La Jornada (in Spanish). Retrieved 10 February 2013.^ (subscription required) Efrain, Klerigan (7 November 2000). “Indaga FEADS nexos del narco Baldomero”. El Norte (Monterrey) (in Spanish). Editora El Sol, S.A. de C.V. ProQuest\u00a0315943243.^ Hern\u00e1ndez, Jes\u00fas (13 March 2003). “Osiel C\u00e1rdenas, de mesero y jefe policiaco a uno de los capos m\u00e1s sanguinarios y poderosos del narco”. La Cr\u00f3nica de Hoy (in Spanish). Archived from the original on 3 October 2012. Retrieved 10 February 2013.^ “REVOCAN SENTENCIA ABSOLUTORIA A HUGO BALDOMERO MEDINA GARZA (A) EL REY DE LOS TRAILERS” (in Spanish). Mexico City: Attorney General of Mexico. 29 November 2004. Archived from the original on 9 February 2013. Retrieved 9 February 2013.^ (subscription required) Efrain, Klerigan (7 November 2004). “Indaga FEADS los nexos del ‘narco’ Baldomero”. 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