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Hector Huerta Rios

Hector Huerta Rios (died 4 July 2019) was a high-ranking member of the Beltran-Leyva Cartel in Mexico and its acting leader from 2014 to 2019, succeeding Hector Beltran Leyva.

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Hector Huerta Rios, nicknamed "La Burra", became leader of the Beltran-Leyva Cartel's operations in Monterrey, Mexicoduring the 2000s. He was arrested on 24 March 2009 at his San Pedro Garza Garcia luxury car dealership, but he was later released and became the acting leader after Hector Beltran Leyva's arrest in 2014. On 4 July 2019, he was shot dead in Zapopan, Jalisco during a dispute with another member of the cartel over control of San Pedro Garza Garcia.

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