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Wednesday, March 1, 2023

From the Archives - The King of Crystal

 From within the deep pages of Borderland Beat 

By Buggs for Borderland Beat

During the early years when El Cártel del Pacífico was considered the most violent and powerful criminal group in the Mexican narco world, it possessed the greatest capacity for the cultivation of heroin, as well as the trafficking of cocaine from South America.

Ignacio "Nacho" Coronel Villarreal was an important piece of the puzzle.

Nacho Coronel bought tons of cocaine from the Colombian cartels and was responsible for the production of large quantities of methamphetamines in clandestine laboratories. That earned him the nickname "The King of the Crystal."