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Fred Gómez Carrasco
Federico (or Alfredo) Gómez Carrasco (February 10, 1940 – August 3, 1974; "El Señor") was an American drug baron of Mexican descent. Based in Nuevo Laredo, Carrasco was the most powerful heroin kingpin in South Texas during his prime in the late 1960s and early 1970s. He has been cited as the "biggest and deadliest drug lord on the Texas-Mexico border, overseeing a cocaine and heroin empire that stretched from Guadalajara to San Diego, California, and Chicago, Illinois." He was described as a "slightly overweight Mexican man of average height, perhaps a little taller than most Mexican men", who never smiled, and although only 34, was already referred to as "El Viejo" (The Old Man) due to his experience in drug dealing. In Gilb's ''Hecho en Tejas'', he states that "more ''corridos'' have been written about Carrasco than Gregorio Cortez". Carrasco was born in San Antonio, Texas, in 1940. He served two years in prison on a murder without malice conviction from 1958. He was arr ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Nuevo Laredo
Nuevo Laredo () is a city in the Municipality of Nuevo Laredo in the Mexican List of states of Mexico, state of Tamaulipas. The city lies on the banks of the Rio Grande, across from Laredo, Texas, Laredo, United States. The 2010 census population of the city was 373,725. Nuevo Laredo is part of the Laredo-Nuevo Laredo Metropolitan Area with a population of 636,516. The municipality has an area of . Nuevo Laredo is considered the “customs capital of Latin America” because of its high volume of international trade operations in the region, and number 1 in importance for US inland commercial traffic. Both the city and the municipality rank as the third largest in the state. The city is connected to Laredo, United States by International bridges in Laredo, Texas, three international bridges and Texas-Mexican Railway International Bridge, a rail bridge. The city is larger and younger than its US counterpart. As an indication of its economic importance, one of Mexico's ''bandera ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
