Alberto Espinoza Barrón (also known as ''La Fresa'' or 'The Strawberry') is a Mexican former
drug trafficker and lieutenant of the
La Familia Michoacana
La Familia Michoacana (, LFM; English: ''The Michoacán Family''), La Familia (English: ''The Family''), is a Mexican drug cartel & organized crime syndicate based in the Mexican state of Michoacán. They are known to produce large amounts of m ...
("Michoacán Family")
drug cartel
A drug cartel is a criminal organization composed of independent drug lords who collude with each other in order to improve their profits and dominate the illegal drug trade. Drug cartels form with the purpose of controlling the supply of the i ...
.
Alberto Espinoza was arrested by the Mexican military on 29 December 2008, and was succeeded by
Rafael Cedeño Hernández, who was also arrested on 20 April 2009.
See also
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War on Drugs
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Mérida Initiative
The Mérida Initiative (named after Mérida, the city where it was agreed upon), also called Plan Mexico (in reference to Plan Colombia), was a security cooperation agreement among the United States, the government of Mexico, and the countries o ...
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Mexican Drug War
The Mexican drug war is an List of ongoing armed conflicts, ongoing Asymmetric warfare, asymmetric armed conflict between the Federal government of Mexico, Mexican government and various Drug cartel#Mexico, drug trafficking syndicates. When the ...
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Living people
La Familia Michoacana traffickers
Mexican crime bosses
People of the Mexican Drug War
Mexican drug traffickers
Mexican people convicted of money laundering
Mexican prisoners and detainees
Year of birth missing (living people)
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