Jesus Hernando Gutierrez Mansilla

Jesus Hernando Gutierrez Mansilla
Born Bolivia
Died November 2008
Asunción, Paraguay
Nationality Bolivian
Occupation Head of the Santa Cruz Cartel
Criminal charge Drug trafficking and smuggling

Jesus Hernando Gutierrez Mansilla was a Bolivian drug lord, cocaine trafficker, and at one point head of the Santa Cruz Cartel.

Biography

Criminal career

He was the son of Alfredo "Cutuchi" Gutierrez who was also a notorious drug lord. Commonly known as "Nando" he gained notoriety when he was arrested in 1993 for his alleged involvement in the Narco Statue case where authorities seized a large amount of cocaine concealed inside tiny statues that were to be exported. According to Gutiérrez, he was taken to a detention house immediately after his arrest where he was tortured by Bolivian FELCN and DEA agents.[1] He was never convicted and was out on parole within a few years.

Death

In December 2007 Gutierrez was arrested in Paraguay when he was caught with 20 kilos of cocaine at the port of Mariano Roque Alonso, just North of the capital city of Asunción. In November 2008 Gutierrez was killed during a prison riot along with two of his henchmen at the Tacumbu Prison in Asuncion Paraguay. It is suspected that the riot was orchestrated and financed by someone outside of the prison for the sole purpose of killing Gutierrez.

In 2011 Vice President of Bolivia Garcia Lineras gave a speech on how his administration inherited a government penetrated by drug trafficking in which he partly blames Gutierrez and the Narco Statue Case.

References

  1. ↑ https://www.tni.org/en/archives/act/4417
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