Juan Matta-Ballesteros
Male, Person
1945 –
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Who is Juan Matta-Ballesteros?
Juan Ramón Matta-Ballesteros is a former drug lord with ties to the Colombian Medellin Cartel and the Guadalajara Cartel.
In April 1988, he was taken from his Tegucigalpa home by United States Marshals, sent to the United States for trial, and convicted of the kidnap and assassination of Enrique Camarena, as well as other charges. Matta is serving 12 life sentences at the United States Penitentiary, Florence High, a high-security federal prison in Colorado.
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