Diego León Montoya Sánchez

Who is Diego León Montoya Sánchez?

Diego León Montoya Sánchez, also known as Don Diego, is a former Colombian crime boss leader of the Norte del Valle drug cartel. On October 25, 2002, Montoya was listed as a Specially Designated Narcotics Trafficker on the United States Department of Treasury's Specially Designated National List

On 6 May 2004 he became the 478th fugitive listed by the United States' Federal Bureau of Investigation on the Ten Most Wanted Fugitives list. Montoya was also wanted in Colombia, where authorities started numerous operations to capture him or his interests.

The United States Department of State's Narcotics Rewards Program offered reward of up to $5 million for information leading directly to his arrest or conviction, the highest amount offered at the time for a non-terrorist fugitive, effectively making the priority of his capture second only to that of Osama bin Laden.

On 15 January 2007, Montoya's brother and co-leader of the cartel, Eugenio, was captured in Colombia. On 10 September 2007 Colombian authorities announced that they had arrested Montoya himself in the west of the country after a long manhunt.