Badiraguato Municipality
Municipality of Badiraguato is a municipality in Sinaloa in northwestern Mexico.[2] The seat of the municipality is in the small town of Badiraguato.
Badiraguato Municipality
Municipio de Badiraguato | |
|---|---|
 Seal | |
 Location of the municipality in Sinaloa | |
| Coordinates: 25°21′46″N 107°33′05″W | |
| Country |  Mexico |
| State |  Sinaloa |
| Seat | Badiraguato |
| No. of Sindicaturas | 15 |
| Foundation | 1915 |
| Government | |
| • Municipal president | Ángel Robles Bañuelos |
| Area | |
| • Total | 5,864.75 km2 (2,264.39 sq mi) |
| Population (2010) | |
| • Total | 29,999[1] |
| Time zone | UTC-7 (Mountain Standard Time) |
| • Summer (DST) | UTC-6 (Mountain Daylight Time) |
| Website | Official website |
The municipality is in the Sierra Madre Occidental.
It is the birthplace of Joaquín Guzmán Loera, Mexico's most powerful drug lord.[3]
Political subdivision
Badiraguato Municipality is subdivided in 15 sindicaturas:
- El Varejonal
- Ciénega de los Lara
- Cortijos de Guaténipa
- Otatillos
- Higueras de Teófilo Álvarez Borboa
- San Nicolás del Sitio
- Santiago de los Caballeros
- San Javier
- San José del Llano
- Huixiopa
- San Luis Gonzaga
- Potrero de Bejarano
- Surutato
- Santa Rita
- Tameapa
Notable people from Badiraguato Municipality
- Arturo Beltrán Leyva, Mexican drug kingpin and one of the founders of Beltrán Leyva Cartel (born in Badiraguato)
- Alfredo Beltrán Leyva, Mexican drug kingpin and one of the founders of Beltrán Leyva Cartel (born in Badiraguato)
- Carlos Beltrán Leyva, Mexican drug kingpin and one of the founders of Beltrán Leyva Cartel (born in Badiraguato)
- Héctor Beltrán Leyva, Mexican drug kingpin and one of the founders of Beltrán Leyva Cartel (born in Badiraguato)
- Rafael Caro Quintero, Mexican drug kingpin, one of the founders of Guadalajara Cartel and older brother of Miguel Caro Quintero (founder and leader of Sonora Cartel)
- Ernesto Fonseca Carrillo, Mexican drug kingpin, one of the founders of Guadalajara Cartel and uncle of Amado Carrillo Fuentes a.k.a "El Señor de los Cielos" ("The Lord of Skies"), founder and former head of Juárez Cartel
- Juan José Esparragoza Moreno, Mexican drug kingpin and one of the founders and leaders of Sinaloa Cartel
- Joaquín "El Chapo" Guzmán, Mexican drug kingpin, and one of the founders and leaders of Sinaloa Cartel
References
- "Main results by locality 2010". INEGI. 2010.
- "-". Enciclopedia de los Municipios de México. Instituto Nacional para el Federalismo y el Desarrollo Municipal. Retrieved January 11, 2010.
- Stephey, M.J. (13 May 2009). "Joaquin Guzman Loera: Billionaire Drug Lord". Times. Retrieved 24 January 2012.
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