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| birth_date = {{Birth date|1970|09|14|df=y}}<ref>{{cite web|title=La Familia Michoacana|url=http://www.treasury.gov/press/releases/reports/final%20chart%20%2025%20feb%202010.pdf|publisher=[[U.S. Department of the Treasury]]|accessdate=1 April 2014|archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20100310082159/http://www.treasury.gov/press/releases/reports/final%20chart%20%2025%20feb%202010.pdf|archivedate=1 April 2014|date=February 2010}}</ref>
| birth_date = {{Birth date|df=yes|1970|09|14}}<ref>{{cite web|title=La Familia Michoacana|url=http://www.treasury.gov/press/releases/reports/final%20chart%20%2025%20feb%202010.pdf|publisher=[[U.S. Department of the Treasury]]|access-date=1 April 2014|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20100310082159/http://www.treasury.gov/press/releases/reports/final%20chart%20%2025%20feb%202010.pdf|archive-date=10 March 2010 |date=February 2010}}</ref>
| birth_place = [[Nueva Italia, Michoacán]], [[Mexico]]
| birth_place = [[Nueva Italia, Michoacán]], Mexico
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| charge = [[Drug trafficking]], [[murder]], [[extortion]], [[money laundering]], [[kidnapping]]
| charge = Drug trafficking, murder, [[extortion]], [[money laundering]], [[kidnapping]]
| alias = ''La Chiva'', ''El Kike''
| alias = ''La Chiva'', ''El Kike''
| occupation = Leader of the [[Knights Templar (gang)|Knights Templar]]
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| reward_amount = Mexico: $10 Million [[Mexico|Mexican]] Pesos;<br>USA: $1.6 million USD
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'''Enrique Plancarte Solís''' (14 September 1970 – 31 March 2014) was a Mexican drug lord and high-ranking leader of the [[Knights Templar Cartel]], a drug cartel headquartered in the state of [[Michoacán]]. Prior to his tenure in the Knights Templar, he was a top leader of the split-off group [[La Familia Michoacana]].
'''Enrique Plancarte Solís''' (14 September 1970 – 31 March 2014) was a Mexican drug lord and high-ranking leader of the [[Knights Templar Cartel]], a drug cartel headquartered in the state of [[Michoacán]]. Prior to his tenure in the Knights Templar, he was a top leader of the split-off group [[La Familia Michoacana]].


==Criminal career==
==Criminal career==
Plancarte Solís was a high-ranking leader of [[La Familia Michoacana]] [[drug cartel]].<ref>[http://www.justice.gov/dea/pubs/pressrel/pr102209a1.pdf La Familia Michoacana Fact Sheet] [[DEA]]</ref><ref name=predicadores>{{cite news | first = Gustavo Castillo García | title = Sicarios y predicadores | date = July 15, 2009 | url = http://www.jornada.unam.mx/2009/07/15/index.php?section=politica&article=003n2pol | work = La Jornada | accessdate = 2010-10-10 | language = Spanish}}</ref><ref>[http://www.eluniversal.com.mx/notas/647804.html Cae responsable de narcolaboratorios de La Familia] (December 23, 2009) ''El Universal'' (in Spanish).</ref> Following the reported death of [[Nazario Moreno González]] in 2010, La Familia Michoacana broke off and formed the [[Knights Templar Cartel]],<ref name='Reforma'>{{cite news | title = Prevén arrecie lucha por lugar del 'Chayo' en Michoacán | date = 29 May 2011 | publisher = Terra | url = http://www.terra.com.mx/noticias/articulo/1122023/Preven+arrecie+lucha+por+lugar+del+Chayo+en+Michoacan.htm | work = Reforma | accessdate = 2011-05-29 | language = Spanish}}</ref><ref name=opqlzq>[http://www.mexico.vg/mexicos-drug-cartels/el-chango-mendez-la-familia-michoacana-arrested/5395 El Chango Mendez arrestado.] (in Spanish)</ref> an [[organized crime]] gang based in the Mexican state of [[Michoacán]]. Plancarte was one of its top lieutenants. His duties were to coordinate the production and smuggling operations of [[methamphetamine]] from [[Mexico]] into [[U.S.A.]]<ref name=predicadores/> He was wanted by the governments of Mexico and the U.S.<ref>[http://sanctionlaw.com/2010/02/ OFAC Issues Kingpin Act Designations; Places Individuals and Entities on the SDN List] (February 25, 2010)</ref><ref>[http://www.ustreas.gov/press/releases/tg564.htm Treasury Sanctions La Familia Michoacana Leadership]</ref><ref>[http://alertaperiodistica.com.mx/boletina-eu-a-los-lderes-de-la-familia-michoacana.html Boletina EU a los líderes de La Familia Michoacana]</ref>
Plancarte Solís was a high-ranking leader of [[La Familia Michoacana]] drug cartel.<ref>[https://www.justice.gov/dea/pubs/pressrel/pr102209a1.pdf La Familia Michoacana Fact Sheet] {{webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120722000843/http://www.justice.gov/dea/pubs/pressrel/pr102209a1.pdf |date=22 July 2012 }} [[Drug Enforcement Administration|DEA]]</ref><ref name=predicadores>{{cite news | first = Gustavo Castillo |last=García | title = Sicarios y predicadores | date = 15 July 2009 | url = http://www.jornada.unam.mx/2009/07/15/index.php?section=politica&article=003n2pol | work = La Jornada | access-date = 10 October 2010 | language = es}}</ref><ref>[http://www.eluniversal.com.mx/notas/647804.html Cae responsable de narcolaboratorios de La Familia] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20121009144048/http://www.eluniversal.com.mx/notas/647804.html |date=9 October 2012 }} (23 December 2009) ''El Universal'' (in Spanish).</ref> Following the reported death of [[Nazario Moreno González]] in 2010, La Familia Michoacana broke off and formed the [[Knights Templar Cartel]],<ref name='Reforma'>{{cite news | title = Prevén arrecie lucha por lugar del 'Chayo' en Michoacán | date = 29 May 2011 | publisher = Terra | url = http://www.terra.com.mx/noticias/articulo/1122023/Preven+arrecie+lucha+por+lugar+del+Chayo+en+Michoacan.htm | work = Reforma | access-date = 29 May 2011 | language = es | archive-date = 1 June 2011 | archive-url = https://web.archive.org/web/20110601235246/http://www.terra.com.mx/noticias/articulo/1122023/Preven+arrecie+lucha+por+lugar+del+Chayo+en+Michoacan.htm | url-status = dead }}</ref><ref name=opqlzq>[http://www.mexico.vg/mexicos-drug-cartels/el-chango-mendez-la-familia-michoacana-arrested/5395 El Chango Mendez arrestado.] {{webarchive |url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110625134719/http://www.mexico.vg/mexicos-drug-cartels/el-chango-mendez-la-familia-michoacana-arrested/5395 |date=25 June 2011 }} (in Spanish)</ref> an [[organized crime]] gang based in the Mexican state of [[Michoacán]]. Plancarte was one of its top lieutenants. His duties were to coordinate the production and smuggling operations of [[methamphetamine]] from [[Mexico]] into US<ref name=predicadores/> He was wanted by the governments of Mexico and the U.S.<ref>[http://sanctionlaw.com/2010/02/ OFAC Issues Kingpin Act Designations; Places Individuals and Entities on the SDN List] (25 February 2010)</ref><ref>[http://www.ustreas.gov/press/releases/tg564.htm Treasury Sanctions La Familia Michoacana Leadership] {{webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20100527184646/http://www.ustreas.gov/press/releases/tg564.htm |date=27 May 2010 }}</ref><ref>[http://alertaperiodistica.com.mx/boletina-eu-a-los-lderes-de-la-familia-michoacana.html Boletina EU a los líderes de La Familia Michoacana] {{webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110722223317/http://alertaperiodistica.com.mx/boletina-eu-a-los-lderes-de-la-familia-michoacana.html |date=22 July 2011 }}</ref>


==Kingpin Act sanction==
==Kingpin Act sanction==
On 25 February 2010, the [[United States Department of the Treasury]] sanctioned Plancarte Solís under the [[Foreign Narcotics Kingpin Designation Act]] (sometimes referred to simply as the "Kingpin Act"), for his involvement in drug trafficking along with twenty-one other international criminals and ten foreign entities.<ref>{{cite web|title=DESIGNATIONS PURSUANT TO THE FOREIGN NARCOTICS KINGPIN DESIGNATION ACT|url=http://www.treasury.gov/resource-center/sanctions/Programs/Documents/narco_designations_kingpin.pdf|publisher=[[United States Department of the Treasury]]|accessdate=28 May 2014|page=10|date=15 May 2014|archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20130514025153/http://www.treasury.gov/resource-center/sanctions/Programs/Documents/narco_designations_kingpin.pdf|archivedate=28 May 2014|deadurl=no}}</ref> The act prohibited U.S. citizens and companies from doing any king of business activity with him, and virtually froze all his assets in the U.S.<ref>{{cite web|title=An overview of the Foreign Narcotics Kingpin Designation Act|url=http://www.assetsearchblog.com/uploads/file/drugs.pdf|publisher=[[United States Department of the Treasury]]|accessdate=28 May 2014|archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20140528053616/http://www.assetsearchblog.com/uploads/file/drugs.pdf|archivedate=28 May 2014|page=1|date=2009}}</ref>
On 25 February 2010, the [[United States Department of the Treasury]] sanctioned Plancarte Solís under the [[Foreign Narcotics Kingpin Designation Act]] (sometimes referred to simply as the "Kingpin Act"), for his involvement in drug trafficking along with twenty-one other international criminals and ten foreign entities.<ref>{{cite web|title=DESIGNATIONS PURSUANT TO THE FOREIGN NARCOTICS KINGPIN DESIGNATION ACT |url=http://www.treasury.gov/resource-center/sanctions/Programs/Documents/narco_designations_kingpin.pdf |publisher=[[United States Department of the Treasury]] |access-date=28 May 2014 |page=10 |date=15 May 2014 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20130514025153/http://www.treasury.gov/resource-center/sanctions/Programs/Documents/narco_designations_kingpin.pdf |archive-date=14 May 2013 |url-status=dead |df=dmy }}</ref> The act prohibited U.S. citizens and companies from doing any kind of business activity with him, and virtually froze all his assets in the U.S.<ref>{{cite web|title=An overview of the Foreign Narcotics Kingpin Designation Act|url=http://www.assetsearchblog.com/uploads/file/drugs.pdf|publisher=[[United States Department of the Treasury]]|access-date=28 May 2014|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140528053616/http://www.assetsearchblog.com/uploads/file/drugs.pdf|archive-date=28 May 2014|page=1|date=2009}}</ref>


==Death==
==Death==
Plancarte Solís was killed in a gunfight with soldiers of the [[Mexican Navy]] on 31 March 2014 in [[Colón, Querétaro]].<ref>{{cite news|title=Abaten en Querétaro a "Kike" Plancarte, líder de Los Templarios|url=http://www.proceso.com.mx/?p=368580|accessdate=1 April 2014|newspaper=[[Proceso (magazine)]]|date=30 March 2014|archivedate=Spanish}}</ref>
Plancarte Solís was killed in a gunfight with soldiers of the [[Mexican Navy]] on 31 March 2014 in [[Colón, Querétaro]].<ref>{{cite news|title=Abaten en Querétaro a "Kike" Plancarte, líder de Los Templarios|url=http://www.proceso.com.mx/?p=368580|access-date=1 April 2014|newspaper=[[Proceso (magazine)|Proceso]]|date=30 March 2014|archive-date=3 April 2014|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140403165228/http://www.proceso.com.mx/?p=368580|url-status=dead}}</ref>


== Personal life and family ==
== Personal life and family ==
In 2014, the Mexican singer Melissa admitted to being Plancarte Solis' daughter.<ref>[http://www.latintimes.com/melissa-la-princesa-de-la-banda-admits-her-dad-knights-templar-cartel-leader-146913]</ref> His cousin Jesús Ramírez Plancarte was arrested by Mexican security forces on 22 May 2014.<ref>{{cite news|title=Detienen a presunto primo de Kike Plancarte en Apatzingán|url=http://www.eluniversal.com.mx/estados/2014/primo-kike-plancarte-1012184.html|accessdate=23 May 2014|newspaper=[[El Universal (Mexico City)]]|date=22 May 2014|language=Spanish}}</ref>
In 2014, the Mexican singer Melissa admitted to being Plancarte Solis' daughter.<ref>{{Cite web|url=http://www.latintimes.com/melissa-la-princesa-de-la-banda-admits-her-dad-knights-templar-cartel-leader-146913|title='La Princesa de la Banda' Admits Her Dad is Knights Templar Leader|date=24 January 2014}}</ref> His cousin Jesús Ramírez Plancarte was arrested by Mexican security forces on 22 May 2014.<ref>{{cite news|title=Detienen a presunto primo de Kike Plancarte en Apatzingán|url=http://www.eluniversal.com.mx/estados/2014/primo-kike-plancarte-1012184.html|access-date=23 May 2014|newspaper=[[El Universal (Mexico City)|El Universal]]|date=22 May 2014|language=es}}</ref> His nephew Mario Loya Contreras was arrested by the Mexican Federal Police in Apatzingán with four other suspected criminals on 5 June 2014.<ref>{{cite news|title=Caen familiares de 'El Chayo' y 'El Kike' Plancarte en Apatzingán |url=http://www.proceso.com.mx/?p=373901 |access-date=5 June 2014 |publisher=[[Proceso (magazine)|Proceso]] |date=5 June 2014 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140605190722/http://www.proceso.com.mx/?p=373901 |archive-date=5 June 2014 |language=es |url-status=dead |df=dmy }}</ref>


==See also ==
==See also ==
*[[War on Drugs]]
*[[Mexican Drug War]]
*[[Mexican Drug War]]
*[[Mérida Initiative]]
*[[Mérida Initiative]]
*[[War on Drugs]]


==References==
==References==
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{{Mexican Drug War}}


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Revision as of 09:16, 10 March 2024

Enrique Plancarte Solís
Born(1970-09-14)14 September 1970[1]
Died31 March 2014(2014-03-31) (aged 43)
Other namesLa Chiva, El Kike
OccupationLeader of the Knights Templar
Criminal chargeDrug trafficking, murder, extortion, money laundering, kidnapping
Reward amount
Mexico: $10 Million Mexican Pesos;
USA: $1.6 million USD

Enrique Plancarte Solís (14 September 1970 – 31 March 2014) was a Mexican drug lord and high-ranking leader of the Knights Templar Cartel, a drug cartel headquartered in the state of Michoacán. Prior to his tenure in the Knights Templar, he was a top leader of the split-off group La Familia Michoacana.

Criminal career

Plancarte Solís was a high-ranking leader of La Familia Michoacana drug cartel.[2][3][4] Following the reported death of Nazario Moreno González in 2010, La Familia Michoacana broke off and formed the Knights Templar Cartel,[5][6] an organized crime gang based in the Mexican state of Michoacán. Plancarte was one of its top lieutenants. His duties were to coordinate the production and smuggling operations of methamphetamine from Mexico into US[3] He was wanted by the governments of Mexico and the U.S.[7][8][9]

Kingpin Act sanction

On 25 February 2010, the United States Department of the Treasury sanctioned Plancarte Solís under the Foreign Narcotics Kingpin Designation Act (sometimes referred to simply as the "Kingpin Act"), for his involvement in drug trafficking along with twenty-one other international criminals and ten foreign entities.[10] The act prohibited U.S. citizens and companies from doing any kind of business activity with him, and virtually froze all his assets in the U.S.[11]

Death

Plancarte Solís was killed in a gunfight with soldiers of the Mexican Navy on 31 March 2014 in Colón, Querétaro.[12]

Personal life and family

In 2014, the Mexican singer Melissa admitted to being Plancarte Solis' daughter.[13] His cousin Jesús Ramírez Plancarte was arrested by Mexican security forces on 22 May 2014.[14] His nephew Mario Loya Contreras was arrested by the Mexican Federal Police in Apatzingán with four other suspected criminals on 5 June 2014.[15]

See also

References

  1. ^ "La Familia Michoacana" (PDF). U.S. Department of the Treasury. February 2010. Archived from the original (PDF) on 10 March 2010. Retrieved 1 April 2014.
  2. ^ La Familia Michoacana Fact Sheet Archived 22 July 2012 at the Wayback Machine DEA
  3. ^ a b García, Gustavo Castillo (15 July 2009). "Sicarios y predicadores". La Jornada (in Spanish). Retrieved 10 October 2010.
  4. ^ Cae responsable de narcolaboratorios de La Familia Archived 9 October 2012 at the Wayback Machine (23 December 2009) El Universal (in Spanish).
  5. ^ "Prevén arrecie lucha por lugar del 'Chayo' en Michoacán". Reforma (in Spanish). Terra. 29 May 2011. Archived from the original on 1 June 2011. Retrieved 29 May 2011.
  6. ^ El Chango Mendez arrestado. Archived 25 June 2011 at the Wayback Machine (in Spanish)
  7. ^ OFAC Issues Kingpin Act Designations; Places Individuals and Entities on the SDN List (25 February 2010)
  8. ^ Treasury Sanctions La Familia Michoacana Leadership Archived 27 May 2010 at the Wayback Machine
  9. ^ Boletina EU a los líderes de La Familia Michoacana Archived 22 July 2011 at the Wayback Machine
  10. ^ "DESIGNATIONS PURSUANT TO THE FOREIGN NARCOTICS KINGPIN DESIGNATION ACT" (PDF). United States Department of the Treasury. 15 May 2014. p. 10. Archived from the original (PDF) on 14 May 2013. Retrieved 28 May 2014.
  11. ^ "An overview of the Foreign Narcotics Kingpin Designation Act" (PDF). United States Department of the Treasury. 2009. p. 1. Archived from the original (PDF) on 28 May 2014. Retrieved 28 May 2014.
  12. ^ "Abaten en Querétaro a "Kike" Plancarte, líder de Los Templarios". Proceso. 30 March 2014. Archived from the original on 3 April 2014. Retrieved 1 April 2014.
  13. ^ "'La Princesa de la Banda' Admits Her Dad is Knights Templar Leader". 24 January 2014.
  14. ^ "Detienen a presunto primo de Kike Plancarte en Apatzingán". El Universal (in Spanish). 22 May 2014. Retrieved 23 May 2014.
  15. ^ "Caen familiares de 'El Chayo' y 'El Kike' Plancarte en Apatzingán" (in Spanish). Proceso. 5 June 2014. Archived from the original on 5 June 2014. Retrieved 5 June 2014.