Jose Antonio Medina Arreguin, known as the ‘King of Heroin’ and as ‘Don Pepe,’ was arrested
Jose Antonio Medina Arreguin, known as the ‘King of Heroin’ and as ‘Don Pepe,’ was arrested Wednesday in the western Mexican state of Michoacan, according to Mexico’s Public Security Ministry. Medina Arreguin, 36, allegedly exported into the US some 200 kg of heroin per month, which according to Mexican police had a monthly street value of about $12 million. He also dealt in methamphetamines. Medina Arreguin led his own organisation, but he ’shared logistics’ with the La Familia Michoacana cartel, the authorities said. He was said to be in charge of producing, selling and transporting the drugs to the US, and was in contact with the main poppy producers in the southern Mexican state of Guerrero. He was active in Michoacan and used the route Tijuana-San Diego-Los Angeles to distribute the drugs, the authorities said. Medina Arreguin was expected to be extradited to the US.