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Amado Carrillo Fuentes (December 17, 1956 – July 7, 1997) was a Mexican narcotrafficker and drug lord. Born in Navolato, Sinaloa, he was the head of the Juárez Cartel between the years 1993 and 1997. He obtained the nickname "el Señor de los Cielos" due to his usage of commercial airlines to illegally traffic drugs.

Fuentes has been portrayed in various media, mainly as the main antagonist of the American television program Narcos: Mexico (2018), and in the El Señor de los Cielos (2013).

Early life and Guadalajara Cartel
Amado Carrillo Fuentes was born on December 17, 1956 in Navolato, Sinaloa, Mexico, to Aurora Fuentes Lopez and Walter Carrillo Vega, who was a landowner. Fuentes had eleven siblings, including his sister Alicia and his brother Cipriano. According to local myth, Fuentes left his town of birth during his early adolescence, stating that he would not return until he gained a profit; while living in Chihuahua, Fuentes was introduced to the cannabis and opium trade, leaning how to extract opium from poppy flowers. Fuentes became involved in the Guadalajara Cartel at a young age via his uncle, Ernesto Fonseca Carrillo, who was also the cartel's leader. While being part of the Guadalajara Cartel, he oversaw the cartel's distribution of drug shipments. As he consolidated himself as a prominent figure in the cartel, he attempted to get his eleven siblings to join the cartel with him. Around this time, his brother Cipriano died of unknown causes.