Jorge Eduardo Costilla

Jorge Eduardo Costilla Sánchez, nicknamed El Coss, is a Mexican drug lord and the leader of the criminal drug trafficking organization known as the Gulf Cartel. Costilla was born on August 1, 1971. From 1992 to 1995 he worked as a Matamoros city police officer, where he became familiar with the drug trade. After Osiel Cárdenas Guillén seized control of the Gulf Cartel in 1995, he selected Costilla as his lieutenant. The Gulf Cartel is responsible for the importation and distribution of thousands of kilograms of cocaine and marijuana into the United States annually. After the arrest of the cartel leader Osiel Cardenas, Costilla took control and became partner with Heriberto Lazcano and Hector Manuel Sauceda Gamboa (El Karis). Sauceda was...