Rafael Cedeño Hernández: Difference between revisions

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'''Rafael Cedeño Hernández''' is ana imprisoned [[Mexican people|Mexican]]imprisoned [[drug trafficker]] who was a high-level leader of [[La Familia Michoacana]], a drug cartel based in the Mexican state of [[Michoacán]].<ref>{{cite news|last=De la Luz González|first=María|title=Cae presunto jefe de La Familia Michoacana|url=http://www.eluniversal.com.mx/notas/592042.html|accessdateaccess-date=23 November 2012|newspaper=[[El Universal (Mexico City)]]|date=19 April 2009|archiveurlarchive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20100420071226/http://www.webcitationeluniversal.orgcom.mx/6CNctzRySnotas/592042.html|archivedatearchive-date=2320 NovemberApril 20122010|deadurlurl-status=nolive|language=Spanishes}}</ref> He was the successor of [[Alberto Espinoza Barrón]], a drug trafficker who was arrested on 31 December 2008 by the Mexican authorities.<ref>{{cite news|title=Capturados 44 'narcos' durante una fiesta familiar en México|url=http://internacional.elpais.com/internacional/2009/04/19/actualidad/1240092014_850215.html|accessdateaccess-date=23 November 2012|newspaper=[[El País]]|date=19 April 2009|archiveurlarchive-url=httphttps://wwwweb.webcitationarchive.org/6CNd9gd30web/20121123034451/http://internacional.elpais.com/internacional/2009/04/19/actualidad/1240092014_850215.html|archivedatearchive-date=23 November 2012|deadurlurl-status=nolive|language=Spanishes}}</ref>

His drug cartel, La Familia Michoacana uses murder and [[torture]] to quash rivals, while building a social base in the Mexican state of Michoacán. It was the fastest-growing cartel in the [[Mexican drug war|country's drug war]], and is a religious cult-like group that celebrates family values, and justifies murder as "divine justice".<ref name="Grayson">{{cite web | url=http://www.fpri.org/enotes/200901.grayson.lafamilia.html | title=La Familia: Another Deadly Mexican Syndicate | author=Grayson, George W. | date=February 2009 | publisher=[[Foreign Policy Research Institute]] | archiveurlarchive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20090903015924/http://www.webcitationfpri.org/5joR97DuX/enotes/200901.grayson.lafamilia.html | archivedateurl-status=dead | archive-date=153 September 2009}}</ref><ref>{{cite news|last=Tuckerman|first=Jo|title=Teetotal Mexican drugs cartel claims divine right to push narcotics|url=https://www.theguardian.com/world/2009/jul/05/la-familia-mexico-drug-cartel|accessdateaccess-date=23 November 2012|newspaper=[[The Guardian]]|date=5 July 2009|archiveurlarchive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20130303134345/http://www.webcitationguardian.orgco.uk/6CNdSNl3Zworld/2009/jul/05/la-familia-mexico-drug-cartel|archivedatearchive-date=233 NovemberMarch 20122013|deadurlurl-status=nolive}}</ref><ref>{{cite news|last=Tuckerman|first=Jo|title=Cocaine cartel uses religion to control its killers|url=http://www.irishtimes.com/newspaper/world/2009/0706/1224250106303.html|accessdateaccess-date=23 November 2012|newspaper=[[The Irish Times]]|date=7 July 2009|archiveurlarchive-url=httphttps://livewebweb.archive.org/web/20121123035214/http://www.irishtimes.com/newspaper/world/2009/0706/1224250106303.html|archivedatearchive-date=23 November 2012|deadurlurl-status=nolive}}</ref>

Rafael Cedeño was arrested on 20 April 2009 during a raid at a baptism party for a baby born to a cartel member.<ref>{{cite news|title=Detenidos en un bautizo 44 miembros de un cartel|url=http://elpais.com/diario/2009/04/20/internacional/1240178411_850215.html|accessdateaccess-date=23 November 2012|newspaper=[[El País]]|date=20 April 2009|archiveurlarchive-url=httphttps://wwwweb.webcitationarchive.org/6CNdkigAAweb/20160303235121/http://elpais.com/diario/2009/04/20/internacional/1240178411_850215.html|archivedatearchive-date=233 NovemberMarch 20122016|deadurlurl-status=nolive|language=Spanishes}}</ref>

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