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'''Rafael Cedeño Hernández''' |
'''Rafael Cedeño Hernández''' is an imprisoned [[Mexico|Mexican]] [[drug trafficker]] who as the second-in-command of the [[La Familia Michoacana]] [[drug cartel]],<ref name=arrest > {{cite news | first=Graham Keeley | last= | coauthors= |authorlink= | title=Mexican police arrest 44 in baptism raid on drugs cartel | date=April 21, 2009 | publisher= | url =http://www.timesonline.co.uk/tol/news/world/us_and_americas/article6131629.ece | work =The Times | pages = | accessdate = 2009-12-28 | language = }}</ref> which is based in the Mexican state of [[Michoacan]]. |
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His drug cartel, 'La Familia' use [[murder]] and [[torture]] to quash rivals, while building a social base in the Mexican state of [[Michoacán]]. It is the fastest-growing cartel in the [[Mexican drug war|country’s drug war]] and is a religious cult-like group that celebrates family values,<ref name=Guardian > {{cite news | first=Jo | last=Tuckman | coauthors= |authorlink= | title=Teetotal Mexican drugs cartel claims divine right to push narcotics | date=July 5, 2009 | publisher= | url =http://www.guardian.co.uk/world/2009/jul/05/la-familia-mexico-drug-cartel | work =The Guardian | pages = | accessdate = 2009-08-14 | language = }}</ref><ref>[http://www.irishtimes.com/newspaper/world/2009/0706/1224250106303.html Cocaine cartel uses religion to control its killers]</ref> and justify 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=George W. Grayson | date=February 2009 | publisher=[[Foreign Policy Research Institute]] | archiveurl=http://www.webcitation.org/5joR97DuX | archivedate=2009-09-15}}</ref> |
His drug cartel, 'La Familia' use [[murder]] and [[torture]] to quash rivals, while building a social base in the Mexican state of [[Michoacán]]. It is the fastest-growing cartel in the [[Mexican drug war|country’s drug war]] and is a religious cult-like group that celebrates family values,<ref name=Guardian > {{cite news | first=Jo | last=Tuckman | coauthors= |authorlink= | title=Teetotal Mexican drugs cartel claims divine right to push narcotics | date=July 5, 2009 | publisher= | url =http://www.guardian.co.uk/world/2009/jul/05/la-familia-mexico-drug-cartel | work =The Guardian | pages = | accessdate = 2009-08-14 | language = }}</ref><ref>[http://www.irishtimes.com/newspaper/world/2009/0706/1224250106303.html Cocaine cartel uses religion to control its killers]</ref> and justify 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=George W. Grayson | date=February 2009 | publisher=[[Foreign Policy Research Institute]] | archiveurl=http://www.webcitation.org/5joR97DuX | archivedate=2009-09-15}}</ref> |
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Rafael Cedeño Hernández
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| Other names | El Cede |
| Known for | Lider of La Familia Michoacana |
| Successor | Nazario Moreno González |
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Rafael Cedeño Hernández is an imprisoned Mexican drug trafficker who as the second-in-command of the La Familia Michoacana drug cartel,[1] which is based in the Mexican state of Michoacan.
His drug cartel, 'La Familia' use murder and torture to quash rivals, while building a social base in the Mexican state of Michoacán. It is the fastest-growing cartel in the country’s drug war and is a religious cult-like group that celebrates family values,[2][3] and justify murder as 'divine justice'. [4]
Rafael Cedeño was arrested in April 20, 2009 during a raid at a christening party for a baby born to a cartel member.[1]
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