The top prize, López Obrador said, is a four-bedroom villa in the upscale Mexico City neighborhood of Jardines del Pedregal worth $3.88 million. The president didn’t mention it, but the residence was owned by late Juárez drug cartel kingpin Amado Carrillo Fuentes, better known by the name “Lord of The Skies” for his use of private planes to fly cocaine worldwide. He died in 1997 after a botched plastic surgery attempt to drastically alter his face. The villa — one of dozens of sites Carrillo owned in the United States and Mexico — has an indoor pool with a skylight, a child’s playhouse in the garden and wine cellars.

Source: Washington Post July 10, 2021 20:05 UTC