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CARLOS ANDRES RIVERA VARELA

Crime · Wanted

CARLOS ANDRES RIVERA VARELA is a person of interest. They have not been found on international sanctions lists.

Type	Person				[sources]
Name	CARLOS ANDRES RIVERA VARELA				[sources]
Alias	El Colombiano · La Firma				[sources]
Weak alias	More · Morro				[sources]
Birth date	1986-06-19				[sources]
Place of birth	Colombia				[sources]
Gender	male				[sources]
Nationality	not available				[sources]
Eye color	Brown				[sources]
Hair color	Brown				[sources]
Height	5'10"				[sources]
Weight	Approximately 185 pounds				[sources]
Ethnicity	White (Hispanic)				[sources]
Source link	www.fbi.gov				[sources]
Last change	2025-12-11	Last processed	2025-12-11	First seen	2025-12-11

Descriptions

Carlos Andres Rivera Varela is an alleged high-ranking leader of Jalisco New Generation Cartel (CJNG), a major transnational cartel and designated foreign terrorist organization based in Mexico. Rivera Varela and others allegedly directed an international complex fraud scheme targeting American timeshare owners in Mexico. Over the past decade, this operation allegedly laundered hundreds of millions in alternative revenue to finance CJNG’s drug and weapons trade. Rivera Varela is also an alleged leader of elite sicario hitmen units responsible for extreme violence and high-profile assassinations with access to military-grade weaponry.

— US FBI Most Wanted, 2025-12-11