9. Amado Carrillo Fuentes:
Fortune: $25 billion
Amado Carrillo Fuentes was the second person in command in his cartel, but because of his desire to be the boss, he ended up killing the boss of the Juarez Cartel. He had two jets that smuggled large amounts of cocaine from Colombia to Mexico. He had plastic surgery done to avoid being caught by the police; however, it was his bodyguards who ended up killing him.