conviction_status children alias birth_place nationality charge birth_date spouse article_title name occupation
incarcerated claudia and maria matta matta , juan ramon matta -lrb- son -rrb- el negro tegucigalpa , honduras honduran drug trafficking , murder , kidnapping 12 january 1945 nancy de matta juan matta-ballesteros
 juan ramon matta ballesteros former drug lord , medellín cartel
juan matta-ballesteros

juan ramón matta-ballesteros -lrb- january 12 , 1945 -rrb- -lrb- commonly known as `` ramón matta '' -rrb- is a former drug lord with ties to the colombian medellin cartel and the guadalajara cartel .
in april 1988 , he was taken from his tegucigalpa home by united states marshals , sent to the united states for trial , and convicted of the kidnap and assassination of enrique camarena , as well as other charges .
matta is serving 12 life sentences at the united states penitentiary , canaan , a high-security federal prison in pennsylvania .
