Juan Garza

Juan Garza
Garza during a video in which he asks President George W. Bush to spare his life
Born
Juan Raul Garza

(1956-11-18)November 18, 1956
Brownsville, Texas, U.S.
DiedJune 19, 2001(2001-06-19) (aged 44)
USP Terre Haute, Indiana, U.S.
Known forBecoming the first (and currently the only) drug lord to be executed by the United States federal government
Criminal statusExecuted by lethal injection
SpouseElizabeth Garza
Children2
ConvictionsMurder in furtherance of a continuing criminal enterprise (21 U.S.C. § 848) (3 counts)
Engaging in a continuing criminal enterprise (21 U.S.C. § 848)
Money laundering (18 U.S.C. § 1956)
Conspiracy to import more than 1,000 kilograms of marijuana (21 U.S.C. §§ 952, 960, and 963)
Conspiracy to possess more than 1,000 kilograms of marijuana with intent to distribute (21 U.S.C. §§ 841 and 846)
Possession of marijuana with intent to distribute (21 U.S.C. § 841) (3 counts)
Criminal penaltyDeath
Details
Victims8+
Span of crimes
1990–1992
CountryUnited States and Mexico
StateTexas
Date apprehended
November 1992

Juan Raul Garza (November 18, 1956 – June 19, 2001) was an American murderer and drug lord who was executed by the United States federal government for three drug-related murders. In addition, Garza was linked to at least five other drug-related murders in Texas and Mexico. He was executed in 2001, eight days after Oklahoma City bomber Timothy McVeigh.

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