place_of_birth juan nepomuceno guerra
___MASK38___ is the second largest state in the United States by both area and population . Geographically located in the south central part ___MASK37___ the country , ___MASK38___ shares borders with the U . S . states ___MASK37___ ___MASK96___ to the east , Arkansas to the northeast , Oklahoma to the north , New Mexico to the west , and the Mexican states ___MASK37___ Chihuahua , Coahuila , Nuevo León , and Tamaulipas to the southwest , while the Gulf ___MASK37___ Mexico is to the southeast . ___MASK63___ (, modern Nahuatl ), officially the United Mexican States , is a federal ___MASK92___ in the southern half ___MASK37___ North America . It is bordered to the north by the United States ; to the south and west by the Pacific Ocean ; to the southeast by ___MASK71___ , Belize , and the Caribbean Sea ; and to the east by the Gulf ___MASK37___ ___MASK63___ . Covering almost two million square kilometers ( over 760 , 000 sq mi ), ___MASK63___ is the sixth largest country in the Americas by total area and the 13th largest independent nation in the world . With an estimated population ___MASK37___ over 120 million , it is the eleventh most populous country and the most populous Spanish - speaking country in the world while being the second most populous country in Latin America . ___MASK63___ is a federation comprising 31 states and a federal district that is also its capital and most populous city . Other metropolises include Guadalajara , Monterrey , Puebla , Toluca , Tijuana and León . Juan Nepomuceno Guerra Cárdenas ( July 18 , 1915 -- July 12 , 2001 ) was a Mexican crime lord , businessman , and smuggler who founded the Gulf Cartel , a drug trafficking organization . He is often considered the `` godfather '' ___MASK37___ U . S - Mexico border cartels . He began his criminal career in the 1930s by smuggling alcohol from Mexico during the Prohibition in the United States . He later diversified to other cross - border smuggling activities . He is the uncle ___MASK37___ Juan García Ábrego , once ' s Mexico ' s most - wanted man . ___MASK81___ is the county seat ___MASK37___ Cameron County , Texas . It is the sixteenth most populous city in the state ___MASK37___ Texas , with a population at the 2010 census ___MASK37___ 175 , 023 and an estimated population in 2014 ___MASK37___ 183 , 046 . It is located at the southernmost tip ___MASK37___ Texas , on the northern bank ___MASK37___ the ___MASK79___ , directly north and across the border from ___MASK22___ , Tamaulipas , Mexico . The 2014 U . S . Census Bureau estimate placed the ___MASK81___ - Harlingen metropolitan area population at 420 , 392 , making it the ninth most populous metropolitan area in the state ___MASK37___ Texas . In addition , the international ___MASK22___  ___MASK81___ Metropolitan Area was estimated to have a population ___MASK37___ 1 , 136 , 995 . ___MASK81___ has one ___MASK37___ the highest poverty rates in the nation , and is frequently cited as having the highest percentage ___MASK37___ residents below the federal poverty level out ___MASK37___ all cities in the nation . The Gulf Cartel (" Golfos ", or " CDG ") is a criminal syndicate and drug trafficking organization in ___MASK63___ , and perhaps one ___MASK37___ the oldest organized crime groups in the country . It is currently based in ___MASK22___ , Tamaulipas , directly across the border from Brownsville , Texas . ___MASK22___ , officially known as Heroica ___MASK22___ is a city in the northeastern Mexican state of Tamaulipas . It is the first , largest , and most populous municipality in all of Tamaulipas . According to the interstate census of 2016 , it has a population of 520 , 367 . It is located on the southern bank of the Rio Grande , directly across the border from Brownsville , Texas , in the United States . ___MASK22___ is the second largest city in the state of Tamaulipas . As of 2016 , ___MASK22___ has a population of 520 , 367 . In addition , the ___MASK22___  Brownsville Metropolitan Area has a population of 1 387 985 , making it the 4th largest metropolitan area on the Mexico  US border . ___MASK22___ is the 39th largest city in Mexico and anchors the second largest metropolitan area in Tamaulipas . ___MASK21___ , officially the Free and Sovereign State ___MASK37___ ___MASK21___ , is one ___MASK37___ the 31 states which , with Mexico City , comprise the 32 Federal Entities ___MASK37___ Mexico . It is divided into 43 municipalities and its capital city is Ciudad Victoria . The capital city was named after Guadalupe Victoria , the first President ___MASK37___ Mexico .