Feared Mexican gang leader dies of coronavirus in prison

The once notorious leader of a feared Mexican drug cartel has died in state prison from the novel coronavirus, according to a report.

Moisés Escamilla May, 45, had been serving a 37-year sentence at the Puente Grande maximum-security prison in Jalisco state, BBC reported on Monday.

He was viewed as a highly dangerous inmate, having allegedly been responsible for the decapitation of 12 people in the Mexican state of Yucatán.

Widely known by his nickname, “Gordo May,” he led a group within the Los Zetas drug cartel called “Old School Zetas.”