The pressure to capture Carrillo intensified among U.S. and Mexican authorities after people in
Morelos state began silent marches against Governor Jorge Carrillo Olea and his presumed complacency with drug-related violence. Carrillo Fuentes owned a house three blocks from the governor's official residence and regularly held narco-fiestas in the
municipality of
Tetecala. Governor Carrillo Olea was forced to resign and was arrested; this type of pressure may have convinced Carrillo Fuentes to undergo facial
plastic surgery and
abdominal surgery
liposuction to change his appearance. Subsequently, on July 4, 1997, Carrillo decided to move forward with the operation at Santa Mónica Hospital in
Mexico City. During his operation however, some complications arose, which were either caused by a certain medication or a malfunctioning respirator. Carrillo died due to said complications in the early hours of July 5, 1997. His family shared a different story, having told reporters that Carrillo had suffered a
heart attack whilst under
anesthesia. Two of Carrillo Fuentes's bodyguards were in the operating room during the procedure. On November 7, 1997, the two surgeons who performed Carrillo's surgery were found dead, encased in concrete inside steel drums, with their bodies showing signs of
torture. A third body was also found in a matching barrel, just as mangled as the other two, and is presumed to have been a third doctor who assisted in the surgery. This body however, is unidentifiable, and not confirmed to have been the third surgeon. On November 8, Carrillo's
corpse was displayed for a
wake at the
Federal Judicial Police's
morgue in Mexico City. == Juárez Cartel after Carrillo ==