CARLOS ANDRES RIVERA VARELA
Also known as: "La Firma", "El Colombiano", "More", "Morro"
Current age (if alive)
39
Gender
male
Nationality
Colombia
Date of case
11/6/2025
Country
United States
Physical Description
Height
178 cm
Weight
84 kg
Eye color
Brown
Hair color
Brown
Ethnicity
White (Hispanic)
Caution
Carlos Andres Rivera Varela is an alleged high-ranking leader of Jalisco New Generation Cartel (CJNG), a major transnational cartel and designated foreign terrorist organization based in Mexico. Rivera Varela and others allegedly directed an international complex fraud scheme targeting American timeshare owners in Mexico. Over the past decade, this operation allegedly laundered hundreds of millions in alternative revenue to finance CJNG’s drug and weapons trade. Rivera Varela is also an alleged leader of elite sicario hitmen units responsible for extreme violence and high-profile assassinations with access to military-grade weaponry. On October 28, 2025, a federal arrest warrant was issued for Rivera Varela in the United States District Court, Eastern District of New York, Brooklyn, New York, after he was charged with Money Laundering Conspiracy and Providing Material Support, Attempting to Provide Material Support, and Conspiracy to Provide Material Support to a Foreign Terrorist Organization.
Remarks
Rivera Varela is a dual Colombian and Mexican citizen. He has ties to Jalisco, Mexico.
Reward
The FBI is offering a reward of up to $245,000 for information leading to the arrest and conviction of Carlos Andres Rivera Varela.
Last updated: 5/30/2026