Born in Apatzingán, he wis raised Catholic an then he convertit tae Jehovah's Witness for some time.[8][9][10][11] Moreno foondit the Familia Michoacana Cartel efter the arrest o his boss Carlos Rosales Mendoza. La Familia wis the fastest-growin cartel in the kintra’s drug war an a releegious cult-lik gang that celebrates "faimily values".[12] Shortly efter foondin La Familia Cartel, Moreno struck a pairtnership wi the Guwf Cairtel, which includit trainin.[13] The cartel haes haed a fuithauld in 20 tae 30 ceeties an touns athort the Unitit States.[13] In 2009 the govrenment o Mexico affered a rewaird for 24 o the tap drug kingpins in the kintra, afferin as hintle as twa million USD for each drug laird, includin Moreno.[5][14] Moreno González required his men tae carry a "spiritual manual" that he wrote hissel an contains pseudo-Christian aphorisms for sel impruivement.[6][15]
Moreno wis said tae hae been killed in Michoacán on 9 December 2010 durin a gun battle against security forces.[17] The shuitoot lastit aboot 2 days when La Familia gunmen attackit Federal Polis in the ceety o Apatzingán an uised burnin vehicles as barricades, surroondin the state caipital o Morelia in an attempt tae prevent Federal Polis frae receivin reinforcements.[18] González's daith wis suin proven false an his daith wis nae true.
↑ ab"Programa de Recompensas" (in Spainish). Procuraduria General de la Republica. 2009. Archived frae the original on 27 Julie 2009. Retrieved 1 August 2009.