DAILY STAR
Juan Luis Lagunas Rosales lived life in the fast lane.
The brash 17-year-old flashed his cash, snorted drugs and put away bottles of whiskey in a single sitting. His antics garnered millions of views on YouTube and the Sinaloa, Mexico-based teen earned the nickname of “El Pirata de Culiacán,” or “The Pirate of Culiacán”.
But with lawless behaviour brought an array of enemies, including one of the most feared men on Earth: the leader of the Jalisco Cartel, ‘El Mencho’. And a single foul-mouthed sentence ended in disaster for loose-lipped Rosales. Six years ago on the evening of December 18, 2017, he was shot at least 15 times at point-blank while sipping on spirits with his pals at a bar.
Rewind to the early 2000s and Rosales was growing up in the heart of gangland without a mother or father. His grandmother took him in and was his saving grace. By 15-years-old he became a high school dropout and began washing cars and stacking supermarket shelves for a living.
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