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The house is showing some wear and tear 23 years after the death of its owner

The Mexican government has auctioned off the villa of the late drug lord Amado Carrillo Fuentes.

The Mexico City home sold for more than $2m (£1.6m) and the proceeds will go to Mexico's public health service and its fight against coronavirus.

Carrillo Fuentes, who was known as "Lord of the Skies", died in 1997 after botched plastic surgery.

He gained his nickname for his knack of smuggling large quantities of drugs in his private fleet of airplanes.

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Amado Carrillo Fuentes

$25bnestimated profits made during his criminal career

40age at which he died in botched plastic surgery

3number of doctors killed in revenge for his death

11number of siblings he had

Source: DEA

Amado Carillo Fuentes was one of the most powerful Mexican drug lords in the 1980s and 1990s. Born in the northern state of Sinaloa, he was the nephew of one of the founders of the Guadalajara cartel, which he soon joined.