Leopoldo Sánchez Celis was a Mexican politician who served as the Governor of Sinaloa.
Sánchez Celis employed state trooper Miguel Angel Felix Gallardo as his personal bodyguard, and him his protégé, and later the godfather of his son Rodolfo. Using connections he found while working with the governor, Felix Gallardo creates a drug cartel in Guadalajara.
After Félix grew rich with his drug empire, he offered to host Rodolfo's wedding. Days before the wedding, Félix asked his mentor how to deal with the DFS director Salvador Osuna Nava's increased bribe demands. The governor suggested him that Osuna Nava had to take orders from above, and advised Félix to consider working directly with Osuna's superiors. After learning about the sc