'Mexico's Bravest Man' survived 8 assassination attempts by drug cartels

'Mexico's Bravest Man' survived 8 assassination attempts by drug cartels

By Elex Michaelson

Updated 1 hr 59 mins ago


PICO RIVERA, Calif. (KABC) --

It's May 8, 2015 in Juarez, Mexico. Former Police Chief Julian Leyzaola Perez is in the driver's seat when a man approaches. Leyzaola is hit directly in the spine. Moments later, aid arrives.

This is the 8th assassination attempt Leyzaola has faced while combating drug cartels.

"I honestly think that he's not scared of anything," said filmmaker Charlie Minn, who directed "Mexico's Bravest Man," a documentary about Leyzaola, the former police chief of Tijuana and Juarez. "He lowered the murder rate 80 percent in Juarez, and his goodbye gift was a bullet to the spine."

In Tijuana, El Chapo Guzman, the powerful leader of Mexico's Sinaloa cartel, offered Leyzaola $80,000 a week to follow his orders but Leyzaola turned him down.

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Former Police Chief Julian Leyzaola Perez

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