Infamous drug lord Rafael Caro Quintero, who was behind the killing of a U.S. DEA agent in 1985, was captured Friday by Mexican forces nearly a decade after walking out of a Mexican prison and returning to drug trafficking, according to the Mexican government’s national arrest registry.
Infamous drug lord Rafael Caro Quintero, who was behind the killing of a U.S. DEA agent in 1985, was captured Friday by Mexican forces nearly a decade after walking out of a Mexican prison and returning toCaro Quintero remains under indictment inCaro Quintero and co-defendants were indicted in May 1987 in Los Angeles federal court on conspiracy and racketeering charges related to the kidnapping, torture and murder in Mexico of U.S.
President Andrés Manuel López Obrador has maintained that he is not interested in detaining drug lords and prefers to avoid violence. He was captured Friday near the town of San Simón in the Mexican state of Sinaloa, according to news reports. He was on the FBI's most wanted list, with a $20 million reward for his capture through the State Department's Narcotics Rewards Program.
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