They arrested a Mexican drug lord who was one of the FBI’s 10 most wanted men

Mexico’s Secretary of the Navy (Semar) this Friday will have arrested Rafael Caro Quintero, one of the founders of the extinct Guadalajara Cartel, who is one of the 10 most wanted fugitives by the US Federal Bureau of Investigation (FBI). Summary in English), according to local media reports.

According to federal government sources, Navy agents detained Garo Quintero in the town of Guachochi in the Sierra Tarahumara of Chihuahua state in northwestern Mexico.

Drug Trafficker 1985 US Drug Enforcement Administration (DEA) officer Enrique ‘Kiki’ Camarena Salazar, an undercover agent operating in Mexico, must stand trial for kidnapping, torture and murder.

In addition, Caro Quintero is accused of engaging in violent crimes in support of organized crime in the United States; and criminal association to commit violent crimes in support of organized crime.

The US State Department’s Narcotics Reward Program offered a $20 million reward for information leading to the arrest of Caro Quintero.

In 1985, Caro Quintero was arrested in Costa Rica, extradited to Mexico and imprisoned. After 28 years in prison, he was released on a legal technicality in 2013. A little later, a Mexican judge ordered his recapture, but the fugitive had already disappeared.

The Guadalajara cartel founder was arrested three days after a meeting between Mexican President Andrés Manuel López Obrador and his US counterpart Joe Biden at the White House in Washington DC.

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