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Drug Lord Rafael Caro Quintero Captured in Mexico

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Drug lord Rafael Caro Quintero, the FBI's most wanted man, has been captured in Mexico.

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Mexican security forces have captured notorious drug lord Rafael Caro Quintero, the FBI's "most wanted" as officials call him. Usa and the Mexican media.

One of the "historical enemies" of the Goddess, the Drug Enforcement Administration, Quintero was found by a dog named Max while hiding in a tree in the town of San Simon, in the state of Sinaloa. Quintero, 69, is responsible for the torture and murder of a DEA agent in 1985. His story was told in the series 'Narcos' on Netflix.

During the operation a helicopter Blackhawk of the Mexican Navy is crashed, killing the 14 people on board near the coastal city of Los Mochis, the Mexican Navy said, while an investigation has been opened into the "accident."

Caro Quintero became famous as a co-founder of the 'Guadalajara' sign, one of the most powerful drug trafficking organizations in Latin America in the 2013s. He was released from prison in 28 after XNUMX years on technical grounds raised by a judge Mexican, which overturned his 40-year sentence for the 1985 kidnapping and killing of U.S. Drug Enforcement Administration agent Enrique “Kiki” Camarena.

After his release and before the Supreme Court upheld his sentence, Quintero had already disappeared and resumed management of the drug trade, sparking bitter battles between rival groups.


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