Rafael Caro Quintero

Infamous drug baron Rafael Caro Quintero - who orchestrated the brutal kidnap and murder of a US drug enforcement agent in 1985 - has been caught after a ...

After fleeing prison in 2013, Caro Quintero returned to drug trafficking and unleashed bloody turf battles in the northern Mexico border state of Sonora. It was too late by then; Caro Quintero had been spirited off in a waiting vehicle. He and his friend Radalat went out for dinner, when they are said to have stumbled on a private party held by Caro Quintero. The brutal murder marked a low point in US-Mexico relations. Mexico's national arrest registry listed the time of Caro Quintero's detention as around midday. The pair were tortured at length and killed, before being dumped on the edge of a ranch.

The 69-year-old was arrested after a search dog named Max found him hiding in shrubland in the town of San Simon in Mexico's Sinaloa state.

Mexico's president has previously maintained he is not interested in detaining drug lords and prefers to avoid violence. Meanwhile, a navy Blackhawk helicopter crashed during the operation, killing 14 of those on board. The one survivor is said to have been seriously injured. He was being held by men wearing camouflage uniforms and equipped with assault rifles. Caro Quintero was one of the primary suppliers of heroin, cocaine and marijuana to the US in the late 1970s and rose to prominence as a co-founder of the Guadalajara cartel, one of Latin America's most powerful drug trafficking organisations during the 1980s - a story dramaised in the Narcos: Mexico series in 2018. Caro Quintero, 69, was arrested after a search dog named Max, a bloodhound, flushed him out of hiding in shrubland in the town of San Simon in Sinaloa state during a joint operation by the navy and the attorney general's office, according to a statement from the Mexican navy.

Mexican military forces have captured notorious drug lord Rafael Caro Quintero who was previously jailed for the torture and murder of a US drug enforcement ...

Mexico’s president has previously maintained he is not interested in detaining drug lords and prefers to avoid violence. He was being held by men wearing camouflage uniforms and equipped with assault rifles. The sole survivor is said to have been seriously injured.

Infamous drug lord Rafael Caro Quintero, who was behind the killing of a US drug enforcement agent in 1985, has been caught.

It was too late by then; Caro Quintero had been spirited off in a waiting vehicle. Mexico's national arrest registry listed the time of Caro Quintero's detention as around midday. Caro Quintero was arrested after a search dog named Max found him hiding in brush in the town of San Simon in Sinaloa state during a joint operation by the navy and the attorney general's office, a navy statement said.

Caro Quintero — wanted in the torture and murder of DEA agent Enrique “Kiki” Camarena in 1985 — has been captured by Mexican forces nearly a decade after ...

Mexico’s Supreme Court upheld the sentence, but it was too late — Caro Quintero had been spirited off in a waiting vehicle. López Obrador also depicted a later warrant for his re-arrest as an example of U.S. pressure. They found Caro Quintero, with the help of Max, hiding in brush in a place in Sinaloa called San Simon. López Obrador previously has seemed ambivalent about his case. Caro Quintero was one of the founders of the Guadalajara cartel and, according to the DEA, was one of the primary suppliers of heroin, cocaine and marijuana to the United States in the late 1970s. González said he thinks Caro Quintero has long been a thorn in the bilateral relationship, but said that “without doubt” his capture was fruit of the recent negotiations in Washington.

TEHRAN (Tasnim) – Infamous drug lord Rafael Caro Quintero was arrested Friday nearly a decade after walking out of a Mexican prison and returning to drug ...

Caro Quintero, from La Noria, Sinaloa, is perhaps best known as one of the co-founders of the Guadalajara cartel. Caro Quintero was arrested after a search dog named Max found him hiding in the bush in the town of San Simon in Sinaloa state during a joint operation by the navy and the attorney general’s office, a navy statement said. Mexico’s national arrest registry listed the time of Caro Quintero’s capture as around midday.

Rafael Caro Quintero dey face accuse say e torture and murder one US drug enforcement agent for 1985.

Im dey responsible for di kidnapping of di U.S. Drug Enforcement Administration (DEA) agent Enrique "Kiki" Camarena. Di Navy say na for insdie bush dem find Quintero, wey dem believe say na 69, wit di help of one specially-trained dog dem dey call Max. Oga Quintero, wey dey on US most wanted list dey face accuse say im kidnap, torture and murder one US drug enforcement agent for 1985, for di town of Choix.

A bloodhound rousted him from the undergrowth as Mexican marines closed in deep in the mountains of his native state of Sinaloa. The arrest came at a heavy cost ...

The United States will seek the "immediate extradition" of Rafael Caro-Quintero after he was captured by Mexican forces, U.S. Attorney General Merrick ...

Caro-Quintero blamed Camarena after Mexican authorities raided a marijuana plantation he owned in 1984. The following year, when the undercover agent was close to uncovering a million-dollar drug pipeline from Mexico to the United States, he was allegedly kidnapped on Caro-Quintero's orders. Caro-Quintero was arrested by marines with the Mexican navy during an operation Friday as a Black Hawk helicopter carrying 14 marines sent to help with his capture crashed in Los Mochis, Sinaloa, CNN reported, citing a statement from the Mexican navy.

Rafael Caro Quintero, the long-pursued Mexican drug lord and erstwhile head of the defunct Guadalajara Cartel, has been apprehended by authorities in a ...

Former Mexican President Enrique Peña Nieto declared at the start of his term in 2012 that he had put together a list of 122 high-priority targets to be arrested. Rafael Caro Quintero’s capture scratches a longstanding itch for US authorities. If this is true, it would mark a continuation of the controversial Kingpin strategy. David Saucedo, a leading security analyst, suggested the two presidents had come to an agreement. Following his release, Caro Quintero went back to his life of crime. Mexican President Andrés Manuel López Obrador expressed his regret over the deaths and said authorities were investigating the cause of the crash.

On Friday, three days after Lopez Obrador and U.S. President Joe Biden met in the White House, the U.S. Drug Enforcement Administration's most wanted target ...

Caro Quintero claimed in those interviews that he was no longer involved in the drug trade. The Supreme Court upheld the sentence, but it was too late – Caro Quintero had been spirited off in a waiting vehicle. The next year, Camarena was kidnapped in Guadalajara, allegedly on orders from Caro Quintero. His tortured body was found a month later. “The apprehension of Caro Quintero was exclusively conducted by the Mexican government.” They found Caro Quintero, with help of “Max,” hiding in brush in a place in Sinaloa called San Simon. Caro Quintero came from Badiraguato, Sinaloa, the same township as Joaquin “El Chapo” Guzman, the former leader of the Sinaloa cartel, which formed later. DEA Administrator Anne Milgram celebrated the capture of a man especially despised by U.S. officials for the torture and murder of DEA agent Enrique “Kiki” Camarena in 1985. Caro Quintero was one of the founders of the Guadalajara cartel and according to the DEA was one of the primary suppliers of heroin, cocaine and marijuana to the United States in the late 1970s and 1980s. The navy said it appeared to have been an accident, with the cause under investigation. Gonzalez believes Caro Quintero has long been a thorn in the bilateral relationship, but said that “without doubt” his capture was fruit of the recent negotiations in Washington. “My hope is that with the capture of Caro Quintero, that that will mend a lot of tensions between the DEA and Mexico”, said Mike Vigil, the DEA’s former chief of international operations. “Our incredible DEA team in Mexico worked in partnership with Mexican authorities to capture and arrest Rafael Caro Quintero”, she said in a message to the agency late Friday. “Today’s arrest is the result of years of your blood, sweat, and tears.”