MEXICO CITY — The United States’ motivation to find infamous drug lord Rafael Caro Quintero was never in doubt — hence the $20 million reward for information leading to his capture — there was less certainty about the commitment of Mexican President Andrés Manuel López Obrador, who had made clear his lack of interest in pursuing drug lords. “Our incredible …
MEXICO CITY — 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, Mexico’s navy said. Mexico’s Attorney General’s Office said in a statement late Friday that Caro Quintero was arrested …
Caro Quintero was previously jailed for the murder of a US anti-drugs agent, and was on the FBI’s ’10 Most Wanted’ list. Mexico’s navy has announced the capture of notorious drug lord Rafael Caro Quintero, convicted for the murder and torture of an American anti-narcotics agent in 1985, in a major win for law enforcement in the two countries. The …
