Mexico delivers drug boss Rafael Caro Quintero and antitrust members

Mexico delivers drug boss Rafael Caro Quintero and antitrust members

Mexico has transferred the notorious drug boss Rafael Caro Quintero and 28 other fleeting members of drug cartels to the United States, as the US Ministry of Justice announced.

background to Rafael Caro Quintero

Caro Quintero, regarded by the Mexican authorities as the founder of the Guadalajara cartel, was allegedly involved in the kidnapping, torture and murder of the Dea special agent Enrique Camarena Salazar in 1985. The DEA leads Camarena's murder as a retaliation for a raid in 1984, in which Caro Quinteros was confiscated huge marijuana plantation of 1,000 hectares.

legal disputes and return to drug trafficking

caro quintero spent 28 years Role on the murder before it was released in 2013 based on a technical clause Later the Supreme Court of Mexicos This decision After his release, he returned to drug trafficking as a high-ranking leader of the Sinaloa cartel, according to the FBI.

seizure and transfer to the USA

In July 2022, Caro Quintero was caught by the Mexican Navy during an operation, in which 14 Marines died by a helicopter crash. He was caught after a marine purehouser discovered him hidden in the bushes. "Caro Quintero, a drug cartel boss who unleashed violence, destruction and death in the United States and Mexico, has been at the top of the most wanted fleets of the DEA for four decades, and today we can proudly say that he has been in the USA where justice is allowed," Derek S. Maltz, interim administrator of the DEA, explained on Thursday.

reaction of the authorities and other arrests

"This moment is of personal importance for the men and women of the DEA, who believe that Caro Quintero is responsible for the brutal torture and murder of Dea special agent Enrique 'Camarena. It is also a victory for the Camarena family. Today, a message is sent to every cartel leader, every dealer who is poisoned by our communities: you will be responsible No matter how long it takes, no matter how far you will find justice. ” The legal steps against Quintero are scheduled for Friday in New York.

transfer of other drug cartel members

The General Prosecutor's Office of Mexico and the Secretariat for Security and Citizens' Protection stated that 29 people from various correctional facilities in the country were transferred to the USA. These people were sought because of their connections to criminal organizations that are involved in drug trafficking.

The US Ministry of Justice said that those who were arrested on Thursday “leaders and managers of drug cartels who were recently classified as foreign terrorist organizations and specially named global terrorists, such as the Sinaloa Kartell, Cártel de Jalisco Nueva Generación (CJNG), Cártel del Noreste (formerly Zetas), La Nueva Familia Michoacana and Cártel de Golfo (Gulf Cartel).

consequences of the arrests for drug crime

The doj added that Martin Sotelo, known as the Alder Marin-Sotelo, who is said to be on the mord was involved in Deputy sheriff ned byrd in Charlotte, north carolina in 2022; Antonio Oseguera Cervantes, who allegedly cited CJNG; as well as two alleged high -ranking members of Los Zetas, Ramiro Perez Moreno and Lucio Hernandez Lechuga.

"These defendants are collectively accused of being responsible for the import of enormous amounts of poison, including cocaine, methamphetamine, fentanyl and heroin, as well as for associated acts of violence," said the doj. US Minister of Justice Pam Bondi emphasized that the alleged antitrust members are "fully pursued in the full extent of the law, in honor of the courageous law enforcement officers who have devoted their lives to protect innocent people from the disaster of violent cartels."

"As President (Donald) Trump made clear, cartels are terrorist groups, and this Ministry of Justice is devoted to the destruction of the cartels and transnational gangs," she added. The incumbent deputy attorney general Emil Bove said that the deliveries are “a consequence of a white house, which negotiates from a position of strength, and a general prosecutor who is ready to conduct the ministry with courage and determination.”

This report was contributed by CNN reporter Fidel Gutierrez and is based on earlier research by Tara Subramaniam, Karol Suarez and Rey Rodriguez.