The charges that Caro Quintero will face in the US

• A new trial awaits.
• Caro Quintero will be judged in the United States.
• Justice will be done for “Kiki” Camarena.

After the recent capture of «El narco de narcos» on July 15, 2022, questions have begun to arise about the crimes he has been accused of and what will happen to him. Today we tell you about the charges that Caro Quintero will face in the United States.

Almost nine years after being released from jail and taking a solemn oath not to return to drug trafficking, one of the most wanted criminals is back in the hands of the law. However, this time the United States is interested in bringing him to justice.

The charges that Caro Quintero will face

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The United States never forgot the murder of a federal agent in the Drug Enforcement Administration (DEA). Enrique “Kiki” Camarena, an undercover drug enforcement agent, was the victim of the former leader of the Guadalajara Cartel.

When the US government reiterated its interest in him, the charges against Caro Quintero were revealed in the federal court of the Eastern District of New York, with an account of his criminal activities dating back to 1980. In some of these proceedings, there are more participants named as accomplices.

Caro Quintero still has crimes to pay for

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For this reason, the DEA included him in its list of the 10 most wanted fugitives for crimes that have been on file since 1987 in the Central District Court of California. These include the charges of kidnapping and execution of Enrique «Kiki» Camarena, and of the Mexican pilot Alfredo Zavala.

According to court records consulted by Infobae Mexico, the charges in Brooklyn represent a 40-year history, even while Caro Quintero was in jail and after he was released in 2013. After his arrest in Costa Rica in 1985 he was still considered a criminal.

A historic event

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July 15 will mark a milestone in the history of drug trafficking, as the Mexican Secretary of the Navy launched another operation to find the founder of the Guadalajara Cartel. Intelligence work revealed his whereabouts.

According to DEA, it was confirmed that «El Narco de Narcos» continued to operate under the protection of the Sinaloa Cartel for more than three decades. However, his nephews have been involved in a war for territory in Sonora since the end of 2020, forming the Caborca ​​Cartel, who are still in conflict with the “Chapitos”.

Caro Quintero has been accused of crimes going back to 1980

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The AM newspaper reported that the FBI records have Caro Quintero listed as being involved in violent crimes for organized crime as well as in conspiracy to commit violent crimes for organized crime.

But among these crimes, in particular, was the plot to kidnap a federal agent. He is also accused of illegal deprivation of liberty of Kiki Camarena and a felony of direct assassination of a DEA agent.

The list of Quintero’s charges keeps growing

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“He allegedly occupies an active key leadership position in directing the activities of the Sinaloa cartel and the Caro Quintero Drug Trafficking Organization within the region of Badiraguato, Sinaloa,” indicates the FBI in the criminal file.

In addition, according to the New York Court, he is charged with the importation of massive quantities of drugs, as well as conspiring to murder people who posed a threat to his criminal business. Likewise, they identify him as a drug trafficker who moved heroin, methamphetamine and cocaine from February 2015 to January 2017. While before that period and since 1980 he only trafficked marijuana, and used firearms in relation to his drug trafficking organization.