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Drug trafficker Rafael Caro Quintero arrested after years on the run

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  • Infamous drug trafficker Rafael Caro Quintero is arrested.
  • This was confirmed by the Mexican media.
  • Who detained the well-known drug trafficker?

Mexican media report the arrest of infamous drug trafficker, Rafael Caro Quintero. He is the founder of the Guadalajara Cartel. It was part of an operation led by the Mexican Secretary of the Navy. The above was revealed by sources from the security cabinet.

The arrest was recorded days after President Andrés Manuel López Obrador held a bilateral meeting with the President of the United States, Joe Biden, at the White House. Rafael Caro Quintero «El Narco de Narcos», is originally from La Noria, Sinaloa.

Drug trafficker Rafael Caro Quintero arrested after years on the run

LAST MINUTE: Drug trafficker Rafael Caro Quintero arrested after years on the run
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In addition, he is remembered for being one of the founders of the so-called Guadalajara Cartel with his compadre, Miguel Ángel Félix Gallardo, «El Jefe de Jefes» (The boss of bosses) and his close friend, Ernesto Fonseca Carrillo, «Don Neto», who was the uncle of Sandra Ávila Beltrán, «La Reina del Pacífico» (The Queen of the Pacific), according to Agencia El Universal.

Rafael Caro Quintero’s heyday was in the 1980s when he began to traffic drugs, mainly marijuana, with his partners, on a large scale to the United States, which catapulted them as drug lords in Mexico, the news agency points out.

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Back then, Joaquín “El Chapo” Guzmán Loera was a hitman for the cartel and his teachers were the men who would later be considered legends in the history of drug trafficking in Mexico. Caro Quintero, who started in the business planting marijuana, had already been arrested.

He was arrested in 1985 in Costa Rica and after spending 28 years incarcerated in a state prison in Jalisco, he was released in 2013. Days later, a federal judge issued a new arrest warrant against him, according to Agencia El Universal.

Who is Rafael Caro Quintero?

Who is Rafael Caro Quintero?
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The United States Drug Enforcement Agency (DEA) recognizes Caro Quintero as the true leader of the Sinaloa drug cartel after Miguel Ángel Félix Gallardo, «The boss of bosses», was arrested and after the fall of El Chapo Guzmán, according to Agencia El Universal.

Also the renowned journalist Joaquín López-Doriga confirmed the news on Twitter. «Drug trafficker Rafael Caro Quintero, founder of the Guadalajara Cartel, and one of the most famous criminals in the history of Mexico, arrested» the journalist wrote. This is breaking news, check back for more information.

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