He killed a DEA agent and today he is one of the most wanted fugitives: what do we know about the location of Caro Quintero, the “Narco de narcos”

When no one was thinking of him, the news appeared. The United States government has located Rafael Caro Quintero placeholder image as his main goal: he dropped from the top of his list of the ten most wanted fugitives for Nemesio Oseguera, The Mencho —Leader of the Jalisco’s Next Generation Cartel (CJNG) – and put the Narco of Narcos.

Caro Quintero or Raphael —As it is known in Badiraguato, Sinaloa, according to the weekly Rio doce– you have an appointment in the United States that you do not want to go. 35 years ago, the capo was apprehended for the torture and murder of the DEA agent, Enrique Kiki Camarena.

As we know, he spent 28 years in a Mexican prison, until August 8, 2013 when he was released thanks to an injunction signed by a collegiate criminal court of the third circuit of the State of Jalisco.

This day, Caro boarded a dark truck and disappeared. Although he quickly offered an interview and sent to say that “I wanted to live in peace”, the Narcos narcos would have sent strong signals of his return to the underworld of Mexico.

For his capture, the DEA offers $ 20 million. This measure, along with other rounds of actions, has been underway for years in the neighboring country to the north, including the arrest of at least six namesakes of the head of the Sinaloa Cartel, who after proving they were not the Rafael Caro Quintero wanted by the Americans, were released.

In 2019, the will to capture Rafa came by a court application, which is currently pending, to secure eight properties acquired by the boss in Jalisco after being released from prison. According to US authorities, the properties were acquired with money from their drug trafficking activities.

The United States government has spared no effort to catch up with its public enemy number one. In addition to the DEA, agencies of the FBI, ICE, ATF, Interpol and Homeland Security have carried out a hunt against Caro Quintero.

On the tracks of Narcos narcos

According to surveys by the Sinaloa weekly, Rio doce, after his release from prison, the legendary capo kept his interests alive on the northern border of Mexico and retained control of a territory: Sonora.

It was in this state, in the Municipality of Caborca, where Caro Quintero would have traveled in mid-May, according to details Rio doce. Later, the founder of the extinct Guadalajara cartel reportedly addressed San Luis Río Colorado, Sonora, and finally to Tijuana Baja California, to meet the drug lords who operate in the area.

His goal, according to the weekly, This involved establishing routes for drug trafficking, acquisition and transfer of weapons from the border with the United States to Sinaloa.

Caro Quintero’s trip was also due to significant interest: unblock conflicts that existed between your employees – in reference to Rodrigo Páez Quintero, El R, his cousin – and José Crispín Salazar Zamorano, one of the leaders of The Salazars and alleged operator of Los Chapitos.

Contrary to what the Mexican press and federal surveys report, Rafa, Raphael, Don Rafa I the Narco of Narcos, is not in dispute or with the children of Joaquin El Chapo Guzmannor with your partner Ismael Zambada García, May, instead, the capo returned to take charge of his own faction.

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