The Supreme Court of Justice has approved for the second time the protection of Rafael Caro Quintero in order to avoid his extradition to the United States.

Rafael Caro Quintero, one of the founders of the Guadalajara cartel, has obtained for the second time that the Supreme Court of the Nation (SCJN) approves the amparo filed by his lawyers to avoid his extradition to the United States , it should be reconsidered.

Defenders of "The prince of drug trafficking"They submitted a request to Luis María Aguilar to declare himself unable to respond to his request for guarantees, after the former minister of the court made public the draft judgment proposing to the ministers of the first chamber to deny the protection. of capo justice The drug dealer's lawyers filed the appeal on March 26, and were approved by Minister Jorge Mario Rebolledo.

Also known as "Narco de Narcos", Caro Quintero was arrested in Costa Rica in 1985 for being one of the perpetrators of the murder of Enrique Camarena Salazar, a DEA officer who had managed to infiltrate the bowels of his organization.

Camarena Salazar reportedly located a gigantic marijuana plantation in the municipality of Jiménez, in the state of Chihuahua. It was the ranch called "El Búfalo", owned by Caro Quintero, where, according to the magazine Process he came to have a staff of 10,000 workers and military detention.

After 28 years behind bars, was released in 2013 by decision of a Jalisco court, who felt that "he should not have been sued in federal court for the murder of the DEA officer".

Immediately after, the Mexican government requested his new arrest for extradition and January 16, 2015 he was again sentenced for the murder of Camarena Salazar.

To this day he is a fugitive and the DEA is asking for a reward from $ 20 million for his capture. He is accused of having kidnapped and killed a federal agent, of committing violent crimes to promote organized crime, complicity in the commission of criminal acts and concealment. He also notes that he sells marijuana and cocaine in the United States.