The situation with caro quintero was pretty tragic. Sons of caro quintero accused of laundering millions of pesos. Ive been reading a lot about mexican gangs cartels recently and their sheer brutality and total disregard for the sanctity of human life has left me sickened and appalled in equal measures. Mexico continues to rot while the criminal and sadistic heirs dwell all of mexico with impunity. The note on the map contains a phone number in san felipe that plumlee says quintero is the number of delgados ranch. Entrevista con anabel hernandez sobre rafael caro quintero. Mexican kingpin rafael caro quinteros release fuels anger. Was mexican fugitive caro quintero the first billionaire drug. Rafael chi chi quintero was born in cuba on 16th september 1940. For him to be released after killing kiki camarena and a multitude of. Entrevista a rafael caro quintero huffpost mexico youtube. His father worked in agriculture and grazing, and died when caro quintero was 14 years old. As a young student he joined the underground resistance and went to the sierra maestra to join fidel castro just 72 hours before the triumph of the revolution.
Mexican druglord rafael caro quintero released after 28 years. Aug 09, 20 a mexican court on friday ordered the release of the druglord rafael caro quintero after 28 years in prison, overturning his conviction for the 1985 kidnap and killing of an american drug. Caro quintero was born in october 3, 1952 in sinaloa, and was the eldest son in a family of 12 children. The book says that rafael caro quintero transformed mexican marijuana from common weed to the smoke of connoisseurs but didnt invent it. Join facebook to connect with rafael caro quintero and others you may know.
View the profiles of people named rafael caro quintero. He is the brother of fellow drug trafficker miguel caro quintero, the founder and former leader of the defunct sonora cartel having formed the guadalajara cartel in the 1970s, caro quintero. Nov 25, 2018 according to the book, rafael caro quintero was the youngest and most audacious of the lot, who captured the imagination of the mexican peasantry like robin hood or pancho villa. According to the book, rafael caro quintero was the youngest and most audacious of the lot, who captured the imagination of the mexican peasantry like robin hood or pancho villa. Rafael caro quintero, one of mexicos foremost drug lords, is still wanted for the kidnapping, torture, and murder of a federal agent. Oct 01, 20 fugitive mexican drug lord rafael caro quintero, best known for ordering the kidnapping, torture and murder of dea agent enrique camarena in 1985, appears to be the first in a generation of. When mexican drug lord rafael caro quintero ordered the kidnapping, torture and assassination of dea agent enrique camarena in 1985, he was the leader of a billion dollar criminal empire. Mexico arrests nephew of drug lord rafael caro quintero ap news.
Apr 12, 2018 officials have said its the first time a suspect sought by the dea was added to the fbis list. The united states drug enforcement administration dea states caro quintero created the sonora cartel from remnants of the guadalajara cartel, which was cofounded by his brother rafael caro. The release of rafael caro quintero convicted in the torturekilling of. Oct 07, 2016 its been three years and three months since the us department of treasury added to the list of leaders and money laundering business, the names of friends and partners of drug lord rafael caro quintero, and the mexican government has already secured 19 bank accounts of 16 businesses and physical persons, who between the years of 2012 and 20 performed bank transactions of millions of pesos. The other revelation in this book is not surprising as to how all levels in the mexican government, police, and military are run and paid by the cartels. Dec 05, 20 when mexican drug lord rafael caro quintero ordered the kidnapping, torture and assassination of dea agent enrique camarena in 1985, he was the leader of a billion dollar criminal empire. Rafael caroquintero, a mexican cartel leader wanted for his role in the murder of a dea special agent in 1985, has been named to the fbis ten. World heritage encyclopedia, the aggregation of the largest online encyclopedias available, and the. Panama papers figure added to fbis top ten most wanted icij. The true story behind narcos drug lord rafa caro quintero. The release of rafael caro quintero from a mexican prison in august 20 was a blow to usmexico relations, the reputation of the mexican justice system, and the drug war. He is a killer, a complete psychopath, who has no respect for human life. The camarena story is a 1990 tv miniseries based on elaine shannons book desperados and the time magazine article of the same name. Where is rafael caro quintero, narcos most wanted, now.
Nov 25, 2018 rafael caroquintero was sentenced to serve 40 years in prison for dea agent kiki camarenas death in the 1980s, but in 20, he was freed after a mexican court, on appeal, ruled that he should. Jul 09, 2015 miguel, who will be released in 2019, is the brother of rafael caro quintero the man at the center of the most famous instance of convenient technicalities. Rafael caroquintero was sentenced to serve 40 years in prison for dea agent kiki camarenas death in the 1980s, but in 20, he was freed after a. Caro quintero and fonseca carillo are free criminals today who lived in luxury while in prison. In 1959 manuel artime emerged as a leading anticommunist in cuba. Mexico city ap mexican soldiers and marines have arrested a nephew of notorious drug lord rafael caro quintero, a federal official. May 11, 2016 veteran drug lord rafael caro quintero has continued to traffic illegal drugs since being released from a mexican prison, the us treasury has said, naminghis commonlaw wife as a key accomplice. Veteran drug lord still trafficking after prison release, us. Rafael caro quintero is wanted for his alleged involvement in the kidnapping and murder of a drug enforcement administration special agent in 1985, in mexico. His parents, emilio caro payan and hermelinda quintero, had twelve children. Rafael caro quintero born october 3, 1952 is a mexican drug trafficker who cofounded the nowdisintegrated guadalajara cartel with miguel angel felix gallardo and other drug traffickers in the 1970s. Rafael caro quintero project gutenberg selfpublishing. Caro quintero had been imprisoned since 1989 for drug trafficking, murder, and perhaps most importantly the abduction, torture and killing of enrique kiki camarena, an.
Rafael caro quintero bio, facts, family famous birthdays. Treasury tracks secret bank accounts of top mexican kingpin. If you want to play, next time bring better toys rafa hd. May 01, 2018 panama papers figure added to fbis top ten most wanted rafael caro quintero, the onetime head of the guadalajara drug cartel in mexico, who is wanted in the 1985 kidnapping and murder of a drug enforcement special agent enrique camarena kiki salazar has been added to the federal bureau of investigations most wanted fugitives. Notorious mexican drug lord who murdered dea agent in 1985 is.
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