Carlos Caro Quintero, Brother of RCQ, Arrested in Mexico City
By HEARST 2/07/2023 09:48:00 AM
"HEARST" for Borderland Beat
Carlos Caro Quintero, the brother of Rafael Caro Quintero, was arrested in Mexico City on charges of illegal firearm and drug possession.
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The police patrol car signaled for the grey vehicle to stop due to the lack of a license plate. The grey vehicle complied, pulling over to the side of the road.
When officers spoke to the driver, they noticed that he had a firearm on him. The driver could not produce a firearm permit, which civilians are required to obtain in order to legally carry a firearm.
The officers then searched his vehicle and found an 8 kilo package of marijuana and 124 packages of cocaine.
It was quickly surmised by the press that the Carlos 'N' in custody was actually Carlos Caro Quintero, the brother of Rafael Caro Quintero and Miguel Angel Caro Quintero, the former leaders of what is now known as the Caborca Cartel.
More:
http://www.borderlandbeat.com/2023/02/carlos-caro-quintero-brother-of-rcq.html
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Good chance you'll remember his brother, Rafael Caro Quintero
Wikipedia:
Rafael Caro Quintero
Rafael Caro Quintero (born October 24, 1952) is a Mexican drug lord who co-founded the now-disintegrated Guadalajara Cartel with Miguel Ángel Félix Gallardo and other drug traffickers in the late 1970s. He is the brother of fellow drug trafficker Miguel Caro Quintero, founder and former leader of the defunct Sonora Cartel.
Having formed the Guadalajara Cartel in the 1970s, Caro Quintero worked with Gallardo, Ernesto Fonseca Carrillo, and Pedro Avilés Pérez by shipping large quantities of marijuana to the United States from Mexico. He was responsible for the kidnapping of United States Drug Enforcement Administration (DEA) agent Enrique "Kiki" Camarena, Camarena's pilot Alfredo Zavala Avelar, the American writer John Clay Walker, and dentistry student Alberto Radelat in 1985. After the murders, Caro Quintero fled to Costa Rica but later that year was arrested and extradited back to Mexico, where he was sentenced to 40 years in prison for murder.[1] Following his arrest, the Guadalajara Cartel disintegrated, and its leaders were incorporated into the Tijuana Cartel, Sinaloa Cartel, and Juárez Cartel.
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Allegations of involvement in murders
John Clay Walker and Albert Radelat
Caro Quintero has been accused of ordering the abduction, torture, and murder of writer John Clay Walker and dentistry student Albert Radelat on January 30, 1985. According to the allegations, the two U.S. citizens were dining in a Guadalajara restaurant when they encountered Caro Quintero and his men as they accidentally walked into one of Caro Quintero's private parties.
Caro Quintero is alleged to have then ordered his men to seize the U.S. citizens and take them to a store room, where they were tortured with ice picks and interrogated. John Walker died on the scene from blunt force trauma to the head. Albert Radelat was still alive when he was wrapped in tablecloths, taken to a park near the city, and buried.[13][14] The men's bodies were found six months later, buried at the San Isidro Mazatepec Park in Zapopan. The authorities believe that Caro Quintero had mistaken Walker and Radelat for U.S. undercover agents.[14][15]
Enrique "Kiki" Camarena
Quintero in 1985
Caro Quintero has also been accused of involvement in the murder of US Drug Enforcement Administration (DEA) agent Enrique "Kiki" Camarena Salazar. In November 1984, the Mexican authorities raided a 1,000-hectare (2,500-acre) ranch known as El Búfalo in the state of Chihuahua, owned by Caro Quintero.[6] The authorities reportedly burned more than 10,000 tons of marijuana – totaling a loss of around $160 million.[14][16] Camarena, who had been working undercover in Mexico, was said to be responsible for leading the authorities to the ranch. This allegedly prompted Caro Quintero and other high-ranking members of the Guadalajara Cartel to seek revenge against the DEA and Camarena.[17] In retribution, Camarena and his pilot Alfredo Zavala Avelar were kidnapped in Guadalajara on February 7, 1985, taken to a residence owned by Quintero located at 881 Lope de Vega in the colonia of Jardines del Bosque, in the western section of the city,[18] brutally tortured, and murdered.[19] Caro Quintero then left Mexico on March 9, 1985, with his associates and his girlfriend Sara Cristina Cosío Gaona.[14] Mexican Judicial Police chief Armando Pavón Reyes, after receiving a US$300,000 bribe, reportedly allowed Caro Quintero to flee from the airport in Guadalajara, in a private jet, to seek refuge in Costa Rica. Pavón Reyes was fired shortly afterward, and was charged with bribery and complicity in the Camarena murder.[20]
More:
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Rafael_Caro_Quintero
Rafael Caro Quintero, younger
Rafael Caro Quintero and Kiki Camarena, the US DEA agent he murdered
