Convicted drug lord Rafael Caro Quintero, who was convicted in the 1985 kidnapping and murder of a U.S. drug agent, has been captured, the Mexican government said Friday.
The United States will seek immediate extradition, U.S. Attorney General Merrick Garland said Friday night.“There is no hiding place for anyone who kidnaps, tortures, and murders American law enforcement," he said in a statement."We are deeply grateful to Mexican authorities for their capture and arrest of Rafael Caro Quintero. ...
Authorities have said Caro Quintero blamed Camarena for a raid on a marijuana grow controlled by his cartel. After he was kidnapped in Guadalajara, Camarena’s body turned up in Mexico roughly a month later with clear signs of torture, they said.
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