From Alan Feuer:
Defendant Was
Previously Indicted in the Eastern District of New York for Leading a
Continuing Criminal Enterprise and Conspiring to Murder DEA Special Agent
Enrique Kiki” Camarena.
A civil complaint
against eight real properties located in and around Guadalajara, Mexico was
unsealed today in federal court in Brooklyn.
The properties described in the complaint are alleged to have been
purchased by Rafael Caro Quintero with drug proceeds obtained through his
leadership of the Caro Quintero drug trafficking organization, a faction of the Mexican organized crime syndicate known as the Sinaloa Cartel.
leadership of the Caro Quintero drug trafficking organization, a faction of the Mexican organized crime syndicate known as the Sinaloa Cartel.
Richard P. Donoghue,
United States Attorney for the Eastern District of New York, and Ray Donovan,
Special Agent-in-Charge, Drug Enforcement Administration, New York Division
(DEA), announced the complaint.
“Today’s efforts to
seize properties Caro Quintero purchased with blood money reaped from the drug
trafficking, addiction and violence he sowed in the United States and Mexico is
just the latest step in our pursuit of justice,” stated United States Attorney
Donoghue. “We will never forget that
Caro Quintero is responsible for the murder of Special Agent KiKi Camarena and he
now faces a stark choice between the only available endings - an American
prison or a Mexican grave, and now is the time to choose.” Mr. Donoghue extended his grateful
appreciation to the DEA New York Division Organized Crime and Drug Enforcement
Strike Force, as well as the DEA Raleigh Resident Office and DEA Mexico City
Country Office for their assistance with the case.
“The atrocities of Rafael Caro Quintero are
not forgotten, and the history of the terror that he has inflicted serves as a
constant reminder to the DEA that we will never stop the pursuit for justice,”
stated DEA Special Agent-in-Charge Donovan.
“We are proud to show the world, with the unsealing of this civil
complaint, that DEA’s commitment to uncover Caro Quintero’s infrastructure and
criminal associates is unwavering. DEA will never forget. We will not relent.”
According to the
forfeiture complaint, between January 1980 and March 2015, the Caro Quintero
drug trafficking organization was involved in the transportation of multi-ton
quantities of marijuana, multi-kilogram quantities of methamphetamine and
multi-kilogram quantities of cocaine from Mexico to the United States. As part of its investigation, law enforcement
learned that Caro Quintero used proceeds from the sale of illegal narcotics to
purchase real estate in and around his home area of Guadalajara. Caro Quintero allegedly placed the properties
in the names of family members to conceal his ownership of the properties and
use of illegal proceeds to purchase them, and to prevent Mexican authorities
from seizing them.
Caro Quintero is a
fugitive from several indictments in the United States, and is on the FBI’s
list of “Ten Most Wanted” criminals. In
April 2018, an indictment was unsealed in federal court in Brooklyn charging
Caro Quintero with leading a continuing criminal enterprise and other crimes,
including his participation in the 1985 kidnapping, torture and murder of DEA
Special Agent Enrique “Kiki” Camarena. A
$20 million reward provided by the United States Department of State is being
offered for information leading to his capture.
The government’s case
is being prosecuted by Assistant United States Attorney Brendan G. King of the
Office’s Asset Forfeiture Unit, and Gina M. Parlovecchio, Michael P. Robotti,
Erin Reid and Patricia E. Notopoulos of the Office’s International Narcotics
and Money Laundering Section.
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Is that even legal? If that's the case, can Mexico go into the U.S and do the same?
ReplyDeleteThank you. Smarten up Mexico
DeleteMexican banks can forclose on us property.
DeleteUSA asking stupid stuff. Mexico should not agree.
DeleteNorth American Union
DeleteMexico should put Mexico first. Pleasing the US isn’t in Mexico’s interest
Delete@4:22 of course it is. The difficult thing would be to enforce it, but in this case it is all about politics and making waves to put pressure on the Mex gov to pursue RCQ.
DeleteI look at the USA as a parent with two children. First one is Canada who gets straight A’s and the second one is handicap and needs constant care and that is Mexico.
Delete4:22 of coarse mexico can and it is legal . Last year in federal court in San Antonio the USA convicted a person for murders he committed in Mexico
Delete6:21 Any american can be tried for murder committed in other countries
Delete6:21 He wasnt a US citizen . He was Mexican and he was convicted in the USA for murders he committed in Mexico .
Delete6:21 you're comparing apples to oranges.
Delete@8:55 yeah, if Bancomex IS DOING THE FUNDING. In this case it's the U.S government trying to seize property on foreign soil. I don't know, it seems kinda shady.
DeleteThe El Paso shooter should get extradited to Mexico in that case.
DeleteIm sure he’d be real popular with the inmates.
12:32 Why would the USA extradite its criminals to mexico ? Although this might be a isolated or not ordinary . As a rule of thumb the prison security is lacking down there . Beside the Zeta that was tried in S A was caught in Texas
Delete@6:06
DeleteFor the same reason USA wants Caro Quintero extradited.
Arriba el Jefe don rafa
ReplyDeleteBS they should take everything from the Italian Mob Families first.. then they can start medlin with foreign mobsters
ReplyDeleteeLxBarrett
They have already decimated the american mafia so the have moved on to foriegn scum
DeleteLol the u.s mob aint shit compared to the cartels.this aint the 60's
DeleteCanada (Montreal) has the LCN juice and has since the decimation in NY. The Rizzuto outfit eclipsed NY a long time ago. Some Cosa Nostra families have been downgraded to street gangs in NY. The Calabrian mafia also has 9 separate clans operating in and around Toronto.
DeleteMexican DTO’s are a far bigger threat to US security than the Italian mobs. The cartels run the entire chain of the drug command, from manufacturing to distribution. All over North America
All those Mobsters from "the syndicate" days , have become "legit businessmen" or "philanthropists"
DeleteLots of major companies have started from mob money and used for money laundering. For example Victorias Secret.
What is dis Italian mob ting you talk about..i never heard of dis guy.
DeleteOf course the USA would want this lol
ReplyDeleteWanting and obtaining are 2 different things.
DeleteMy guess is that Rafael will sell before the Mexican government agrees. Best to take what u can than nothing at all.
The u.s is to Nosy
ReplyDeleteYep We put our nose in your illegal business and will take your crooked shit away from you . Then reduce your walking range to 4 medium steps or about eight feet . Everything has a risk and a price .
DeleteI think you meant to write gringos (non-Hispanic whites) yes they are nosy as hell and lack culture and also love ❤️ drugs!
Delete6:25 the DEA and the US that will never forget, have already forgotten for about 35 years that Iran/ Contra chose to ignore the REAL DRUG TRAFFICKERS BEHIND THE GUADALAJARA CARTEL of which Rafael Caro Quintero was just a junior varsity member along with amado carrillo fuentes while el chapo was a very young freshman...
Deletehector berrellez investigated the Kiki Camarena murder, he knows a lot of shit, along with others still alive like Phil Jordan, Cele Castillo and Sandy Gonzalez, all very decorated DEA agents until they discovered the dityr shit of many in the US government clouded wit Mexican government in the drug trafficking of cocaine and marihuana to the US, among them felix ismael rodriguez mendigutia, juan ramon matta ballesteros, the mexican government, DFS, army, policias federales, fernando gutierrez barrios, carlos salinas de gortari and lt col oliver north, and more than 100 us government pardoned by president george hw bush who was vicepresident under reagan, pardons worked out by now "US states attorney" Bill Barr...
-ask berrellez to read proof your comments, or us senator john kerry, or maxine waters, investigate before commenting please...
there is also an interview of Berrellez on fox news and proceso of mexico published a report not long ago, but do0n rafa was not in charge of the whole shebang on iran/contra...
6:25 am thats because we in the US dont have illegal business or do crooked shit so we have every right to...correct?
DeleteJust a bunch of accusations with no proof. Accusations are like opinions, and opinions are like assholes- everyone has one. Show us, don't tell us.
ReplyDeleteAccusations?
DeleteHis involvement continued while incarcerated in Mexico. His girlfriend or wife I believe was his business partner.
Someone has to be the worlds police...
ReplyDeleteYes God himself. All others are a bunch of hypocrites.
DeleteSo we have a self appointed country. Who polices the U.S when the U.S invades countries for oil, kills innocent people and targets its citizens for exposing them?
DeleteThe US are always begging from Mexico. What gives America the right. GTFOH
ReplyDeleteBegging?
DeleteRather, obliging the Mexican government to do right. The removal of illicit riches from all its criminal families.
Shouldnt MEXICO BE DOING THIS AND GETTING THE MONEY THEN??
DeleteKilling kiki was the worst thing these idiots couldve ever done- reminds me of what they did to thomas silverstein after he killed the guard at marion..the feds never forget
Awaiting sicario006’s synopsis of the situation.....
ReplyDeleteCharge that to the government officials who allowed KIki’s murder and double the charge to those who were there
ReplyDeleteFelix Rodriguez to name one ...
DeleteAhhhhh my type of comments! Of course viva Mexico! Viva la
ReplyDeletePaz!
Nothing is in his name, so good luck. Even then his lawyer can file an Amparo and state anything purchased post his release was not from drug proceeds because according to that interview he is an elderly poor farmer
ReplyDeleteYou kill an American DEA agent your life is going to be a living hell. He should be thankful the Americans didnt kill him and give them what they want. The American cartel is stronger than any mexican Cartel.
ReplyDelete4:17 the US government at the time, was managing partner of the Guadalajara cartel that kidnapped, tortured and murdered kiki camarena and manuel buendia and alfredo zavala avelar and about 30 policias judicial federal agents in sanchez taboada veracruz for investigating drugs, narcos and contras in the area, a crime still impune except for the innocents imprisoned under false pretenses...the ranch there was property of caro quintero, the DFS and the iran/ contra conspirators paid rent to use it.
DeleteProbably retirement property. He pretty old. Many people from central America retire in the US.
ReplyDeleteMexico is part of North America dumbass!
DeleteMexico should tell them to fuck off, property bought in Mexico should belong to the Mexican government.
ReplyDeleteThe US has been has been involved in every thing that makes this world a hell hole since ww2 ....think about it
ReplyDeleteDid you ever consider that this is Hell!
DeleteYou know that neighbor that’s always in your business? The one always peeping over to see what you got...yeah that one...
ReplyDeleteMexico is constantly being bullied by THE U.S because of the lack of balls from the Mexican government
ReplyDeleteMexico has no balls in tackling, the many Innocents getting killed.
DeleteGuadalajara: are you kidding me? The DEA must be managed by junior high students. The train has left the station decades ago. Ketchup.
ReplyDeleteif you don't like your neighbor poking into your "business" ...get your business together. you have nothing to say. 30,000 murders in a year? blame it on the white guys.
ReplyDeleteSmug little plastic-faced pendejo....
ReplyDeleteCan we have the El Paso shooter extradited to Mexico too?
ReplyDeleteUSA does it why cant we?
Yes. You're welcome to him. Except Mexican prisons are probably more lax than US prisons. Give him a little bit of "street justice" and call it a day.
DeleteI recommend everyone go watch the new Netflix show “the laundromat” Very interesting...also look up “Panama papers”
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