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| Former Guadalajara Cartel leader Rafael Caro-Quintero (left) and US Drug Enforcement Administration (DEA) agent Enrique "Kiki" Camarena Salazar (right) |
The United States Drug Enforcement Administration (DEA) expects the extradition of Rafael Caro Quintero from Mexico to occur in early 2024. Caro Quintero is wanted in the US for the 1985 murder of DEA agent Enrique "Kiki" Camarena.
DEA official George Papadopoulo told Grupo Reforma that the US government does not expect for the extradition to delay past 2024.
"Rafael Caro Quintero is currently awaiting extradition from Mexico. We hope that he will be extradited early next year so that he can face justice here in the United States," Papadopoulos said.
The US has already formally requested the extradition of Caro Quintero for the murder of Camarena, in addition to drug trafficking and money laundering.
When Caro Quintero was rearrested on July 15, 2022 after being a fugitive since 2013, the US Attorney General, Merrick Garland, requested for the immediate extradition of Caro Quintero.
Between 2013 and 2022, the US government revealed to The Washington Post that there were at least 12 failed attempts to apprehend Caro Quintero.
A few days after Caro Quintero was captured, Garland called Mexican Attorney General Alejandro Gertz. The details of what they discussed was not disclosed to the public, but Grupo Reforma said that both Mexico and the US had agreed to "work in unison" to complete the extradition process.
Caro Quintero has issued dozens of motions to cancel his arrest warrants and to prevent his extradition to the US. In his latest attempt, his defense team sought to take his case up to the Supreme Court of Justice of the Nation (SCJN), Mexico's highest federal court system.
Sources: Reforma; Borderland Beat archives
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Delete5:07 is this like your anger management setion?
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ReplyDeleteThis is the longest extradition process of all time. Since he was arrested back in the 80s it’s been in the works. Comes to show this is a give-and-take game. Mexico knows the US wants RCQ so they make them wait. Who knows what Mexico will get in return for this big price.
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DeleteNothing. Absolutely nothing. He faced Mexican justice first and was imprisoned. This is not inappropriate. Now that he has served his Mexican sentence, he now faces American justice. There's nothing out of the ordinary there except that they didn't hand him over to face American justice initially. My guess is that they wanted to control him and any information he might release. Now, it's probably irrelevant or old news. The US will parade his "head" on a stake to send a message (kinda like they do down here when they hang a body from a bridge). This message is, kill an American agent, and you will face justice no matter how long it takes.
Delete@707 — https://www.washingtonpost.com/archive/politics/1989/07/21/2-drug-lords-lived-lavishly-in-mexico-city-cellblocks/06e8841d-c052-47c1-8c5c-5d410a274fe7/
Delete@726 don't be naive. There's two choices, put them in jail and cater to them for their silence, or you have to kill them. You think a top trafficker here doesn't have damaging info on the government? They put them in jail. Deals are made here. There will be no deal in the US except him dying in prison.
Deleteand @726, by the way, "Until their recent transfer to maximum security facilities"
Delete@7:07PM What we think of as irrelevant or old news doesn't mean it's useless. Two soldiers fighting in the same battle often have vastly different accounts of that battle. It doesn't mean one or the other is lying. Maybe Caro-Quintero saw things from his perch that others missed or downplayed.
Delete@451 your entire reply to me is a non-sequitur. what are you even talking about, and how is it even remotely responsive to what I wrote?
Delete@6:56PM *sigh* Must I spell it out for you? You wrote that his information might be irrelevant or old news. Implying that it may be of limited value. But he may be able to fill in some blanks. He may offer unique insight into cartel activities. Just like the divergent experiences of two comrades in battle may be used to piece together an accurate narrative.
DeleteYou are too dismissive of his informational value to the DEA.
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ReplyDeleteSpeaking of Alejandro Hertz Manero, the attorney general of México, who hasn't been seen since 02-23-23. Is he still the AG while recovering from his "surgery " or some ailment? Still being paid a salary and having immunity from prosecution? Tsk, tsk.
ReplyDeleteThis is BS. He never committed any crimes on american soil. He has served his time.. DEA just spouting its wings once again while the true culprits (CIA) walk free.
ReplyDeleteThis doesn't matter. He killed a US federal agent in Mexico who was on official duty (i.e. not on vacation, etc.). Plus he is part of an enterprise that smuggles drugs into the US, as contractors in the US, and launders millions in the US.
Delete@842 you know nothing of international law apparently.
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ReplyDeleteHe did his time in jail already. No extradition should be given to the USA.
ReplyDeleteI completely agree!! 25 years in prison is considered a life sentence in the system. He already did that, he should be set free,!! It's all about satisfying egos at this point. Government just wants a trophy
DeleteThey should throw him off a chopper make him suffer like camarena did.
ReplyDeleteSo losing 2 billion dollars on product is not suffering enough for you huh 🤔. + 25 years in jail. Obviously he is a criminal so why should we care. But. US soldiers murder innocent people in Iraq and were pardoned by Trump and they should be free because it was a presidential pardon. Criminal killing an agent not ok soldier is killing innocent people it’s ok.
DeleteGood, and I hope he goes to trial as well. Let all of it play out in the open so we can see the evidence of DFS, CIA, and Mexican politicos involved in the murder. I bet Manuel Bartlett and a whole host of other powerful folks from the 70s/80s are praying there is no trial.
ReplyDeleteIt is funny how you people in USA talk about punishment and murder of officials but when your military kill innocent people there is no accountability.
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ReplyDeleteI don’t think they’re extraditing him early 2024, what is going to happen is trump will be in office and will ask for extraditing him. That’s really the plan!
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