Rafael Caro Quintero
Mexican drug lord
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| February 28 2025 | Caro Quintero was arraigned in federal court in New York, where he entered a plea of not guilty to charges of running a criminal enterprise and murdering DEA agent Enrique 'Kiki' Camarena. |
| February 27 2025 | Caro Quintero was extradited to the United States to face charges related to drug trafficking and the 1985 murders. |
| July 15 2022 | Rafael Caro Quintero was arrested in the settlement of San Simón, within the Choix Municipality of Sinaloa, and subsequently transferred to the maximum security federal prison Altiplano. His capture was assisted by 'Max', a search and rescue dog from the Mexican Navy. |
| July 15 2022 | Caro Quintero was arrested in Mexico. |
| March 27 2021 | A Mexican court dismissed suggestions that Camarena's murder was purely a Mexican affair and opened the door to potential extradition on 1985 murder charges. |
| March 27 2021 | Caro Quintero lost his final appeal to avoid extradition to the United States. |
| May 26 2020 | Caro Quintero's lawyer filed an appeal to drop drug trafficking and murder charges, citing his age and inability to finance a new trial. |
| April 2018 | Huffington Post journalist Anabel Hernández interviewed Caro Quintero at his home in Mazatlán, Sinaloa, where he appeared aged and frail, living in a modest mountain home and claiming to be suffering from a prostate-related illness. |
| April 12 2018 | Added to the FBI's Ten Most Wanted Fugitives list, with a 20-million-dollar reward offered for his capture. |
| March 7 2018 | Mexican military conducted a search operation using Black Hawk helicopters in mountain villages of Badiraguato Municipality to find Caro Quintero, but the hunt was unsuccessful. |
| January 25 2018 | Sajid Caro Quintero pleaded guilty to drug trafficking and money laundering charges in a California courthouse. |
| October 2017 | Caro Quintero's cousin Sajid was arrested by U.S. authorities. |
| July 24 2016 | Rafael Caro Quintero gave an interview to Proceso magazine while on the run, claiming he did not kill Enrique Camarena and had been visited by 'El Chapo' Guzmán and Ismael 'El Mayo' Zambada after his prison release, stating he no longer wanted to be involved in drug trafficking. |
| August 2013 | The day after his release, a Mexican federal court issued an arrest warrant against Caro Quintero, who became a wanted fugitive in Mexico, the United States, and other countries. |
| August 14 2013 | A federal court granted an arrest warrant against Caro Quintero after a U.S. government petition. |
| August 9 2013 | Released from prison after 28 years, following a court order by magistrate Rosalía Isabel Moreno Ruiz, who ruled he was improperly tried in a federal courtroom. |
| 2010 | A federal judge granted him the right to be transferred to another prison in Jalisco. |
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