Rafael Caro Quintero
Everything We Know About the Arrest of a Notorious Drug Lord in Mexico
Details around the crash of a military helicopter close to where Rafael Caro Quintero was arrested in Sinaloa remain murky, and the U.S and Mexico can't agree on whether the U.S. helped efforts to net the most-wanted drug boss.
Notorious Drug Lord Rafael Caro Quintero Captured in Mexico
Caro Quintero—a founder of the Guadalajara Cartel and famous for his massive weed plantations—was taken into custody again after being released from a Mexican prison in 2013.
Shocking Video Shows Cartel Convoy Raiding Mexican City Near US Border
The attack in Caborca, Sonora, went on for hours and left two dead and five others kidnapped.
Mexico May Free the Cartel ‘Godfather’ Behind a DEA Agent’s Murder
President AMLO said Miguel Ángel Félix Gallardo, who is deaf and blind in one eye and now confined to a wheelchair, could be freed if “justified.”
Mexico's oldest drug lord just left prison
Ernesto Fonseca Carrillo, aka Don Neto, was transferred to house arrest. He helped found Mexico's first drug trafficking cartel and is serving a sentence for killing a DEA agent.
Fugitive Mexican drug lord Rafael Caro Quintero pleads for a 'second chance'
The legendary Mexican drug lord denied killing DEA agent "Kiki" Camarena, repeatedly apologized to the US government, and refuted reports that he is currently heading an assault on territory controlled by the Sinaloa cartel.
After years of decline, Mexico's murder rate is heading back to peak drug war levels
Renewed cartel violence in the first half of this year pushed up Mexico's murder rate by about 15 percent.
Common-Law Wife of One of the DEA's Most-Hated Drug Lords Added to US Kingpin List
Diana Espinoza Aguila met Mexican drug trafficker Rafael Caro Quintero in prison, where he was serving a 40-year prison sentence for the murder of a DEA agent. His early release in 2013 caused an uproar in the US.
24 Sinaloa Cartel Members Arrested in Secretive Joint Operation by US and Mexico
US and Mexican authorities reportedly teamed up to arrest two dozen high-level cartel members in the Mexican state of Sonora along the border with Arizona.
After El Chapo: The World's 10 Most Wanted Drug Lords
The DEA's list of wanted drug lords is out of date after the capture of the infamous Mexican trafficker — so we made our own.
Why Chapo’s Capture Won’t Stop the Flow of Weed, Meth, Cocaine, and Heroin
Leading analysts and critics of the US-backed drug war in Mexico say that the arrest of the world's most wanted drug lord means little to the actual street-level drug market on America’s streets or to levels of violence in Mexico.
Mexico Captures, Releases, Then Recaptures ‘El Menchito,’ Son of Powerful Drug Lord
Critics say the recent revolving door for 25-year-old Ruben Oseguera Gonzalez is a stark example of the Mexican justice system's corruption and ineptitude.