Mexico City
CNN
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A infamous drug lord at the FBI’s 10 maximum sought after listing used to be detained on Friday in an operation that led to tragedy when 14 Marines who assisted in his seize had been killed in a helicopter crash, Mexican Navy officers stated.

Rafael Caro Quintero used to be detained by way of Marines after he used to be discovered hiding in timber by way of a army canine within the the city of San Simón, Choix municipality, within the northwestern state of Sinaloa, in keeping with a Mexican Navy observation.

Caro Quintero, referred to as the “narco of drug traffickers,” is thought of as by way of Mexican government to be the founding father of the Guadalajara cartel. They accuse him of trafficking methamphetamine, heroin, cocaine and marijuana.

The Mexican Navy Black Hawk helicopter crashed in Los Mochis, Sinaloa following the operation to seize him, in keeping with the observation. One different Marine used to be injured and stays in clinic.

The explanation for the crash used to be unknown and an investigation would happen, the observation added.

Caro Quintero, whose actual age is unknown however is assumed to be in his 60s, is wanted by US authorities for allegedly kidnapping and conspiring to homicide Drug Enforcement Administration (DEA) Special Agent Enrique Camarena Salazar in 1985.

Camarena Salazar used to be abducted, tortured and murdered in retaliation for a raid in 1984 of Caro Quintero’s 2,500-acre marijuana farm by way of Mexican government, in keeping with the DEA. The occasions had been serialized within the Netflix drama “Narcos: Mexico.”

Caro Quintero spent 28 years in prison in Mexico for his function within the homicide ahead of he used to be launched on a technicality in 2013. The Mexican Supreme Court later overturned the verdict that freed him.

The fugitive returned to drug trafficking as a senior chief of the Sinaloa cartel, in keeping with the FBI.

US Attorney General Merrick Garland stated Friday the United States will search speedy extradition of Caro Quintero so he can also be attempted “within the very justice machine (DEA) Special Agent Camarena died protecting.”

“There is not any hiding position for somebody who kidnaps, tortures, and murders American regulation enforcement,” Garland stated.

In 2018, US government introduced a $20 million praise for Caro Quintero. He has in the past stated makes an attempt to arrest him had been “out of place vengeance” – “very easily rewriting historical past,” in keeping with the DEA.

DEA brokers based totally in Mexico labored with Mexican government to find and arrest Quintero, DEA administrator Anne Milgram stated in a be aware to the company’s staff Friday night.

“For greater than 30 years, the women and men of DEA have labored tirelessly to convey Caro Quintero to justice,” Milgram stated. “Today’s arrest is the results of years of your blood, sweat, and tears. Without your paintings, Caro Quintero would no longer face justice.”