Mexico’s capture of drug kingpin could be signal to US

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Mexico’s capture of drug kingpin could be signal to US

By MARÍA VERZA and MARK STEVENSONtoday

 

 

In this government handout photo provided by Mexico's Secretariat of the Navy, agents escort drug trafficker Rafael Caro Quintero, in Sinaloa state, Mexico, Friday, July 15, 2022, captured deep in the mountains of his home state. It was a 6-year-old bloodhound named “Max” who rousted Caro Quintero from the undergrowth. (Mexico's Secretariat of the Navy via AP)

 

MEXICO CITY (AP) — The United States’ motivation to find infamous drug lord Rafael Caro Quintero was never in doubt — hence the $20 million reward for information leading to his capture — there was less certainty about the commitment of Mexican President Andrés Manuel López Obrador, who had made clear his disinterest in pursuing drug lords.

Yet on Friday, three days after López Obrador and U.S. President Joe Biden met in the White House, the most wanted target of the U.S. Drug Enforcement Administration — the man allegedly responsible for the murder of a DEA agent more than three decades ago — was in Mexican custody.

A bloodhound rousted him from the undergrowth as Mexican marines closed in deep in the mountains of his native state of Sinaloa.

 

https://apnews.com/article/mexican-drug-kingpin-rafael-caro-quintero-captured-e02091ec46d817e4d727a23025a771ce