Miguel Caro Quintero was born in Caborca, Sonora, Mexico, in 1963. Caborca is both a municipality and a municipal seat in the Mexican state of Sonora. The United Mexican States ( or commonly Mexico (ˈmɛksɪkoʊ () is a federal constitutional Republic in North America. Caro Quintero is believed to be the leader of Sonora Cartel. The Sonora Cartel, also called the Caro-Quintero Organization is a Mexico based polydrug cartel
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Sonora Cartel
The United States Drug Enforcement Administration (DEA) states Caro Quintero created the Sonora Cartel from remnants of the Guadalajara Cartel, which was co-founded by his brother Rafael Caro Quintero. The United States of America —commonly referred to as the The Drug Enforcement Administration ( DEA) is a United States Department of Justice Law enforcement agency tasked with combating drug smuggling and The Guadalajara Cartel was a Mexican Drug cartel which was formed in the 1980's by Rafael Caro Quintero and Miguel Ángel Félix Gallardo in Rafael Caro Quintero (born October 24 1954) was a Mexican Drug lord and co-founder with Miguel Ángel Félix Gallardo, of the Rafael Caro Quintero was arrested in Costa Rica in 1985 in connection with the torture and death of DEA Special Agent Enrique "Kiki" Camarena Salazar. Enrique "Kiki" Camarena Salazar ( July 26, 1947 - c February 9, 1985) was an undercover agent for the United States In 1989 Miguel Ángel Félix Gallardo was arrested, causing the splintering of the Guadalajara Cartel into the Sinaloa Cartel, Tijuana Cartel and Sonora Cartel. Miguel Ángel Félix Gallardo (born January 8 1946) is a Mexican Drug lord known as "El Padrino" the Cocaine czar of Mexico The Guadalajara Cartel was a Mexican Drug cartel which was formed in the 1980's by Rafael Caro Quintero and Miguel Ángel Félix Gallardo in The Sinaloa Cartel is a Mexican drug trafficking cartel primarily operating out of the states of Sinaloa, Durango, Sonora and The Tijuana Cartel is a Mexican drug cartel from Tijuana Baja California. The Sonora Cartel, also called the Caro-Quintero Organization is a Mexico based polydrug cartel [1][2]
Arrest
Caro Quintero was previously arrested in 1992 on charges of tax evasion, he was found not guilty, which the DEA attributes to the use of threats and bribes by Caro Quintero. Tax avoidance is the legal utilization of the Tax regime to one's own advantage in order to reduce the amount of tax that is payable by means that are within the law While imprisoned, it is believed Caro-Quintero is still running the Sonora Cartel, where he is being held on charges of racketeering, drug smuggling and money laundering. A racket is an illegal business usually run as part of Organized crime. The illegal drug trade or drug trafficking is a global Black market consisting of the cultivation manufacture distribution and sale of illegal Drugs Money laundering is the practice of engaging in financial Transactions in order to conceal the Identity, source and/or destination of Money, Caro Quintero was arrested in December 2001 in Los Mochis, Sinaloa. Los Mochis is a coastal city in northern Sinaloa, Mexico, located at. Sinaloa is one of the 31 states of Mexico. Geography Sinaloa is bordered to the north by Sonora and Chihuahua; to the south Prior to his arrest he has repeatedly stated he is innocent of the charges and has accused the DEA of pursuing a vendetta against him for Rafael Caro Quintero's, alleged role in the death of DEA Special Agent Enrique Camarena. Miguel Caro Quintero is noted as having called into a radio station to profess his innocence, stating: "If I had a cartel, I'd have a lot of money and my brother wouldn't be there (in jail)" and claiming to be an innocent rancher. He further stated he does not believe his brother was involved in the killing of the DEA agent. [1][2]
See also
References
- ^ a b (1999) in Jesse Helms: Mexican and American Responses to the International Narcotics Threat. The Guadalajara Cartel was a Mexican Drug cartel which was formed in the 1980's by Rafael Caro Quintero and Miguel Ángel Félix Gallardo in The Sonora Cartel, also called the Caro-Quintero Organization is a Mexico based polydrug cartel The Sinaloa Cartel is a Mexican drug trafficking cartel primarily operating out of the states of Sinaloa, Durango, Sonora and The Tijuana Cartel is a Mexican drug cartel from Tijuana Baja California. U. S. Senate, Subcommittee on Western Hemisphere, Peace Corps, Narcotics and Terrorism of the Committee on Foreign Relations, 61,136,137. ISBN 0788180088.
- ^ a b Weiner, Tim. "Suspect in Vast Drug Ring Held in Mexico; May Be Sent to U. S. ", New York Times, December 22, 2001. Retrieved on 2008-04-14. 2008 ( MMVIII) is the current year in accordance with the Gregorian calendar, a Leap year that started on Tuesday of the Common Events 43 BC - Battle of Forum Gallorum: Mark Antony, besieging Julius Caesar 's assassin Decimus Junius Brutus in
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