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U.S. asks Mexico to detain freed drug lord so can be extradited
Source: Reuters
U.S. asks Mexico to detain freed drug lord so can be extradited
By Gabriel Stargardter
MEXICO CITY | Wed Aug 14, 2013 7:56pm EDT
(Reuters) - The United States has asked Mexico to detain freed drug kingpin Rafael Caro Quintero to face charges brought decades ago by a U.S. court, the Mexican attorney general's office said on Wednesday, setting the stage for a formal extradition request.
Caro Quintero, one of the infamous godfathers of Mexican drug trafficking, was freed last week from the Puente Grande prison after serving nearly three decades of a 40-year sentence for ordering the 1985 murder of undercover Drug Enforcement Administration (DEA) agent Enrique Camarena.
The ruling was a bitter blow to the DEA, and the United States said it would not cease in its efforts to bring Caro Quintero to justice on home soil.
The request for Mexico to detain Caro Quintero marks the first stage of a formal extradition process riddled with complex legal potholes.
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By Gabriel Stargardter
MEXICO CITY | Wed Aug 14, 2013 7:56pm EDT
(Reuters) - The United States has asked Mexico to detain freed drug kingpin Rafael Caro Quintero to face charges brought decades ago by a U.S. court, the Mexican attorney general's office said on Wednesday, setting the stage for a formal extradition request.
Caro Quintero, one of the infamous godfathers of Mexican drug trafficking, was freed last week from the Puente Grande prison after serving nearly three decades of a 40-year sentence for ordering the 1985 murder of undercover Drug Enforcement Administration (DEA) agent Enrique Camarena.
The ruling was a bitter blow to the DEA, and the United States said it would not cease in its efforts to bring Caro Quintero to justice on home soil.
The request for Mexico to detain Caro Quintero marks the first stage of a formal extradition process riddled with complex legal potholes.
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Read more: http://www.reuters.com/article/2013/08/14/us-mexico-crime-idUSBRE97D1FV20130814