Mexico captures drug lord Rafael Caro Quintero who killed US agent


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Mexican military captured on Friday notorious drug lord Rafael Caro Quintero, convicted for the murder and torture of a US anti-narcotics agent in 1985, a major coup for both Mexican and US law enforcement agencies. The kingpin rose to prominence as a co-founder of the Guadalajara cartel, one of Latin America’s most powerful drug trafficking organisations during the 1980s, and had been among the most prized targets for US officials. The US government hailed the arrest, and said it would waste no time in requesting his extradition. “This is huge,” White House senior Latin America adviser Juan Gonzalez said on...