{"id":1369192,"date":"2022-03-10T13:06:32","date_gmt":"2022-03-10T18:06:32","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/?p=1369192"},"modified":"2022-03-10T13:06:35","modified_gmt":"2022-03-10T18:06:35","slug":"graphic-dea-most-wanted-drug-lord-behind-mexican-border-state-hanging","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/graphic-dea-most-wanted-drug-lord-behind-mexican-border-state-hanging\/","title":{"rendered":"GRAPHIC &#8212; DEA Most Wanted Drug Lord Behind Mexican Border State Hanging"},"content":{"rendered":"<aside class=\"mashsb-container mashsb-main mashsb-stretched\"><div class=\"mashsb-box\"><div class=\"mashsb-count mash-medium\" style=\"float:left\"><div class=\"counts mashsbcount\">24<\/div><span class=\"mashsb-sharetext\">SHARES<\/span><\/div><div class=\"mashsb-buttons\"><a class=\"mashicon-facebook mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/sharer.php?u=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.conservativenewsdaily.net%2Fbreaking-news%2Fgraphic-dea-most-wanted-drug-lord-behind-mexican-border-state-hanging%2F\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Facebook<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-twitter mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/intent\/tweet?text=&amp;url=https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/?p=1369192&amp;via=ConservNewsDly\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Twitter<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-subscribe mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"#\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Subscribe<\/span><\/a><div class=\"onoffswitch2 mash-medium mashsb-noshadow\" style=\"display:none\"><\/div><\/div>\n            <\/div>\n                <div style=\"clear:both\"><\/div><\/aside>\n            <!-- Share buttons by mashshare.net - Version: 4.0.47--><p class=\"subheading\">A long-time drug lord responsible for the murder of a U.S. DEA agent in 1985 is behind a recent spike in violence in northwestern Mexico, just south of Arizona. The drug lord is currently on the U.S. Drug Enforcement Administration\u2019s Most Wanted list.<\/p>\n<p>Rafael Caro Quintero, one of the drug lords behind the murder of DEA Agent Enrique \u201cKiki\u201d Camarena, is at the center of a fierce turf war with his former allies in the Sinaloa Cartel.<\/p>\n<p>On Monday, a cartel strike team aligned with Caro Quintero hung a body from a highway overpass next to a banner claiming that police were working with a faction of the Sinaloa Cartel known as \u201cLos Salazar,\u201d\u00a0<em><a href=\"https:\/\/www.proceso.com.mx\/nacional\/estados\/2022\/3\/7\/localizan-tres-cuerpos-mantas-en-sonora-un-cadaver-fue-colgado-en-puente-282128.html\">Proceso Magazine<\/a><\/em> reported. On the same day, authorities found two other bodies wrapped in blankets in the city of Guaymas.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/media.breitbart.com\/media\/2022\/03\/Sonora-Hanging.jpg\"><\/a><\/p>\n<p>The hanging comes at a time when cartel enforcers known as \u201cLa Plaza,\u201d part of Caro Quintero\u2019s organization, are carrying out killings statewide as they fight groups tied to the Sinaloa Cartel \u2014 particularly the sons of jailed kingpin Joaquin \u201cEl Chapo\u201d Guzman.<\/p>\n<p>Sonora Governor Alfonso Durazo continuously posts on social media about efforts by officials to restore peace, however, the rival cartels continue a bloody turf war with little interference.<\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\">\n<p dir=\"ltr\" lang=\"es\">Expreso mi reconocimiento a todas las dependencias policiacas que participaron en el operativo de <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/hashtag\/Navojoa?src=hash&#038;ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">#Navojoa<\/a>, que llev\u00f3 con el decomiso hist\u00f3rico de municiones. <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/Ni9eBu1ppS\">pic.twitter.com\/Ni9eBu1ppS<\/a><\/p>\n<p>\u2014 Alfonso Durazo (@AlfonsoDurazo) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/AlfonsoDurazo\/status\/1499535712760184832?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">March 4, 2022<\/a><\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<p>Last month, a convoy of gunmen from the Sinaloa Cartel known as \u201cLa Chapiza\u201d invaded the border town of Caborca, <a href=\"https:\/\/www.elsoldehermosillo.com.mx\/policiaca\/balacera-en-caborca-sicarios-infunden-terror-con-disparos-este-miercoles-7870344.html\"><em>El Sol de Hermosillo<\/em><\/a> reported. The gunmen killed at least one person, kidnapped several others, and shot up houses during a 24-hour period. By the time the gunmen left, authorities still had not responded.<\/p>\n<p>Caro Quintero was a top leader with the Guadalajara Cartel and spent years in prison for his role in the 1985 murder of Camarena. However, a <a href=\"https:\/\/www.breitbart.com\/border\/2016\/07\/26\/fugitive-mexican-drug-lord-just-want-retire\/\">Mexican judge released Quintero in 2013<\/a> under a questionable ruling and did not give the United States a chance to request extradition. Since his release, the drug lord returned to the trade and settled in Sonora, where he set up his own organization.<\/p>\n<p><em>Ildefonso Ortiz is an award-winning journalist with Breitbart Texas. He co-founded Breitbart Texas\u2019 Cartel Chronicles project with Brandon Darby\u00a0and senior Breitbart management.\u00a0You can follow him on\u00a0<\/em><a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/IldefonsoOrtiz\"><em>Twitter<\/em><\/a><em>\u00a0and on\u00a0<\/em><a href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/pages\/Ildefonso-Ortiz\/731511040246659\"><em>Facebook<\/em><\/a><em>. He can be contacted at\u00a0<\/em><a href=\"mailto:Iortiz@breitbart.com\"><em>Iortiz@breitbart.com<\/em><\/a><em>.\u00a0<\/em><\/p>\n<p><em>Brandon Darby is the managing director and editor-in-chief of Breitbart Texas. He co-founded Breitbart Texas\u2019 Cartel Chronicles project with Ildefonso Ortiz and senior Breitbart management. Follow him on\u00a0<\/em><a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/brandondarby?ref_src=twsrc%5Egoogle%7Ctwcamp%5Eserp%7Ctwgr%5Eauthor\"><em>Twitter\u00a0<\/em><\/a><em>and\u00a0<\/em><a href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/brandonmichaeldarby\"><em>Facebook<\/em><\/a><em>. He can be contacted at\u00a0<\/em><a href=\"mailto:bdarby@breitbart.com\"><em>bdarby@breitbart.com<\/em><\/a><em>.<\/em><em>\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0<\/em><\/p>\n<p><em>Jose Luis Lara from Breitbart Texas\u2019 Cartel Chronicles project contributed to this report<\/em><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>A long-time drug lord responsible for the murder of a U.S. DEA agent in 1985 is behind a recent spike in violence in northwestern Mexico, just south of Arizona. 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