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In this March 8, 1985, file photo, U.S. Marine Corps pallbearers carry the casket holding the body of slain U.S. Drug Enforcement agent Enrique Camarena Salazar after it arrived at North Island Naval Air Station, in San Diego. Mexican drug lord Rafael Caro Quintero was only ever sentenced in Mexico for the killing of Camarena and Mexican pilot Alfredo Zavala Avelar in 1985, but his gang apparently killed as many as six U.S. citizens in the western city of Guadalajara around the same time. (AP Photo/Lenny Ignelzi, File)

‘Forgotten’ U.S. victims of Mexican drug lord want justice

By Mark Stevenson - Associated Press

This image released by the FBI shows the wanted poster for Rafael Caro-Quintero, who was behind the killing of a U.S. DEA agent in 1985. Caro-Quintero has been captured by Mexican forces nearly a decade after walking out of a Mexican prison and returning to drug trafficking, an official with Mexico's navy confirmed Friday, July 15, 2022. (FBI via AP, File) **FILE**

Mexico’s capture of drug kingpin could be signal to U.S.

By Maria Verza and Mark Stevenson - Associated Press

Mexico worries about scorn if another drug lord is released

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US seeks seizure of Mexican homes linked to drug lord

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Mexico president justifies release of kingpin targeted by US

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FILE - In this image released by the FBI shows the wanted posted for Rafael Caro Quintero. Caro Quintero, the notorious underworld figure who is on the FBI’s most-wanted list for the murder of DEA Special Agent Enrique Camarena in 1985, said on Tuesday, May 26, 2020, in a legal appeal seeking an injunction against his arrest or extradition to the United States, that he has no money, is too old to work and has no pension. (FBI via AP)

Mexican drug lord pleads poverty in bid to escape arrest

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US to seek extradition of Mexican drug kingpin’s nephew

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Mexico arrests nephew of drug lord Rafael Caro Quintero

By MARIA VERZA - Associated Press

The undated file photo distributed by the Mexican government shows Rafael Caro Quintero, who was released from prison by a judge after serving 28 years of a sentence for the torture and killing of Drug Enforcement Administration Special Agent Enrique "Kiki" Camarena. The U.S. government is pressing for his recapture. (Associated Press)

State Department offers $5M bounty for Mexican drug lord

By Cheryl K. Chumley - The Washington Times

Rafael Caro Quintero, considered the grandfather of Mexican drug trafficking, is shown here in an undated photo. A Mexican court has ordered the release of Mr. Quintero after 28 years in prison for the 1985 kidnapping and killing of U.S. Drug Enforcement Administration agent Enrique Camarena. (AP Photo/File)

Mexican drug lord who ordered killing of DEA agent released from prison

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