Major development in case against Rafael Caro Quintero accused of taking part in Camarena’s 1985 murder in Mexico
The US justice department has begun to hand over audio recordings of the 1985 torture and killing of Drug Enforcement Administration (DEA) special agent Enrique “Kiki” Camarena to a Mexican kingpin’s legal defense team, according to a court document filed on Friday.
Rafael Caro Quintero, one of the founders of the Mexican Guadalajara cartel, is facing federal prosecution in the eastern district of New York for alleged drug trafficking. Caro Quintero is accused of having participated in Camarena’s torture and murder in 1985 in Mexico.
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