Juan Pablo Quintero Martínez, known as “Pablito,” nephew of Rafael Caro Quintero, was arrested in the municipality Atizapán de Zaragoza, State of Mexico. He was arrested in the Rancho Blanco neighborhood over the killing of an individual in Mexico City last November. He will be investigated in connection to other federal crimes.
His uncle, Rafael Caro Quintero, known as “El Narco de Narcos” and one of the Cartel de Guadalajara’s founders, is on the United States Drug Enforcement Administration’s (DEA) most wanted list. Caro Quintero is wanted by the US for the torture and murder of DEA agent Enrique ‘Kiki’ Camarena in 1985 and trafficking. He spent 28-years in a Mexican maximum-security prison and was released after the court concluded that he was tried improperly. The DEA is currently offering USD 20 million for information leading to his capture.
Caro Quintero now heads the Cartel de Carborca in Caborca, Sonora, which is embroiled in a war against the Cartel de Sinaloa (CDS) faction led by the sons of Joaquín “El Chapo” Guzmán Loera, collectively known as “Los Chapitos” in Sonora.