Notorious drug lord, Rafael Caro Quintero, on Friday, was detained in Mexico after 14 Marines who assisted in his capture were killed in a helicopter crash, IgbereTV reports
Quintero, 69, is accused by the United States of ordering the kidnap, torture and murder of Drug Enforcement Administration (DEA) special agent Enrique “Kiki” Camarena in 1985.
He was detained by Mexican marines in the town of Choix in the northwestern state of Sinaloa, for “the purpose of extradition,” the navy said in a statement.