Who are Rafael Caro Quintero and the 28 other alleged criminals from Mexico?

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Mexico has delivered 29 alleged criminals to the United States, including the so -called “Narco of Narcos” Rafael Caro Quintero, many of the murder and several alleged members of cartels that are now shown as foreign terrorist organizations.

The accused men were flown on February 27 throughout the Mexico in the United States and the United States in order to be flown to the United States, according to the US Ministry of Justice. Analysts said that this is probably the largest individual selection of its kind in the history of US Mexico relationships.

You need to know the following about the men delivered and the accusations raised against them.

Caro Quintero is the best known person among the 29. Known as “Narco of Narcos” and followed by the United States for 40 years, the former leader of the Guadalajara cartel, which has no longer existed, was to be among those who were responsible for the murder of dea agents Enrique “Kiki” Camarena in 1985. When news about his delivery broke on February 27, the Dea office in Los Angeles tweet a portrait of Camarena with the heading “Justice serves!”

Caro Quintero appeared in front of a judge in Brooklyn on Friday afternoon and was not guilty of killing charges in connection with the decades of murders of a drug authority administration and other drug -related charges.

Caro Quintero has already spent 28 years in prison in Mexico for his alleged role at Camaras Murder before being released in a technical way in 2013. This year the Supreme Court of Mexican opened the decision that had freed him.

In 2018, Caro Quintero returned to drug trafficking as the senior leader of the Sinaloa cartel in 2018, according to the FBI. The Sinaloa cartel is now considered a terrorist organization by the United States.

In July 2022, Caro Quintero was captured by the Mexican Navy during an operation, where he hid under some bushes.

“Caro Quintero, a cartel king who unleashed violence, destruction and death in the United States and Mexico, has spent four decades on the list of the most wanted refugees from DEA, and today we can proudly say that he has been served in the United States where the judiciary is served on February 27 on February 27th DEA -AM February 27th.

Judge Robert M. Levy made it clear to court that Caro Quintero was excluded as part of a provision within the National Security Act from Mexico, which enables the Mexican government to remove a person without undergoing the formal delivery process.

Alder Marin-Sotelo and his brother were charged in August 2022 for murder of Wake County, the deputy Byrd of the NC Sheriff. Prosecutors accuse Marin-Sotelo of shot and killed by Byrd during a traffic stop.

In May 2023, Marin-Sotelo and another inmate managed to escape in a prison in Virginia in a prison in Virginia, and Marin-Sotelo fled to Mexico. He was captured there less than a week after his escape. His sister was later arrested and guilty before the Federal Supreme Court to help him escape by paying $ 2,500 for the GetaWay car according to court documents.

According to CNN Affiliate Wral, Marin-Sotelo's delivery to the United States took a long time due to a contract between the two countries to refuse delivery if the accused could possibly be exposed to the death penalty. The public prosecutor in North Carolina finally agreed not to apply for the death penalty in September 2023 to speed up the process.

Court documents show that both Alder Marin-Sotelo and his brother are planned in court on March 3.

Andrew Clark

Clark is the only Canadian citizen among the 29 prisoners. The Mexican authorities, known as “El Dictador” or “The Dictator”, conquered Clark in October 2024 and beat him shortly after the Ministry of Justice of the US Justice with a 16-point anchor.

The Doj claims that Clark was one of two figures at the head of a massive drug ring ring, “hundreds of kilograms of cocaine from Colombia, through Mexico and Southern California, Canada and other locations in the USA,” said a press release in October 2024.

He is also said to have ordered numerous murders. According to the FBI, Clark's suspect is a Canadian former Olympic snowboarder, Ryan Wedding, who stays in Mexico in Mexico.

Canobbio is also known as “El Güerito” and/or “El 90” and is supposedly the leader of the armed group Los Chimales. According to Mexico's top security authority, Canobbio was the second command of the criminal group Los Chapitos -a faction of the Sinaloa cartel under the direction of Joaquín “El Chapo” Guzman's sons.

In November 2024, a Grand jury in Chicago Canobbio “accused” for allegedly making cocaine, fentanyl and other drugs in Mexico and importing them into the United States, “said the Doj.

According to a press release from the Mexican security authority SSPC, Valencia is accused as financial operator for the Beltrán Leyva cartel. The US Attorney General Pam Bondi says about his delivery that he is exposed to “until lifelong detention”.

In 2019, a Grand jury in Chicago accused him of drug crime and money laundering according to CNN court records.

The Mexican authorities become known under his nickname “La Kena” that Garcia is accused of drug trafficking and money laundering. Garcia was supposedly the leader of the Los Ciclones group in Matamoros, Tamaulipas, one of the branches of the golf cartel. In a press release on February 28, the Ministry of Justice announced that Garcia was charged with drug trade and crimes related to money laundering.

The golf cartel is notorious for allegations that in 2023 it kidnapped four American tourists in Tamaulipas and killed two. The authorities believe that the cartel confused tourists with Haitian drug dealers.

Alias ​​”El Vaquero”, according to SSPC, is accused of Cruz of drug trade as the regional leader of the golf cartel – one of the six Mexican cartels that have now viewed terrorist organizations by the US government.

In the same press release, in which Garcia's capture was announced, the Ministry of Justice said that Cruz charged “an indictment against nine counts for his participation in drug trafficking between 2015 and 2021”.

Miguel and Omar Treviño Morales

The alleged former leaders of Los Zetas, like other members of the cartel, who often start against Nommes de Guerre, start with “Z”, these two brothers are known for their respective aliases “Z-40” and “Z-42”. The Los Zetas cartel was founded by former members of the Mexican special units and once powerful, according to Insight Crime it is currently weak and fragmented.

Miguel is supposedly the founder of the cartel del Noreste – now viewed by the USA as a group of terrorists. Before capturing in 2015, Omar was seen as a potential successor in 2021, according to Insight Crime.

Who are the remaining 20 prisoners?

According to a press release from the Mexican security authority, the other 20 prisoners will be all accused or leaders of cartels and other criminal groups in Mexico in Mexico in Mexico. Among them are alleged members of the cartel Jalalco Nueva Generacion (CJNG), the cartel del Noreste and the Sinaloa cartel -all viewed by the US government.

CNNS Hannah Rabinowitz, Lindsey Knight, Polo Sandoval and Christina Maxouris contributed to the reporting.