Beyond The Horizon

The Indictment Of Rafael "Caro" Quintero (Part 1) (6/25/24)

Rafael Caro Quintero, a notorious Mexican drug lord, has faced multiple indictments over his criminal career. The key points of his indictments typically include:

Drug Trafficking: Caro Quintero has been charged with leading a major drug trafficking organization responsible for smuggling vast quantities of marijuana, cocaine, and other narcotics into the United States. His operations date back to the late 1970s and early 1980s.
Kidnapping and Murder of DEA Agent Enrique "Kiki" Camarena: One of the most significant charges against Caro Quintero is his involvement in the 1985 kidnapping, torture, and murder of DEA agent Enrique "Kiki" Camarena. This event led to heightened tensions between the U.S. and Mexico and a significant crackdown on drug cartels.
Violence and Corruption: The indictments often detail Caro Quintero's use of violence, including murder, torture, and intimidation, to maintain control over his drug trafficking operations. They also highlight his efforts to corrupt Mexican law enforcement and government officials to protect his activities.
Continued Criminal Activity: Despite his arrest and imprisonment in Mexico in 1985, Caro Quintero was released in 2013 on a technicality. After his release, he allegedly returned to drug trafficking and violent activities, leading to renewed efforts by U.S. authorities to capture and prosecute him.
Extradition Requests: The U.S. has repeatedly sought Caro Quintero's extradition to face charges in American courts, underscoring the severity of his alleged crimes and the international dimension of his criminal activities.

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Duration:: 11m
Broadcast on:: 25 Jun 2024
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One, from at least January 1980, until January 2017, the defendant Cotto Quintetto, were members of an international drug trafficking organization that was led by Raphael Quintetto. Two, the Cotto Quintetto DTO operated a vast narcotics transportation network responsible for the manufacture and importation from Mexico into the United States of multi-ton quantities of heroin, methamphetamine, and marijuana. The Quintetto DTO also was responsible for the shipment of multi-ton quantities of cocaine from South America through Central America and Mexico to the United States. The vast majority of drugs trafficked by the Cotto Quintetto DTO were imported into the United States where the drugs were consumed. The DTO used corruption as a means and method of achieving its goals. So when I say DTO, that means the Cotto Quintetto organization. Three, the DTO's drug sales in the United States generated millions of dollars in profit. The drug proceeds were then laundered back to Mexico. Often the drug money was physically transported from the United States to Mexico through clandestine means. Four, the DTO had a structure that included numerous members including the leadership of the DTO who were the ultimate decision makers in the organization with respect to its drug trafficking and money laundering activities as well as its corruption of enforcement activities undertaken to preserve and protect its illegal activities. B, security personnel who protected the leadership of the DTO and engaged in violent acts to further the goals of the organization. C, plaza bosses who controlled certain territories for the DTO and were responsible for transporting drugs through those territories. D, transporters such as boat crews, pilots, and truck drivers who transported drugs from Columbia through Mexico and into the United States. And E, money launderers who funnel drug proceeds from the US back to Mexico. 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Seven, in or about, between January 1980 and January 2017, both dates being approximate and inclusive with the extra territorial jurisdiction of the United States, the defendant, Rafa, and others together with others did knowingly and intentionally engage in a continuing criminal enterprise in that the defendant, Rafa Kentato, committed violations of Title 21, U.S. Code Section 848E, 952A, 959A, 960, 963, including violations one through seven set forth below, which violations were part of a continuing series of violations of those statutes undertaken by the defendant, Rafa Kato Kentato, who was one of several principal administrators, organizers, and leaders of the continuing criminal enterprise in concert with five or more other persons, with respect to whom the defendant Rafa Katta Kentato occupied a position of organizers, supervisor, and any position of management, and from which continuing series of violations of the defendant, Rafa Kato Kentato obtained substantial income and resources, and which enterprise received the excess of $10 million in gross receipts during one or more 12-month period for the manufacture, transportation, and distribution of heroin, cocaine, methamphetamine, and marijuana. 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Violation 1, International Marijuana Distribution, approximately 4,900 kilograms of marijuana. 8, Honor about February 21, 2015, within the extraterritorial jurisdiction of the U.S., the defendant, Rafa Kato Kentato, together with others, did knowingly and intentionally distribute a controlled substance, intending and knowing that such a substance would be unlawfully imported into the United States from a place outside thereof, which offense involved 1,000 kilograms or more of a substance containing marijuana, a Schedule 1 controlled substance, in violation of Title 21, U.S. Code, Section 959A, 968, 960B, 1G, and 959D, and Title 18 U.S. Code, Section 2, Violation 2, International Cocaine Distribution, approximately 500 kilos of cocaine. 9, Honor about February 25, 2015, within the extraterritorial jurisdiction of the United States, the defendant, Rafa Kato Kentato, together with others, did knowingly and intentionally distribute a controlled substance, intending and knowing that such substance would be unlawfully imported into the United States from a place outside thereof, which offense involved 5 kilograms or more of a substance containing cocaine, a Schedule 2 controlled substance, in violation of Title 21, U.S. Code, Section 959A, 960A, 3, 960B, 1B, 2, and 959D, and Title 18 U.S. Code, Section 2, Violation Number 3, International Cocaine and Methamphetamine Distribution, approximately 1.9 kilos of cocaine, and 22 kilos of methamphetamine. 10, Honor about March 5, 2015, within the extraterritorial jurisdiction of the U.S., the defendant, Rafael Kato Kentato, together with others, did knowingly and intentionally distribute a controlled substance, intending and knowing such substance would be unlawfully imported into the United States from a place outside thereof, which offense involved a) 500 grams or more of a substance containing cocaine, a Schedule 2 controlled substance, and b) 500 grams or more of a substance containing methamphetamine, a Schedule 2 controlled substance, in violation of Title 21, U.S. Code, 959A, 3, 960B, 1, H, 960B, 2, B, 2, and 959D, and Title 18 U.S. Code, Section 2, Violation Number 4, International Cocaine Distribution, more than 5 kilograms of cocaine. 11, Honor about October 15, 2015, within the extraterritorial jurisdiction of the United States, the defendant, Rafael Kato Kentato, together with others, did knowingly and intentionally distribute a controlled substance, intending and knowing that such substance would be unlawfully imported into the United States from a place outside thereof, which offense involved 5 kilograms or more of a substance containing cocaine, a Schedule 2 controlled substance, in violation of Title 21, U.S. Code, Section 959A, 960A and 3, 960B and 1, B and 2, and 959D, and Title 18 U.S. Code, Section 2, Violation Number 5, International Marijuana Distribution, 12, Honor about December 24, 2015, within the extraterritorial jurisdiction of the United States, the defendant, Rafael Kato Kentato, together with others, did knowingly and intentionally distribute a controlled substance, intending and knowing that such substance would be unlawfully imported into the United States from a place outside thereof, which offense involved a substance containing marijuana, a Schedule 1 controlled substance, in violation of Title 21, U.S. Code, Section 959A, 960A, 960B, 3, and 959D, and Title 18 U.S. Code, Section 2, Violation Number 6, International Marijuana Distribution, more than 1,000 kilograms of marijuana, 13, Honor about October 6, 2016, within the extraterritorial jurisdiction of the U.S., defendant, Rafael Kato Kentato, together with others, did knowingly and intentionally distribute a controlled substance, intending knowing and having reasonable cause to believe, such substance would be unlawfully imported into the United States from a place outside thereof, which offense involved 1,000 kilograms or more of a substance containing marijuana, a Schedule 1 controlled substance, in violation of Title 21, U.S. Code, Section 959A, 960A, 960B, 1G, and 959D, and Title 18 U.S. Code, Section 2. 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