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In the life of Rafael Caro Quintero, one of the founders of the Guadalajara Cartel, they identify three great loves: Sara Cosío, the niece of a former governor of Jalisco; Diana Espinoza Aguilar, his current partner and former beauty queen of Puente Grande prison; And María Elizabeth Elenes Lerma, the mother of his four eldest children, who is also his first wife.
From Sara Cosío to Diana Espinoza: the women who were romantically linked to Caro Quintero
Three great loves have been attributed to the “Narco de Narcos” in his life as a criminal
Sara, whose family is well known in the state of Jalisco, decided to stay away from public life after being associated with the “Narco de narcos”; Diana broke the silence to give a few interviews and even tried to register the property in the name of Rafael Caro Quintero, while, the least known is Elenes Lermathat the US government has linked since 2013 to the criminal organization “Narco de Narcos”, and for which it has offered a reward of 20 million dollars.
So little is known about the drug dealer’s first wife that she wasn’t even mentioned in shows like Narcos México, produced by Netflix. Even only two photographs of her are known: one released by the US government and another in which a young Caro Quintero and a woman, who is suspected to be her, are at a party.
Elenes Lerma, born in Culiacán, Sinaloa, is identified by the US government as one of the main accomplices of Caro Quintero’s financial network as well as their children: Héctor Rafael, Roxana Elizabeth, Henoch Emilio and Mario Yibran.
Rafael Caro Quintero’s wife announced she will divorce the capo and released statements about “Kiki” Camarena
In an interview, Diana Espinoza Aguilar explained the reasons why she is going to dissolve her marriage with “El Príncipe”, whom she married in 2016
Elizabeth and her daughter, according to a US Drug Enforcement Agency (DEA) report quoted by the newspaper The universal in September 2013, They reportedly own one of Caro Quintero’s most expensive properties: a house that was then valued at 10 million pesos.
The mother and daughter were also mentioned as owners of a spa called Las Limaslocated two hours from Guadalajara, a 15-room farmhouse that rented for 4,500 pesos (450 US dollars, at the exchange rate at the time) per night per person.
Members of the Caro Elenes family have been seen in the various businesses they have established in the cities of Guadalajara and Zapopan. The most productive of the companies was El Baño de María, S. de RL de CV, with branches in well-known shopping centers in Guadalajara: Gran Plaza, Plaza México and Plaza Patria, as well as at Guadalajara International Airport and three other addresses.
The day the beauty queen who married Caro Quintero spoke out
Diana Espinoza Aguilar and Caro Quintero have a son, plan to marry and assure that they will lead a life “outside the drug trade”
DEA Agent Enrique “Kiki” Camarena Salazar’s 1985 crime landed Mexican drug trafficker in jail. Mexican justice sentenced him to 40 years, but In 2013, when he still had 12 years left, he managed to get a court in Jalisco to release him. due to a defect in form. When the suspicious conviction was overturned, Caro Quintero was already in hiding.
His departure did not escape the eyes of the DEA, which launched a gigantic operation in and out of the law to catch the culprits.
Finally, dear quintero was located and captured by elements of the Secretary of the Navy July 15, 2022 in the municipality of San Simón (Choice), in the Sierra de Sinaloa. According to the authorities, he Narco of Narcos He was hiding in the bushes.
Caro Quintero was repeatedly claimed by UNITED STATES stand trial on eight counts, including the murder of the DEA agent. However, the injunctions of the defense of the founder of the cartel of Guadalajara before the Mexican justice prevented his extradition.