In an interview with the Mexican underground media Proceso, Caro Quintero assured February 25, 2016 that he was no longer a drug trafficker and that he lived thanks to the help of others. (DEF file)

Founder of the Guadalajara Cartel, Rafael Caro Quintero He was a top drug baron in the 1980s and one of the first to ship drugs on a large scale to the United States.

On July 15, which until then had been arrested most wanted fugitive by the United States Drug Enforcement Agency (DEA).

During the 9 years she was a fugitive, the journalist Anabel Hernández it met four times in four different locations in the Golden Triangle, in the heart of the Sierra Madre Occidental.

However, it was during the last of the four meetings, in early January 2018, that he confessed to the author of “Los Señores del Narco” and “El Traidor” that he was facing a serious health problem.

Earlier, in 2017, the drug lord’s doctor formerly known as “The Narco of Narcos” I had told the communicator that I had prostate problems which could lead to cancer.

Rafael Caro Quintero was arrested Friday, July 15, 2022, in the state of Sinaloa, Mexico (Mexican Secretary of the Navy via AP)
Rafael Caro Quintero was arrested Friday, July 15, 2022, in the state of Sinaloa, Mexico (Mexican Secretary of the Navy via AP)

A doctor from Culiacán, Sinaloa, revealed that the situation of the “Prince” was particularly complex because due to his fugitive status, he was extremely difficult access to medication what he needed for his illness.

He also explained that the capo had to undergo surgery at that time, but for that he needed an outpatient operating room and bed rest for at least a week.

Caro Quintero, however, was not ready to take this risk for fear that the authorities would take the opportunity to arrest him, and he, in a state of convalescence, would find it impossible to flee.

During this last meeting with the journalist, the drug trafficker showed some interest in some sort of agreement with the authorities in exchange for his freedom.

By dint of drugs, money and many deaths, Rafael Caro Quintero began to build his own myth and this is how he won an infamous crown: that of
By dint of drugs, money and many deaths, Rafael Caro Quintero began to build his own myth and this is how he won an infamous crown: that of “the narco of Narcos” (DEF file)

Would you agree to enter into a pact with the government of Mexico?— Hernández asked Caro Quintero, after Andrés Manuel López Obrador announced that upon becoming president he would raise the possibility of reaching an amnesty plan for convicted drug traffickers.

“While things are as they are, no,” replied the boss, but without completely closing the possibility.

“Under what conditions would you surrender?”

– That they respect my rights, not that they trample me as they do, they gave the advantages to all my co-defendants. Why didn’t they give them to me? Fonseca won the extradition, why are they arresting me?

The son of Espinoza Aguilar and Caro Quintero has been registered in the prison of Puente Grande, Jalisco.  (Unity)
The son of Espinoza Aguilar and Caro Quintero has been registered in the prison of Puente Grande, Jalisco. (Unity)

The wife of Rafael Caro Quintero, whom he married while incarcerated in Puente Grande in 2010, announced the end of their marriage.

In an interview with Ahtziri Cárdenas for Univision NewsDiana Espinoza Aguilar has revealed that she will be divorcing the “Prince” take care of her three childrenwho have been the subject of “humiliation” and multiple charges because of Caro Quintero’s criminal history.

“I need you to know that I’m parting with Rafael, he’s free, I’m free too, I have three children who need me very much, who they need me to be with them in every aspectsaid Diana Espinoza, also known as Altagracia Espinoza.

Diana Espinoza was a beauty queen at Puente Grande women's prison in 2010
Diana Espinoza was a beauty queen at Puente Grande women’s prison in 2010

Of the three children of Espinoza Aguilar, only one is the son of Rafael Caro Quintero. It is about a boy who, at the date of this publication, is nine years old and was born while the former head of the Caborca ​​Cartel he was still in jail. The little boy, whose identity has not been revealed, was registered at Jalisco prison.

According to the testimonies of the respondent, the son she had with the criminal leader was even the target of a attempted kidnappingMoreover, he was discriminated against to the point of not allowing him access to certain schools.

“There was a school where I had to say it was discrimination and I sat and waited for the headmaster to explain to me why they couldn’t get the kid.”

Currently, as Ahtziri Cárdenas reports, the relationship between Rafael Caro Quintero and her grandson is very close, as he often visits her in the Altiplano Jailin Almoloya de Juárez, State of Mexico, where he was admitted after his capture on July 15, 2022.

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