The District Judge of the United States, Eric N. Vitaliano issued a partial decree authorizing “the seizure and confiscation of five properties in Guadalajara and the surrounding area” believed to be owned by capo Rafael Caro Quintero, who allegedly obtained them with profits from drug trafficking.
“The United States will try to enforce this order through diplomatic channels,” said a statement and the order announced by Brooklyn Court prosecutor Mark J. Lesko and Ray Donovan, agent of the Drug Enforcement Administration (DEA). ), New York Division. .
However, six properties are described in the confiscation request. The first is located at Calle Paseo de los Virreyes 4283, Lot 21, Manzana 41, Fraccionamiento Villa Universitaria, the Rancho el Gorupo.
Another is a winery on Avenida Melchor Ocampo 468, Local 21, Fraccionamiento Mercado de Abastos Norte, Mercado el Campesino, next to a called rustic farm The Tiger Nixticuilf O The nitre, all located in Zapopan Municipality, Jalisco.
The remaining three are two departments at Calle Sagitario 5289-8 and 9 in the Sagitario Condominiums, in the residential development of Arboledas; a house at Calle Luigi Pirandello 5397, Lot 29B, Manzana 145, Fraccionamiento Vallarta Universidad, and finally another property at Calle Enrique Gómez Carrillo 5313, Lot 4A, Manzana 157, Fraccionamiento Vallarta Universidad, in Zapopan.
All properties are in the name of Héctor Rafael Roxana Elizabeth, Enoch Emilio and Mario Yibran Caro Elenes, reportedly relatives and names of the accused.
According to the seizure complaint, the Caro Quintero cartel was involved between January 1980 and March 2015 in the transport of various tons of marijuana, as well as kilograms of methamphetamine and cocaine, from Mexico to the United States.
As part of their investigation, police discovered that Caro Quintero was using the proceeds from the sale of illegal narcotics to buy property in and around his Guadalajara residential area.
Caro Quintero is said to have placed the properties in the name of family members in order to conceal his ownership of the properties and to use illegal proceeds to purchase them, as well as to prevent the Mexican authorities from seizing them.
The capo is a fugitive from several allegations in the United States and is on the FBI’s list of the 10 Most Wanted Criminals. In April 2018, a formal indictment was opened in federal court in Brooklyn, accusing him of running an ongoing criminal enterprise and other crimes, including his involvement in the 1985 kidnapping, torture and murder of Officer Enrique Camarena.
There is currently a $ 20 million award from the United States Department of State for information leading to his arrest.
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