Drug Suspect to Be Extradited to U.S.
From Times Wire Reports
Mexico said it had agreed to extradite alleged drug kingpin Miguel Caro Quintero to the United States, where he faces federal drug and money-laundering indictments.
Caro is alleged to have become the boss of the Sonora drug cartel after the 1985 arrest of his brother Rafael Caro Quintero for the murder of U.S. Drug Enforcement Administration agent Enrique Camarena.
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