Alleged Jalisco Cartel Boss Busted While He Was on a Cancun Pleasure Cruise Jo Tuckman - VICE News
go to original October 14, 2015

Mexican authorities announced the arrest in Cancun of top drug lord Daniel Quintero. He is wanted on homicide, kidnapping, and drug trafficking charges. Quintero is a leader of the notoriously violent New Generation drug cartel based in the western state of Jalisco. (teleSUR)

Mexican authorities have announced the capture of a high level drug trafficker they say was responsible for multiple crimes in the western city of Guadalajara where he allegedly headed operations of the locally dominant cartel.

National Security Commissioner Renato Sales told reporters that Daniel Quintero Riestra was among the government's "122 primary objectives" and was arrested while on a pleasure boat trip near the resort city of Cancún, over 1,000 miles from Guadalajara.

Sales said Quintero was "responsible for carrying out illegal activities of all kinds in the metropolitan area of Guadalajara, [the capital of the state of] Jalisco, at the service of the criminal organization operating there."  This appeared to be code for the New Generation Jalisco Cartel that is currently one of the government's top concerns.

The commissioner, speaking on Tuesday evening, directly linked Quintero to the murders of a state level minister and a Venezuelan model.

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