Federal Prosecutors File Appeal Against Mexican Drug Lord's Release
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August 24, 2013
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MEXICO CITY (AP) — Federal prosecutors have filed an appeal with Mexico’s Supreme Court against a court’s decision to free a drug lord.

The Attorney General’s Office says it has asked the country’s highest court to review a federal court’s decision to release Rafael Caro Quintero because the court’s arguments are "absurd and illogical."

Caro Quintero was 28 years into a 40-year sentence for helping orchestrate the 1985 killing of Drug Enforcement Administration agent Enrique "Kiki" Camarena. He has disappeared from the public eye since his release two weeks ago.

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