Government Receives Letter From Fugitive Mexican Drug Capo Sought by US Adriana Gomez Licon - Associated Press
go to original December 4, 2013

A wanted poster for Rafael Caro Quintero, who founded Mexico's defunct Guadalajara drug cartel, released by the U.S. Drug Enforcement Administration on Aug. 9, 2013. (EFE/DEA)

Fugitive drug lord Rafael Caro Quintero sent a letter to the Mexican government asking officials not to give in to the United States' demand for his capture and extradition to try him for the 1985 killing of a U.S. federal agent.

Attorney General Jesus Murillo Karam confirmed on Tuesday that he received the letter, which was also addressed to President Enrique Pena Nieto and the Interior Ministry. He said excerpts that appeared in the investigative magazine Proceso were correct, but would not elaborate further on its contents.

"It's not fair, gentlemen, that the Mexican justice system is subject to the plans the United States has for a Mexican man who only wants peace and relief for himself and his family," the letter reads.

A Mexican appeals court in August overturned Caro Quintero's 40-year sentence for the torture-murder of Drug Enforcement Administration agent Enrique "Kiki" Camarena and a Mexican government pilot. The panel argued a state court should have overseen the case, not a federal one, and ordered his immediate release from a maximum-security prison. He walked free Aug. 9, a release that angered the U.S. government and surprised Mexican prosecutors, who weren't notified until hours after it took place.

Mexico's Supreme Court annulled the order in November, saying Camarena was a registered U.S. government agent and therefore his killing was a federal crime. An arrest warrant was issued for Caro Quintero, who has been in hiding since his release.

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