A long-time drug lord responsible for the murder of a U.S. DEA agent in 1985 is behind a recent spike in violence in northwestern Mexico, just south of Arizona.
The drug lord is currently on the U.S. Drug Enforcement Administration’s Most Wanted list.
Rafael Caro Quintero, one of the drug lords behind the murder of DEA Agent Enrique “Kiki” Camarena, is at the center of a fierce turf war with his former allies in the Sinaloa Cartel. On Monday, a cartel strike team aligned with Caro Quintero hung a body from a highway overpass next to a banner claiming that police were working with a faction of the Sinaloa Cartel known as “Los Salazar,”reported. On the same day, authorities found two other bodies wrapped in blankets in the city of Guaymas.
The hanging comes at a time when cartel enforcers known as “La Plaza,” part of Caro Quintero’s organization, are carrying out killings statewide as they fight groups tied to the Sinaloa Cartel — particularly the sons of jailed kingpin Joaquin “El Chapo” Guzman. Sonora Governor Alfonso Durazo continuously posts on social media about efforts by officials to restore peace, however, the rival cartels continue a bloody turf war with little interference.
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