Caro Quintero is accused of directing a criminal company; Conspiracy for Murder –including the kidnapping, torture and homicide of the special agent of Enrique “Kiki” Camarena in 1985-; plus two conspiracy positions for The international distribution of narcotics and another for illegal use of firearms to promote drug trafficking.
Block notified that the person who will serve as a special counselor To judge the case with the possibility of death penaltyif the Prosecutor’s Office Refer the due request, it will be lawyer Elizabeth Macedoniowhose firm is based in New York.
“It’s a possibility, The decision is not taken, but it is a possibility“, Said prosecutor Saritha Komatireddy when he was asked by block about the position of the Public Ministry about capital punishment for the” El Narco de Narcos “, who declared himself not guilty a month ago.
The magistrate then urged the prosecution that advances in the case and to let him know his decision as soon as possibleas well as set a period of thirty days to finally meet all the evidence and evidence against Caro Quintero and the accusation is formalized.
At the end of February, Caro Quintero (72 years) He attended his first position reading hearing in this New York court, under a shocking security deployment that brought together a hundred DEA agentsand the Prosecutor’s Office has already opened the possibility that the boss faced death penalty.
The judge asked the Prosecutor to define whether he will request the death penalty against Rafael Caro Quintero; He gave him a period of 90 days. The next audience will be June 25 at 11:00 in the morning in New York. The report of @arielmou.
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