Mexico releases drug lord behind 1985 DEA agent killing

U.S. Justice Department spokesman Peter Carr said the government was “extremely disappointed” by the decision to free Caro Quintero and that it “has continued to make clear to Mexican authorities the continued interest of the United States in securing Caro Quintero’s extradition so that he might face justice in the United States.”

A source from the Mexican attorney general’s office said Caro Quintero cannot be extradited to the United States because a decision by Mexico’s Supreme Court bars extradition of Mexicans to countries that may impose the death penalty or life imprisonment – punishments excluded by Mexican law.

In June, the U.S. Treasury Department imposed sanctions on 18 people linked to Caro Quintero, including six family members, freezing their U.S. assets.

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