Court of Mexico grants definitive suspension of the extradition of Rafael Caro Quintero to the United States.

(CNN Spanish) — A federal judge in Mexico granted alleged drug trafficker Rafael Caro Quintero the definitive suspension of the extradition order to the United States, according to a ruling accessed by CNN.

The First District Court for Amparo Matters and Federal Trials in the State of Mexico approved the request of Caro Quintero’s defense in a decision that ratifies a previous measure of a Jalisco court, which suspended the extradition before the case was processed. corresponding trial to resolve the US request.

The Attorney General’s Office (FGR) had already filed a complaint against the validation of the suspension of extradition, a measure that the judge of the State of Mexico has now ordered. This court had received the amparo proceeding initiated in Jalisco. If the FGR challenges that ruling, the confirmation of the amparo will depend on an appeals court.

Caro Quinto was arrested on July 15 and was one of the FBI’s most wanted men. The United States justice was looking for him for his alleged connection with the kidnapping, torture and murder in 1985 of Enrique “Kiki” Camarena, an agent of the US Drug Enforcement Administration (DEA, for its acronym in English).