An infamous drug trafficker and convicted killer who occupied a spot on the FBI’s top 10 most wanted list was arrested by Mexican naval forces on Friday.
Rafael Caro-Quintero, who is considered a founder of the Guadalajara cartel, was captured by Mexican marines after a search dog found him hiding in the brush near the town of San Simon in the country’s northwestern state of Sinaloa, according to multiple reports.
The drug lord was a major player in cocaine, marijuana and heroin trafficking into the U.S. in the 1970s, and is notorious in U.S. law enforcement circles for orchestrating the kidnapping, torture and killing of DEA Special Agent Enrique “Kiki” Camarena in 1985.