A Mexican judge in the State of Mexico has set August 26 as the date for a hearing on Rafael Caro Quintero's request for protection (amparo) against extradition to the US. The below article from today's Excelsior is translated by Fousesquawk.
Judge accepts amparo
proceeding for Caro Quintero against extradition to US
A State of Mexico judge will
determine whether to grant protection for the founder of the Guadalajara Cartel
on August 26.
A judge from the State of
Mexico accepted an amparo proceeding submitted by the defense
of narcotrafficker Rafael Caro Quintero to avoid being extradited to US
authorities.
The Mexican justice official
scheduled the hearing for 10 am on August 26, a constitutional hearing in which
will be determined the amparo trial
of the leader of the Caborca Cartel.
It is worth mentioning that the 7th District Court of
Amparo in Penal Matters in the State of Jalisco, based in Puente Grande,
granted Rafael Caro Quintero a stay prohibiting the Mexican government from
deporting or expelling him from the country to be delivered to the neighboring
country to the north (and) remitted the lawsuit to the above judge.
The situation of the narcotrafficker will be decided
on 26 August, when the amparo is accepted or rejected during
the constitutional hearing scheduled on this date.
The US Attorney General, Merrick Garland, called his
Mexican counterpart, Alejandro Gertz, to talk about the extradition of Caro
Quintero, the Department of Justice of that country said Thursday.
"The two leaders reaffirmed their shared
commitment to continue working in unison for the extradition of Caro Quintero
and pledged to continue building on a successful collaboration in criminal
investigations and prosecutions of trans-border crimes," it added.
Caro Quintero was arrested on 15 July during a Marine
operation in Sinaloa. A dog named Max found him in the bushes where he (Max)
guided the federal forces who executed the arrest warrant.
DEA was offering a reward of 20 million dollars for
information leading to the arrest of the founder of the Guadalajara Cartel
since he was freed in August 2013.
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