The U.S. District Judge, Eric N. Vitaliano, issued a partial decree that “authorizes the confiscation and confiscation of five properties located in Guadalajara and its surroundings” that allegedly belong to the boss Rafael Car Quintero, who would have obtained them with profits from drug trafficking.
“The United States will seek to enforce this order through diplomatic channels,” a statement and the order announced by Brooklyn Court prosecutor Mark J. Lesko and Ray Donovan, an agent of the Drug Control Administration (DEA), said. ), New York Division.
However, the properties described in the confiscation application amount to six. The first is located in Carrer Passeig dels Virreyes 4283, Lot 21, Poma 41, Fraccionament Vila Universitària, on Rancho el Gorupo.
Another is a winery located at 468 Melchor Ocampo Avenue, Local 21, Fractionation North Supplies Market, Mercado el Camperol, in addition to a rustic estate called the Tiger, Nixticuilf O la Salitrera, All of them located in the municipality of Zapopan, Jalisco.
The remaining three are two departments in Sagittarius Street 5289-8 and 9 in the Sagittarius condominiums, in the Arboretum Residential Fractionation; a house in Carrer Luigi Pirandello 5397, Lot 29B, Poma 145, Fraccionament Vallarta Universitat, and finally another property in Carrer Enrique Gómez Carrillo 5313, Lot 4 A, Poma 157, Fraccionament Vallarta Universitat, in Zapopan.
All properties are in the name of Héctor Rafael Roxana Elizabeth, Henoch Emilio and Mario Yibran Car Elenes, Presumably relatives and first names of the accused.
According to the confiscation complaint, between January 1980 and March 2015, the Car Quintero cartel was involved in the transport of several tons of marijuana, as well as kilograms of methamphetamine and cocaine, From Mexico to the United States.
As part of their investigation, police learned that Car Quintero used the proceeds from the sale of illegal narcotics to buy real estate in and around his area of residence in Guadalajara.
Car Quintero allegedly placed the properties on behalf of family members to hide their ownership of the properties and use illegal profits to buy them, and to prevent Mexican authorities from confiscating them.
The capo is a fugitive from various charges in the United States and is on the FBI’s list of the 10 most wanted criminals. In April 2018, a formal indictment was opened in a federal court in Brooklyn accusing him of leading a continuing criminal enterprise and other crimes, including his involvement in the 1985 kidnapping, torture and murder of the agent. Enrique Camarena.
There is currently a $ 20 million reward provided by the U.S. Department of State for information leading to its capture.
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