Tag #Enrique Camarena

What are the immediate implications of Rafael Caro Quintero's arraignment and not-guilty plea in the U.S. for U.S.-Mexico relations and the ongoing drug war?

Rafael Caro Quintero, former leader of the Guadalajara cartel and a key figure in the 1985 murder of DEA agent Enrique Camarena, pleaded not guilty to murder and drug trafficking charges in a New York court. He faces the death penalty if convicted. Along with 28 other cartel figures, he was expelled from Mexico and transferred to the U.S. for prosecution.