President of Mexico Andres Manuel Lopez Obrador confirmed this Friday that 14 Navy agents who died in a helicopter crash in Los Mochis, Sinaloa, were involved in an operation to apprehend a capo Rafael Caro Quintero.
With this position, the president contradicted what was previously voiced Maritime Secretary which stated that “there is no information that the plane crash is related to the detention of an alleged drug trafficker”.
And this despite the versions sounded in the media, which indicated that the plane allegedly participated in the operation to seize the capo, which took place in the state Sinaloa.
“I am very sorry for the loss of 14 members of the Mexican Navy and wish the badly wounded officer to recover. I extend my sincere condolences and hugs to his family, colleagues and friends,” Lopez Obrador wrote on social media.
He said that the secretary of the navy, Jose Rafael Ojeda Duraninformed him “that an investigation would be ordered to ascertain the causes of the crash of the helicopter in which they were traveling as they were about to land at Los Mochis, Sinaloa, after carrying out a mission to support those who carried out the arrest warrant against Rafael Caro Quintero”.
A message from the President of Mexico was transmitted a few hours after the accident.
Mexico: Semar confirms helicopter crashed during operation
Through a statement Semar It is reported that the accident occurred “in the course of operational activities carried out by this institution.”
He clarified that there were 15 people on the helicopter, of which, unfortunately, 14 died, one is receiving medical assistance.
“Aircraft of the Navy Mexico He had an accident in Los Mochis, Sinaloa. According to information available at the time, the helicopter Black Hawk He had an accident, the causes of which were unknown at that time,” the report said.
Semar, who expressed regret over the accident and the dead, indicated that appropriate investigations would be carried out to establish the reasons that could have caused the said aircraft to crash.
Capture of Caro Quintero
mexican boss Caro Quinteromost wanted by the US Drug Enforcement Agency (DEA), was arrested this Friday in the municipality Saint Simon (Choix), in the state of Sinaloa, and a dog was involved in its discovery, said the Minister of the Navy (Semar) of the government Mexico.
The agency said in a statement that Caro Quintero, 69, was hiding in the bushes, and a dog from the facility, trained in search and rescue, helped find him.
Capo was wanted for the kidnapping and murder of DEA agent Enrique Camarena in 1985, as well as other crimes related to drug trafficking and organized crime.
Mexico: who was the capo Caro Quintero?
Founder of the Guadalajara cartel Caro Quintero He was one of the main capos in the 1980s and one of the first to start supplying drugs en masse to USA.
Born October 3, 1952 in the Mexican state Sinaloathe cradle of the great Mexican capos, Caro Quintero, who made a huge fortune, founded his cartel with Miguel Angel Felix Gallardo and Ernesto Fonseca Carrillo, also known as “Don Neto”.
arrest Caro Quintero takes place a few days after the meeting of Mexican President Andrés Manuel López Obrador with his US counterpart. Joe Biden.
(As reported by EFE)
Source: RPP
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