Caro Quintero ‘the pound’: What was the hearing they canceled against the leader of the Guadalajara Cartel about?

The federal court in Brooklyn suspended the hearing against Mexican drug traffickers Rafael Caro Quintero, which was scheduled for Friday, April 18, because the so-called ‘Narco de narcos’ reached an agreement to replace his defense attorney with a potential conflict of interest.Frederic Block, a federal judge in charge of the case, had filed a motion on April 7 to advance the hearing in order to analyze a possible conflict of interest in one of…

The former Mexican drug trafficker was scheduled for a hearing on April 18, where he would formally begin the judicial process of the U.S. government Aldo Canedo OEM-Reportex The East District Court in Brooklyn, New York changed the legal defense of former Mexican drug trafficker Rafael Caro Quintero in the judicial process he faces in the United States. According to court records, Judge Frederic Block ordered that Caro Quintero's new lawyer be…

This Tuesday marked three years of the last arrest of Caro Quintero, one of the most wanted narcos, for which the United States offered a reward of $5 million.

A conflict of interest prompted Rafael Caro Quintero’s change of legal representation in his New York judicial process. Judge Frederic Block approved the replacement of defense attorney Michael Vitalino by Mark deMarco, a specialist in death penalty cases, just three weeks before the crucial June 25 hearing. Brooklyn’s federal court cancelled the hearing scheduled for Friday after resolving this change in defense. DeMarco, with 30 years of exper…

New York, United States. The hearing of Mexican drug trafficker Rafael Caro Quintero, which was scheduled for Friday in New York, has been cancelled and his next appointment before the judge will be on June 25, which was already scheduled, according to the U.S. Attorney’s Office. Caro Quintero was called to a hearing tomorrow to deal with the alleged conflict of interest of one of his lawyers, Michael Vitaliano, but, prior to that appointment, J…

U.S.A., April 16, 2025.- The East District Court of New York reported that Rafael Caro Quintero's next hearing, scheduled for Friday, April 18th, was cancelled. According to court records, in the last hours Caro Quintero made a change in his lawyer: Mark DeMarco will replace Michael Vitalino.... Read more →