Rafael Caro Quintero is a Mexican drug lord who was the co-founder of the now-defunct Guadalajara Cartel. Rafael Quintero has a net worth of $650 Million.
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Rafael Quintero amassed his fortune through the selling of drugs and other criminal activities.
Caro Quintero allegedly began growing marijuana on a small scale as a teenager at his brother Jorge Luis’ ranch.
Caro Quintero was able to acquire several other ranches in the surrounding areas in less than five years and began to amass larger sums of money and influence.
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He is said to have started out working for drug traffickers Pedro Avilés Pérez and Ernesto Fonseca Carrillo before forming the Guadalajara Cartel in the late 1970s with Miguel ngel Félix Gallardo, Juan José Esparragoza Moreno, and others.
Caro Quintero and his partners shipped large amounts of marijuana from Mexico to the United States.
Caro has been referred to as a drug trade pioneer in Mexico and one of the most prominent drug traffickers of his generation
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