Rafael Caro Quintero Age: How old is Caro Quintero?

Rafael Caro Quintero is a Mexican drug lord who co-founded the now-defunct Guadalajara Cartel in the late 1970s with Miguel ngel Félix Gallardo and other drug traffickers.

He is also the founder and presumed current leader of Sonora’s newly formed Caborca Cartel. He is the brother of Miguel Caro Quintero, the founder and former leader of the defunct Sonora Cartel.

Rafael Caro Quintero was born on October 24, 1952 in La Noria, Badiraguato, Sinaloa, Mexico. He is 69 years old.

Caro Quintero has been referred to as a drug trade pioneer in Mexico and one of the most prominent drug traffickers of his generation. He was a wanted fugitive in Mexico, the United States, and a number of other countries.

The US offered a $20 million reward for information leading to his capture, the highest value among fugitives on the FBI’s Ten Most Wanted Fugitives list.

Caro Quintero was arrested in the settlement of San Simón, within the Choix Municipality of Sinaloa on July 15, 2022n Mexico on July 15, 2022.