Infamous drug lord Rafael Caro Quintero, who has been on the FBI’s most-wanted fugitives list, was captured last week by Mexican forces. It’s the highest-profile drug trafficking arrest of President Andrés Manuel López Obrador’s administration, who had backed away from the hunt for drug kingpins. As The World’s Tibisay Zea reports, this arrest could be significant for US-Mexico relations.
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