Fourteen individuals have been killed Friday after a Mexican Navy helicopter crashed in Sinaloa, navy officers stated in an announcement. Mexico's Navy stated a Black Hawk helicopter crashed within the coastal metropolis of Los Mochis, however stated it is not totally clear what occurred.
Fifteen individuals have been transported on account of the crash, 14 of whom died, the Navy stated. One particular person is receiving medical consideration.
The Navy stated there isn't any data suggesting the crash was associated to the Friday seize of notorious drug lord Rafael Caro Quintero. A U.S. official monitoring the raid instructed CBS Information that the crash was linked to the operation, however stated Quintero was not on board.
No further data was instantly accessible concerning the crash.
Caro Quintero, who was behind the killing of a U.S. DEA agent in 1985, was captured almost a decade after strolling out of a Mexican jail and returning to drug trafficking, the Navy stated.
Caro Quintero was arrested after a search canine named "Max" discovered him hiding in brush within the city of San Simon within the Sinaloa state throughout a joint operation by the Navy and Legal professional Normal's Workplace, based on an announcement from the Navy. The positioning was within the mountains close to Sinaloa's border with the northern border state of Chihuahua.
Mexico's nationwide arrest registry listed the time of Caro Quintero's arrest as round noon. There have been two pending arrest orders for him in addition to an extradition request from the U.S. authorities.
Caro Quintero walked free in 2013, after 28 years in jail, when a court docket overturned his 40-year sentence for the 1985 kidnapping and killing of U.S. Drug Enforcement Administration agent Enrique "Kiki" Camarena. The brutal homicide marked a low level in U.S.-Mexico relations.
An appeals court docket overturned Caro Quintero's verdict, however the Supreme Court docket upheld the sentence. It was too late by then; Caro Quintero was spirited off in a ready car.
Caro Quintero, the previous chief of the Guadalajara cartel, had since returned to drug trafficking and unleashed bloody turf battles within the northern Mexico border state of Sonora.
He was on the FBI's most wished checklist, with a $20 million reward for his seize by means of the State Division's Narcotics Rewards Program. He was added to the FBI's prime 10 most wished checklist in 2018.
Andres Triay contributed reporting.