By The opinion
12 Oct 2023, 2:15 PM EDT
The beauty of Tulum, located in the Mexican Caribbean, makes it one of the favorite places for national and foreign tourists, and apparently it is also visited by drug trafficking lords.
This was revealed by Mexican media such as the newspaper Reforma, when they announced that none other than José Gil Caro Quinteroalias “El Pelo Chino” and nephew of Rafael Caro Quintero.
However, despite an anonymous complaint about his presence in a restaurant known as “Burrito Amor,” apparently municipal police and elements of the Navy Secretariat let him go after a bribe of 15 million pesos (just over $834,000).
In this regard, the Quintana Roo Prosecutor’s Office opened an investigation and issued the following statement: “Elements of the Tulum Police, as well as elements of the Ministerial Police, arrived to inspect the alleged suspect, who was in the company of a woman, “The same thing that they did not make available to the agent of the Public Ministry.”
The document was later deleted from its digital site and, hours later, it issued another communication in which it assured that the person they let escape was not “a leader of organized crime,” adding that “there was no similarity in face, nose and mouth” between that person and the alleged boss.
The video that sparked the controversy
After this new version, A video was leaked on social networks, where José Gil Caro Quintero allegedly appears inside the restaurant, along with armed men talking with the authorities.
Specifically, it is noted that two elements with years in the corporation were the ones who spoke with the boss and who are already detained, while one more is a fugitive.
It should be noted that The Quintana Roo Prosecutor’s Office is headed by the controversial Raciel Lópezformer head of the Public Security Secretariat of Puebla, from where he was dismissed for his alleged links with organized crime.
After the capture of Rafael Caro Quintero, his nephew and successor José Gil Caro Quintero is now being targeted. Military intelligence and DEA investigations indicate that this criminal leads the Caborca Cartel and is handled with a low profile.
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