Mexico drug kingpin Caro Quintero ordered released on appeal after 28 years
{{#rendered}} {{/rendered}}A Mexican court has ordered the release of infamous drug lord Rafael Caro Quintero after 28 years in prison.
The court has overturned Caro Quintero's 40-year sentence for the 1985 kidnapping and killing of U.S. Drug Enforcement Administration agent Enrique Camarena. It ruled he was improperly tried in a federal court for the killing, when it should have been treated as a state offense.
A court official who was not authorized to speak on the record said Friday that the Caro Quintero would be released because he had already served his time on other charges.
{{#rendered}} {{/rendered}}The 61-year-old Caro Quintero is considered the grandfather of Mexican drug trafficking.