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'''Rafael Caro Quintero''' is a Mexican criminal and former drug kingpin of the [[Guadalajara Cartel]]. One of its cofounders, he is considered the "Narco of Narcos" as his efforts in collaboration with corrupt police officer [[Miguel Ángel Félix Gallardo]] would eventually led to the rise of Mexico's current drug cartels. | '''Rafael Caro Quintero''' is a Mexican criminal and former drug kingpin of the [[Guadalajara Cartel]]. One of its cofounders, he is considered the "Narco of Narcos" as his efforts in collaboration with corrupt police officer [[Miguel Ángel Félix Gallardo]] would eventually led to the rise of Mexico's current drug cartels. | ||
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== Early life == | |||
Caro Quintero was born in an unknown date in 1952 to a farming family. As a young man, he began growing marijuana with a drug lord named Pedro Aviles Perez. Later, he bought his own farms and ran an operation together with Ecuadorian drug lord [[Ernesto Fonseca Carrillo]] and corrupt police officer [[Miguel Ángel Félix Gallardo]]. | |||
== Founding the Guadalajara Cartel == | |||
Together with Felix and Fonseca, Caro Quintero decided to bring every marijuana-growing operation in Mexico under one organization, in a manner similar to OPEC. It was called a cartel because they would work together to fix prices of marijuana. | |||
== Fictional depictions == | |||
He appears in the Netflix series ''Narcos ''and ''Narcos: Mexico'' portrayed by Tenoch Huerta Mejía.[[Category:Drug Dealers]] | |||
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