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US Sanctions Sidekick of Mexican Drug Lord Kingpin Quintero

© AP Photo / Marco UgarteSecurity agents stand guard outside the apartment building where Damaso Lopez, nicknamed "El Licenciado," was captured in the Anzures neighborhood of Mexico City, Tuesday, May 2, 2017
Security agents stand guard outside the apartment building where Damaso Lopez, nicknamed El Licenciado, was captured in the Anzures neighborhood of Mexico City, Tuesday, May 2, 2017 - Sputnik International
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WASHINGTON (Sputnik) - The US government has imposed sanctions on a Mexican national claimed to have worked as a lieutenant for notorious narcotics trafficker and accused murderer Rafael Caro Quintero, the Department of the Treasury announced in a Wednesday press release.

"Today, the US Department of the Treasury’s Office of Foreign Assets Control (OFAC) designated Mexican national Lucio Rodriguez Serrano (Rodriguez Serrano) as a Specially Designated Narcotics Trafficker pursuant to the Foreign Narcotics Kingpin Designation Act (Kingpin Act)," the release said.

Rodriguez Serrano is accused of carrying out activities on behalf of Rafael Caro Quintero, a major Mexican narcotics trafficker and the mastermind behind the murder of Drug Enforcement Administration (DEA) Special Agent Enrique "Kiki" Camarena in 1985, the Treasury Department said.

"Bringing Rafael Caro Quintero to justice is a top priority for the DEA. He was responsible for the brutal torture and death of a DEA Special Agent in 1985, and we will not rest until he is apprehended. He continues to direct a major cartel that smuggles drugs into this country. A DEA acting administrator, Timothy Shea, said in the release.

Caro Quintero and Rodriguez Serrano, both natives of Badiraguato, Sinaloa, Mexico, have been lifelong friends, and Serrano has helped Quintero evade capture while carrying out real estate transactions on his behalf, the Treasury Department claimed.

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