A Mexican court has authorized the United States to seize drug lord Rafael Caro Quintero's assets in Mexico, the U.S. Justice Department said in a statement on Thursday.
The ruling is the first use of a new asset forfeiture law that could strengthen cooperation between the two countries in their fight against drug cartels.
U.S. justice officials said Quintero purchased real estate with earnings from decades of trafficking of marijuana, cocaine and methamphetamine to the United States. Caro Quintero spent 28 years in prison in Mexican for the murder and torture of DEA agent Enrique "Kiki" Camarena.
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