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Tuesday, December 2, 2025

Attack in Plaza Arkana: Victims Believed To Be Related to Rafael Caro Quintero

“Sol Prendido” for Borderland Beat 









The two fatalities from the attack at Plaza Arkana in Cuautitlán Izcalli have been identified; they are reported to be related to drug lord Rafael Caro Quintero.


On the afternoon of 1 December, it was reported that a group of people in a laundromat at Plaza Arkana in the State of Mexico had been shot at least 40 times.


Attack at Plaza Arkana: victims may be related to Rafael Caro Quintero


According to reports, the two people killed in the attack at Plaza Arkana have been identified and are believed to be relatives of Rafael Caro Quintero:


Emilio Quintero, 31, from Culiacán

Juan Pablo Quintero, 21, from Guadalajara


The Attorney General's Office of the State of Mexico has reportedly opened an investigation to confirm their relationship to Rafael Caro Quintero, founder of the Guadalajara Cartel.


A possible motive is a settling of scores, although it hasn’t been confirmed whether they were involved with any organized crime group.


The name of the man who was with the victims at Plaza Arkana hasn’t been released. However, he is believed to be 23 years old and also from Culiacán, Sinaloa.


Rafael Caro Quintero


What is known about Rafael Caro Quintero's relatives? He was not the only one involved in drug trafficking.


Most of Rafael Caro Quintero's relatives are in Sinaloa and Jalisco, which points to the possibility that the victims of Plaza Arkana are related to the 'Narco of Narcos'.


Furthermore, Rafael Caro Quintero isn’t the only one involved in drug trafficking, as several of his brothers have also been identified by the US DEA as members of organised crime.


Similarly, one of Rafael Caro Quintero's uncles, Juan José Quintero Payán, "Don Juanjo," the second-in-command of the Juárez Cartel, was arrested in Guadalajara in 1992.


Meanwhile, Emilio Quintero Payán, also an uncle of Rafael Caro Quintero, was the leader of the Guadalajara Cartel, killed in 1993.


Other relatives of Rafael Caro Quintero have also been arrested:


Rubén Payán Adame, nephew


Sajid Emilio Quintero Navidad, cousin



Rubén Payán Adame was arrested. 



The Plaza Arkana in Cuautitlán Izcalli, State of Mexico



The Plaza Arkana shopping center in Cuautitlán Izcalli, State of Mexico 




Sources: SDP Noticias, Fernando Cruz Periodista, Plaza Arkana Street View,  Carlos Jiménez 

39 comments:

  1. Most likely they were involved in drug trafficking. If not who cares kill them all. Screw all of the Caro Quintero family. This is payback for poor Kiki Camanera's murder. It's called karma baby! Nuff Said!!!

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    2. You got karma coming your way Sol.
      We all do.
      It’s a very, very real thing my boy.
      It’s more complicated than your grade school understanding of it.

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    4. 10:18 & 10:19 Thank you my Nuffers for defending me. I really appreciate it. The Nuff Nation is the strongest it has ever been. Nuff Said!!!

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    5. Sol i respect your work but taking shots at some one for not bathing because they live in poverty isn't cool.

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    6. Well we all shine on
      Like the moon and the stars and the sun
      Instant karmas gonna get you.
      Gonna look you right in the face
      ...John Lennon

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    9. 10:19 I'm not married son. Try using your brain next time instead of demonstrating for us your ignorance.

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    10. Could it have been nuffys wife Buffy? 🤔🧐

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    11. Nuffy you're very close to getting banned, just like Connor.

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    13. Sol your comment is totally on brand. You have time and time again proven to be a keyboard warrior and a total pussy.

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    14. Ah, married to your work then sol?
      You married a stupid bitch then!!
      Hahahahaga!!!!!

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    15. Was Connor really banned?

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    16. 8:59am I will never get banned from BB dummy. I bring too much traffic here. Half of the people come here to read my comments and not read the article. I am the best BB commentator. Nuff Said!!!

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    17. Sol stop commenting on here. Your going to put your foot in your mouth again like last year and get fired again. Stick to just posting the news articles buddy ok. Nuff Said!!!

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    18. Connor and SIR got banned for taking attention away from Sol. As soon as a "Connor nation" started to fester, that was the last straw. Sol went to his interim housing with mascara running down his face and ripped apart his Barney the dinosaur doll. We now suffer for it.

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      "Connor Nation"
      Who among us wouldn't lay down our lives for Connor?

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    20. 2:47 SIR has never been banned, there is a difference between creative differences and not posting comments just because, or even jealousies, but that how guests play or not.

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      SIR, who was often known to post his cuckoo, brilliantly deranged mumblings en la madrugada, or in "the wee hours of the morning", simply disappeared off the face of the earth.
      He left few clues behind.

      but he'll be best remembered for his messianic bilingual rants that kept the conversation crackin'!

      SIRio NYC

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    22. @12:24, 10:18 and 10:19
      are you yourself and your self serving ass, clown!

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    23. Free space being used for Balaceras Verbales...
      But it is free, except for some demands of ugly ass kissing that won't be coming.
      We are lucky to have the BB still churning, and that is all that matters, there your clues.

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  2. They are sons of Juan Pablo Quintero alias el 25, grandsons of don Emilio Quintero.

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  3. Yupp they are in the drug game in some way but this hit accordingly to insta pages it was MF turning his back on the Caborca cartel or Menchos that are responsible

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  4. Are they closely related to Pelo Chino

    Didn’t they hit another one of his relatives in DF about 6 months ago
    El 8 or something like that

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  5. Beans killing beans, who cares 😂

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    1. Quackers killing quackers.

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    2. If it was blacks killing blacks it wouldn’t even make the news.

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  6. Slid on them boys Chicago style..

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  7. That chick behind the counter was cool as a cucumber LOL

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  8. The cartels.are ruthless idiots!!!! The new generation doesn't have a chance in drigvttafgcking. They have no leadership skills, decision making, and do not know how to resolve co flirt and bring peace. They are craah dummies!!! All of the older men are dead or locked up!!!

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  9. Being poor is not a reason not to bathe, but yeah, Sol should know better, and nuff is a retard who is best ignored.
    Nuff Said!!!

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    1. It's OK not to bathe, just carry your corn cob wherever you go

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  10. Al nuevo año no creo que lleguen
    Pero navidad va a llegarles

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