A Mexican judge stops the immediate delivery of drug trafficker Rafael Caro Quintero to the US.

A Mexican federal judge suspended the immediate extradition of drug trafficker Rafael Caro Quintero to the United States, accepting the appeal filed by his family to demand that he be subjected to the judicial procedure provided for in the treaty between the two countries, according to the newspaper Milenio on Monday and confirmed News Telemundo.

Caro Quintero was informed over the weekend that the United States had requested his extradition, although the request was provisional while waiting to send the required documentation.

Image of the capture of the narco. Prosecutor's Office of Mexico

The founder of the Guadalajara Cartel, 69, was the most wanted person by the US anti-narcotics agency DEA (in English).

He was located on Friday hiding in the bushes by a dog from the Mexican authorities in a remote part of Sinaloa.

"The suspension is granted outright, so that it is not executed and the interested party remains in the place where he is at the disposal of this court of amparo, only in what refers to his personal freedom, until it is resolved. this amparo proceeding", ruled the Thirteenth District Court of Amparo in Criminal Matters of Mexico City.

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Caro Quintero remains a prisoner in the Altiplano maximum security prison, some 50 miles (80 kilometers) west of the capital.

He was wanted for the 1985 kidnapping and murder of DEA agent Enrique 

Camarena and other crimes related to drug trafficking and organized crime.

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The DEA, which offered a reward of 20 million dollars, reported on Friday its participation in the capture.

However, the United States ambassador to Mexico, Ken Salazar, specified in a statement that "no United States officer participated in the tactical operation that resulted in the arrest of Caro Quintero," which was "carried out exclusively by the Mexican government." . 

In this sense, the Mexican president, Andrés Manuel López Obrador, said this Monday in his morning press conference: “The DEA had no direct interference.

Information was requested to collaborate with information, but it was not carried out.

From there and before, the Secretary of the Navy of Mexico carried out the entire investigation and apprehension of Mr. Caro Quintero."

"I found out when they had arrested him," he added, "if there is an order, it has to be executed.

What's more, it's a matter of routine, you don't need to consult me.

Because there is no impunity for anyone."

Caro Quintero was arrested just two days after the visit of López Obrador (nicknamed AMLO) to the White House.

However, the Mexican leader denied having talked about it with the president, Joe Biden, during the summit: "No, no, no, no, I do not deal with these things, these are agreements that have to do with national interests. A president of Mexico cannot go to deal with a president of another country on the matter of an alleged criminal, maybe they did that before, not us."

The drug trafficker had been on the run for nine years from justice, after his scandalous nocturnal release by a judge in 2013, when he still had 12 years to serve in his sentence in Mexico.