Miguel Angel Caro Quintero
DENVER (AP) -- A former leader of Mexico's powerful Sonora drug cartel faces a U.S. court hearing to determine whether he will plead guilty to drug charges.
Miguel Angel Caro Quintero is due in court Friday in Denver.
Mexico extradited him earlier this year to face charges he smuggled marijuana into the U.S. in 1987. He faces racketeering and drug charges from Arizona and Colorado.
His attorney said earlier this month that Caro Quintero was ready to admit he supplied tons of marijuana smuggled into the U.S. But a judge delayed a plea hearing and asked for more specifics on the plea agreement.
Caro Quintero's brother, Rafael Caro Quintero, is in prison for the torture-slaying of U.S. Drug Enforcement Administration agent Enrique "Kiki" Camarena Salazar.
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