Betrayal and Capture of ‘Quillo’: ‘the Mini Lic’ Abandoned Me

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Protected and elusive, the only way to apprehend Juan Francisco Picos Barrueta, “El Quillo,” was through a betrayal. Otherwise he would keep running away. Sicario in the shadow of the Sinaloa Cartel, ‘El Quillo’ was arrested in 2018 for participating in the murder of journalist Javier Valdez. Thus was the betrayal of ‘El Quillo’ to ‘El Quillo’ As he related in a letter he sent from his captivity and made known Riodoce, “El Quillo” would have bee…