Mexican drug kingpin Narco of Narcos faces judge wearing cuffs of DEA agent he tortured, killed in 1985

A Mexican drug kingpin who was depicted in Netflix’s gritty crime drama “Narcos” was arraigned Friday in Brooklyn — wearing the handcuffs that belonged to the DEA agent he was convicted of kidnapping, torturing and murdering in 1985.Rafael Caro Quintero, a founding member of the Guadalajara cartel, was arraigned on drug trafficking charges in federal court.He pleaded not guilty in front of a room of more than 100 Drug Enforcement Administration agents and other members of law enforcement.The white-haired Quintero, 72, who wore tan pants and a blue and orange shirt, was brought into the courtroom with his hands cuffed behind his back and answered questions in Spanish.A source confirmed to The Post that the cuffs he wore previously belonged to DEA agent Enrique “Kiki” Camarena, whose kidnapping, torture and murder Caro Quintero was convicted for.Caro Quintero’s men abducted Camarena and tortured and interrogated him for approximately two days, after which Caro Quintero and his men killed Camarena, officials said.Camarena’s son, Enrique Camarena, who is a judge in the San Diego area, posed in a photo with DEA Agent Steve Paris, who was proudly holding the iconic cuffs before they were used to arrest Caro Quintero.Caro Quintero spent 28 years in prison in Mexico for orchestrating Camarena’s death, a scene that was dramatized in the first season of the series “Narcos: Mexico.” He continued operating his drug trafficking organization from behind bars with the help of family members and associates on the outside, according to prosecutors.Caro Quintero was known as the “Narco of Narcos,” and founded one of the largest drug organizations in the world, US Attorney John J.

Durham said at a press conference Friday.Caro Quintero and his partners pioneered drug-trafficking routes through Columbia, Mexico, and into the US to “build one of the largest drug organizations in the world.”“Having built this lucrative business, Caro Quintero used extreme...