The true story of Sara, Rafael Caro Quintero’s girlfriend in Narcos México

Love stories also have a place in the world of drug trafficking. As we see in Narcos: Mexico, Rafael Caro Quinterointerpreted by Tenoch Huerta He lived a peculiar romance with a woman who seemed unattainable: Sofia Conesa (Tessa Ia), a tantrumful woman, but capable of risking everything for her love with the drug lord.

Buuut, did she exist in real life or was she just created to flavor the plot? Let’s say a little of both, Sofia Conesa it is based on Sara Cosío, Rafael Caro Quintero’s girlfriendwho because of his gallantry was called ‘Prince’.

Sara Cosío Vidaurri Martínezbelonged to one of the most powerful families in Guadalajara, daughter of the state secretary at the time. César Cosío and niece of the former governor of Jalisco, Guillermo Cosío Vidaurri, one of the ten governors in Mexican history who have resigned from their position due to the same citizen demand, while Caro Quintero He was a nascent trafficker, but with enough money and ambition to enter the most exclusive circles.

It is not clear how they met because neither Caro Quintero nor Sara herself wanted to talk about their love, but it is said that their personalities were very similar, both were capricious, tantrums and accustomed to things being done their way. The only difference was that he was fighting for a place in high society, which had always belonged to her.

Their relationship was not approved by his family, so the boss sent expensive gifts, including luxury cars, which, when rejected, Quintero allegedly crashed. Despite this, they continued their relationship but in 1985, with the murder of the DEA agent, Enrique ‘Kiki’ Camarena, things have changed.

Caro Quintero was accused of ordering the murder of Camarena and the pilot Alfredo Salazar, which led him to flee Mexico… with everything and Sara. Her family reported Sara as having been kidnapped by Quintero, but the reality was that they fled together to a farm in the Quinta La California within the community of San Rafael de Ojo de Agua in Alajuela in Costa Rica.

The 2nd of April Sarah He contacted his family to tell them that he was fine and that he left of his own free will, however, he did not take into account that the phones had been tapped by the police.

The best-known version of the events states that when authorities broke into the hiding place, Sara defended him by shouting. “I love him!”, Despite this, he was captured and served a 28-year prison sentence. Later the PGR issued another arrest warrant against Caro to be extradited to the United States, however, he fled and to date no one knows of his whereabouts.