Raul Espinosa was a Mexican pilot affiliated with the Guadalajara cartel.
He was nabbed by the DEA shortly after landing a plane carrying $6 million in an airfield outside Sunland Park, New Mexico. DEA Agents Enrique Camarena Salazar and Jim Ferguson attempted to lure cartel kingpin Miguel Ángel Félix Gallardo into the United States by falsely proclaiming that Espinosa's plane carried important financial documents which would put his cartel in jeopardy. However, the plan failed as Félix was warned by Mexico's defense secretary to not enter the United States.