Suspected drug trafficking leader extradited to US from Mexico
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An alleged leader of an international drug trafficking organization arrived in the U.S. on Friday after being extradited from Mexico to face charges in an indictment that accuses him of managing a cocaine smuggling enterprise.
He is charged with drug-trafficking, drug importation and money laundering, as well as being the principal leader of a continuing criminal enterprise, the U.S. Attorney’s Office for the Central District of California said in a release. He is also charged with two murders in 2017 in connection with the scheme. Chavez-Gastelum is one of 47 defendants on the indictment, 22 of whom will have been arraigned. Other arrests in the investigation included the Colombian leader of the organization, who was extradited to the U.S. in 2018.More Related News