Mexico Extradites Sinaloa Cartel Figure to the U.S. on Drug Trafficking and Firearm Charges

On April 4, 2023, the United States Department of Justice announced Mexico has extradited to the United States a Mexican national and alleged high-ranking member of the Sinaloa Cartel, an international drug trafficking organization formerly headed by Joaquin Guzman Loera, aka El Chapo, and Ismael Zambada Garcia, aka El Mayo.  The extradition occurred pursuant to international drug trafficking and firearms charges.