He was the head of Mexico's FBI. Now he's on trial for accepting cartel bribes Enlarge this image toggle caption Marco Ugarte/AP Marco Ugarte/AP As U.S. prosecutors rest their case against Mexico's former top cop during a trial in New York City, another question is in play: Are U.S. efforts to stem the flow of deadly Fentanyl from Mexico into …
Retired Gen. Salvador Cienfuegos Zepeda, former defense minister, was arrested Thursday at Los Angeles International Airport on federal charges of drug trafficking and money laundering. In 2016, he denounced traffickers who had ambushed a military convoy, killing six soldiers, as “sick, insane beasts.” Now Salvador Cienfuegos Zepeda — who served as defense minister from 2012 to 2018 under then-President Enrique …