New York, Tuesday, November 3, 2020 ((rezonodwes.com)) – US federal authorities have confirmed the transfer of Mexico’s former general and secretary of national defense, without specifying the day and date it took place after ordered by a federal judge in Los Angeles.
The general, who is accused of drug trafficking in the United States and who will face at least four other charges, will be tried by the same Brooklyn court in New York, where Joaquín “El Chapo” was tried. Guzmán and Genaro García Luna.
The transfer was carried out under strict health and safety measures to keep officers safe from Covid-19.
It should be remembered that the accusation against Cienfuegos Zepeda is linked to that of the former Nayarit prosecutor, Edgar Veytia, who was sentenced to 20 years in prison for drug trafficking.