Assassin for Sinaloa drug cartel extradited to United States
APRIL 4, 2023 / 2:13 PM
By Matt Bernardini
April 4 (UPI) -- The Justice Department announced Tuesday that a high-ranking member of the Sinaloa drug cartel was extradited from Mexico to the United States.
Jorge Ivan Gastelum Avila, 42, was allegedly an assassin for the cartel, which the Justice Department said was responsible for manufacturing and distributing cocaine from Latin America into the United States. Gastelum Avila, controlled drug trafficking in the Mexican city of Guamúchil, Sinaloa, the Justice Department said.
Gastelum Avila was arrested in January 2016 by Mexican authorities as he attempted to flee. Then in December 2018 a grand jury indicted Gastelum Avila in the United States. He was extradited on April 1.
He was charged with conspiracy to manufacture and distribute five kilograms or more of cocaine and more than 1,00 kilograms of marijuana with the knowledge that they would be imported into the United States as well as knowingly and intentionally using, carrying, brandishing, and discharging a firearm, including a destructive device, during and in relation to a drug trafficking crime.
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