Mexico Extradites Alleged Narcotics Kingpin to the U.S.

On September 16, 2006, the Mexican government extradited accused drug lord Arrellano Félix to the United States. The extradition, the first where a major figure in the violent Mexican drug trade has been sent to the U.S., represents a major step in U.S.-Mexican enforcement cooperation. Arrellano Félix recently served a 10-year sentence in Mexico. Upon completion of the sentence, Mexican authorities sent Félix by helicopter to the Mexican border town of Matamoros, where he was flown to Brownsville, TX. Arellano Félix will be brought to California to stand trial for a 1980 case where he allegedly sold cocaine to an undercover police officer … [more]