Mexico Extradites El Menchito and Many Alleged Top Narcotics Traffickers to the U.S.

On February 20, 2020, Mexico extradited another alleged top figure in the Jalisco New Generation cartel to the United States, one of approximately 40 alleged organized-crime figures it has extradited to the U.S. since U.S. Attorney General William P. Barr’s December 5, 2019 visit to Mexico.[1] On February 21, U.S. authorities arraigned Rubén Oseguera González, also known as El Menchito on counts of distributing cocaine and methamphetamine and using a firearm to facilitate drug trafficking.  He pleaded not guilty on all counts.  The counts carry a minimum sentence of 15 years in prison.[2]