Sinaloa Cartel and Beltran Leyva Operators in Mexico to Be Extradited to U.S. For Trafficking Cocaine, Methamphetamine
Two alleged drug traffickers for the Sinaloa Cartel and the Beltran Leyva in Mexico are expected to be extradited to the United States to go to the courts where they are wanted.
According to Borderland Beat, court documents showed that Rodolfo "L" and Alberto David "R" are in the extradition process.
Mexico's Ministry of Foreign Affairs (SRE) had already granted the extraditions in both cases. However, the suspects' respective defenses responded with "amparos," which were denied to them last February.
Between 2002 and 2016, the Sinaloa Cartel and the Beltran Leyva operators allegedly coordinated several shipments of cocaine and methamphetamine to the U.S.
Sinaloa Cartel and Beltran Leyva Operators
According to U.S. agents, Rodolfo had been a leader of organizations based in Mexico, and he collaborated with the Sinaloa Cartel and later with the Beltran Leyva.
Rodolfo reportedly participated between 2002 and 2003 in sending several shipments of cocaine from Colombia to Mexico, then to the U.S. by sea and land.
Rodolfo allegedly operated through close cooperation arrangements with South American drug suppliers to benefit the Sinaloa Cartel or the Beltran Leyva.
The indictment against Rodolfo before the District Court of Columbia was filed for the crime of criminal association to distribute five kilos or more of cocaine, according to Infobae. Rodolfo has been held in the federal prison of Villa Aldama in the Mexico's state of Veracruz since December 30, 2016.
On the other hand, Alberto David allegedly imported large quantities of methamphetamine into the U.S. for distribution and sent big amounts of money back to Mexico from the sale of drugs.
His group was a Sinaloa-based drug trafficking organization. He allegedly worked in the organization linked to the Sinaloa Cartel and the Beltran Leyva between 2005 and 2014.
The arrest warrant for the purpose of extradition against him was executed in February 2016. It was reportedly required by the District Court for the Southern District of California in a proceeding filed in July 2014.
The extradition request stated that Alberto David's group oversaw the distribution and sales of a considerable amount of methamphetamine and arranged for the drugs to be brought into the U.S. by courier.
His group also allegedly coordinated the logistics of storing the drugs in safe houses and transporting them to the organization's distributors and customers in various parts of California and other places in the U.S. They also collected the profits from the sale of methamphetamine in the U.S. and sent it to Mexico.
The investigation identified Alberto David as one of the most important drug traffickers of the said organization that supervised the distribution and sales of methamphetamine and arranged for the drugs to be smuggled into the U.S. by courier.
Alberto David is currently being held at the El Castillo Penitentiary Center in Mazatlan in Mexico's Sinaloa state.
The Sinaloa Cartel and Beltran Leyva Cartel in Mexico
The Sinaloa Cartel is one of Mexico's largest and most powerful drug trafficking organizations. The group was founded in the late 1980s and headed by Joaquin "El Chapo" Guzman Loera.
Under El Chapo's leadership, the Sinaloa Cartel earned its reputation through violence and outfought several rival groups.
El Chapo's four sons namely Joaquin Guzman Lopez, Ovidio Guzman Lopez, Ivan Archivaldo Guzman, and Jesus Alfredo Guzman had reportedly assumed leadership roles in the Sinaloa Cartel with their uncle Aureliano "El Guano" Guzman and co-founder Ismael "El Mayo" Zambada after El Chapo was arrested and extradited to the U.S.
El Chapo was sentenced to spend the rest of his days in the ADX Florence "supermax" prison after being sentenced to life imprisonment in 2019. The Beltran Leyva reportedly worked with the Sinaloa Cartel before the two split and started a bloody war in 2008.
During his time as leader, the cartel boss Hector Beltran Leyva, alias "El H," strengthened an alliance with the Los Zetas cartel in an effort to stave off elimination following the battle with the Sinaloa Cartel.
But by 2021, InsightCrime reported that the organization was no longer a relevant player, although some splinter groups still claim the name.
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Written by: Mary Webber
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