close Video Surge in migrants crossing into California as DEA warns cartels have infiltrated every state Fox News’ Bill Melugin reports on illegal crossings in the San Diego sector and international private investigator Jay Armes details national security concerns. An alleged Sinaloa Cartel leader and assassin was extradited to the U.S.
from Mexico over the weekend to face a litany of charges between indictments in southern New York and Washington, D.C. The Department of Justice (DOJ) said in a release Tuesday that 32-year-old Mexican national Néstor Isidro Pérez Salas, also known as "El Nini," faces charges such as conspiring to import narcotics into the U.
S., using and possessing machine guns in connection with the narcotics' conspiracy, conspiring to import fentanyl into the U.S.
, conspiring to obstruct justice by retaliating against a witness and information through murder, kidnapping resulting in the death of a minor, and money laundering, among other charges . "Today, El Nini joins the growing list of cartel leaders and associates extradited to the United States and held accountable in an American courtroom," Attorney General Merrick B. Garland said.
"We allege El Nini was one of the Sinaloa Cartel’s lead sicarios, or assassins, and was responsible for the murder, torture, and kidnapping of rivals and witnesses who threatened the cartel’s criminal drug trafficking enterprise. This includes killing a Drug Enforcement Administration (DEA) confidential source and.
