Mexico extradited one of the founders of the powerful and infamous Los Zetas cartel to the United States, where he will be tried on drug smuggling charges and others.
Jesus Enrique Rejon Aguilar faces a slew of allegations, including criminal conspiracy and drug charges, Mexico’s Attorney General’s office told the EFE news agency.
The U.S. Drug Enforcement Agency had placed a $5 million reward for his capture, and he was described as the third-most powerful official in Los Zetas. He was arrested last year in Mexico state while he was attempting to visit his mother.
Aguilar, one of the 14 founding members of Los Zetas, is accused of purchasing drugs and smuggling them into the United States and then laundering the money from sales of the drugs.
“Once the stages of the extradition proceedings were exhausted, the Foreign Relations Secretariat issued the corresponding agreement via which the government of Mexico granted the extradition of the subject wanted by the government of the United States,” the Attorney General’s office said, according to the news agency.
Los Zetas have been described as the most powerful and sophisticated cartel operating in Mexico. It was formed after Mexican Army commandos broke away and created their own cartel.
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