Prominent Deputy of Mexican Drug Lord ‘El Chapo’ Extradited to US

Drug kingpin Joaquin 'El Chapo' Guzman is escorted into a helicopter at Mexico City's airport on January 8, 2016 following his recapture during an intense military operation in Los Mochis, in Sinaloa State. Omar Torres/AFP/Getty Images

A man alleged to be one of Mexico’s top drug traffickers has been sent to a San Diego where he appeared before a judge on Dec. 19.

Victor Manuel Felix-Felix is accused of managing shipments of tons of cocaine and laundering hundreds of millions of dollars for the powerful Sinaloa drug cartel, formerly run by imprisoned drug lord Joaquín “El Chapo” Guzmán.