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November 24, 2020

Reuters: U.S. Dropped Drug Charges Against Ex-Mexican General in Exchange for Cartel Leader's Arrest
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New details have emerged about why U.S. prosecutors dropped
narcotrafficking and money laundering charges against Mexico's former
defense minister Salvador Cienfuegos. Reuters reports Attorney General
William Barr agreed to drop the charges after Mexican officials
privately promised him they would arrest a senior cartel leader involved
with trafficking large quantities of the synthetic opioid fentanyl. The
Drug Enforcement Administration had accused General Cienfuegos of
protecting the violent H-2 drug cartel while directing Mexico's Army
against its rivals.


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