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26-02-2025
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Mexican drug cartel leader extradited to the US to face federal drug trafficking charges
A Mexican drug cartel leader is facing federal charges following years of allegedly trafficking narcotics into the country to sell to American citizens. Jesus Ricardo Patron Sanchez, 39, was extradited from Mexico to face charges relating to drug trafficking in New York City, according to federal prosecutors. Sanchez went by the nicknames "Diobolical," "Xmen" and "James Bond" while allegedly working as the head of the "brutally violent" H-2 drug cartel. Trump State Department Declares Tren De Aragua, Ms-13, Mexican Drug Cartels As Foreign Terrorist Organizations The H-2 drug trafficking organization operated out of Nayarit and Sinaloa, Mexico and originated from the Sinaloa drug cartel. The head of the Drug Enforcement Administration (DEA) said last year that the U.S. is facing the "most dangerous and deadly drug crisis" in its history with fentanyl and methamphetamine flowing across the border — and that the "Sinaloa and Jalisco Cartels are at the heart of this crisis." Read On The Fox News App Police Lead Tren De Aragua Crackdowns As Exclusive Fox Nation Ride-along Exposes Venezuela's Deadliest Gang Prosecutors allege that under the direction of Sanchez, H-2 transported cocaine, heroin, marijuana and methamphetamine into the U.S. on a monthly basis from June 2013 to December 2016. The cartel used multiple distribution cells throughout the country, including New York, Las Vegas, North Carolina, Ohio and Los Angeles, to traffic "large quantities" of drugs, officials said. "As alleged in the indictment and court filings, Sanchez was one of the principal leaders of the H-2 Drug Trafficking Organization, a brutally violent transnational criminal organization that flooded American streets with dangerous drugs and protected its operations through murder and corruption," United States Attorney John Durham said. Sanchez also directed members of the cartel to kill members of other drug trafficking organizations and additional perceived rivals, according to prosecutors. To ensure the profits from their sales made their way back into Sanchez and other leaders' pockets, Sanchez allegedly worked to orchestrate a money-laundering operation to transfer funds back to Mexico from the U.S. The DEA estimates that H-2 distributed hundreds of kilograms of illicit drugs to American citizens, earning millions of dollars in revenue while committing numerous homicides from 2013 to 2017. Sanchez, a Mexican citizen, was arrested in Mexico in February 2019 on a provisional arrest warrant issued by the U.S. He was extradited to Brooklyn, New York, six years later. Click Here For More Immigration Coverage Last week, Sanchez was arraigned on charges of leading a continuing criminal enterprise, participating in a large-scale narcotics distribution conspiracy and using one or more firearms in connection with narcotic offenses. If convicted, Sanchez faces a mandatory sentence of life in prison. "Our country is facing an unprecedented drug crisis," DEA Special Agent in Charge Matthew Allen said. "Violent drug-trafficking organizations, like H-2, fueled by unrelenting and callous greed have been saturating our communities with poison, death and chronic devastation."Original article source: Mexican drug cartel leader extradited to the US to face federal drug trafficking charges
Fox News
26-02-2025
- Fox News
Mexican drug cartel leader extradited to the US to face federal drug trafficking charges
A Mexican drug cartel leader is facing federal charges following years of allegedly trafficking narcotics into the country to sell to American citizens. Jesus Ricardo Patron Sanchez, 39, was extradited from Mexico to face charges relating to drug trafficking in New York City, according to federal prosecutors. Sanchez went by the nicknames "Diobolical," "Xmen" and "James Bond" while allegedly working as the head of the "brutally violent" H-2 drug cartel. The H-2 drug trafficking organization operated out of Nayarit and Sinaloa, Mexico and originated from the Sinaloa drug cartel. The head of the Drug Enforcement Administration (DEA) said last year that the U.S. is facing the "most dangerous and deadly drug crisis" in its history with fentanyl and methamphetamine flowing across the border — and that the "Sinaloa and Jalisco Cartels are at the heart of this crisis." Prosecutors allege that under the direction of Sanchez, H-2 transported cocaine, heroin, marijuana and methamphetamine into the U.S. on a monthly basis from June 2013 to December 2016. The cartel used multiple distribution cells throughout the country, including New York, Las Vegas, North Carolina, Ohio and Los Angeles, to traffic "large quantities" of drugs, officials said. "As alleged in the indictment and court filings, Sanchez was one of the principal leaders of the H-2 Drug Trafficking Organization, a brutally violent transnational criminal organization that flooded American streets with dangerous drugs and protected its operations through murder and corruption," United States Attorney John Durham said. Sanchez also directed members of the cartel to kill members of other drug trafficking organizations and additional perceived rivals, according to prosecutors. To ensure the profits from their sales made their way back into Sanchez and other leaders' pockets, Sanchez allegedly worked to orchestrate a money-laundering operation to transfer funds back to Mexico from the U.S. The DEA estimates that H-2 distributed hundreds of kilograms of illicit drugs to American citizens, earning millions of dollars in revenue while committing numerous homicides from 2013 to 2017. Sanchez, a Mexican citizen, was arrested in Mexico in February 2019 on a provisional arrest warrant issued by the U.S. He was extradited to Brooklyn, New York, six years later. Last week, Sanchez was arraigned on charges of leading a continuing criminal enterprise, participating in a large-scale narcotics distribution conspiracy and using one or more firearms in connection with narcotic offenses. If convicted, Sanchez faces a mandatory sentence of life in prison. "Our country is facing an unprecedented drug crisis," DEA Special Agent in Charge Matthew Allen said. "Violent drug-trafficking organizations, like H-2, fueled by unrelenting and callous greed have been saturating our communities with poison, death and chronic devastation."
Yahoo
24-02-2025
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Mexican ‘H-2' cartel leader extradited to Brooklyn to face narcotrafficking charges
The leader of the Mexican 'H-2' drug cartel has been hauled into a Brooklyn courtroom to face narcotrafficking charges, federal prosecutors said Monday. Jesus Ricardo Patron Sanchez, 39, was arraigned Saturday in Brooklyn Federal Court, accused of taking the reins of a trafficking operation that pumped hundreds of kilos of heroin, cocaine and meth into the U.S. every month from 2013 to 2017. Patron Sanchez, also known as 'H-3,' took over after his brother, Juan Francisco Patron Sanchez, or 'H-2,' was killed in 2017 when Mexican marines blew apart the cartel's headquarters with a helicopter-mounted minigun. His reign didn't last long — he was jailed by Mexican authorities in February 2019. Patron Sanchez was the successor to El Chapo ally-turned-rival Hector Beltran-Leyva, the original 'H,' prosecutors say, who along with his brothers split off from Chapo's Sinaloa Cartel in 2008. Beltran-Leyva died in 2018. 'As alleged in the indictment and court filings, Sanchez was one of the principal leaders of the H-2 Drug Trafficking Organization, a brutally violent transnational criminal organization that flooded American streets with dangerous drugs and protected its operations through murder and corruption,' U.S. Attorney John Durham said. The H-2 Cartel ran several distribution cells in New York, Los Angeles, Las Vegas, Ohio, Minnesota and North Carolina, and also trafficked in thousands of pounds of pot, the feds allege. Patron Sanchez, who also goes by the nicknames 'Diabolic,' 'Vela,' 'James Bond' and 'Xmen,' worked closely with his brother to keep track of drug shipments, how much money was coming in and where authorities were conducting raids, the feds allege. He also conspired to kill rival cartel members, the feds allege. One intercepted communication from March 1, 2016 concerned how his brother killed a Sinaloa Cartel hit man as revenge for an earlier murder, then sent around a photo of the hit man's decapitated corpse, the feds allege. The U.S. Attorney's office in Brooklyn has handled several high-profile Mexican cartel cases in recent years, securing a jury conviction against Joaquin 'El Chapo' Guzman in 2019 after a blockbuster trial. Prosecutors in Brooklyn won a guilty verdict against Genaro Garcia Luna, Mexico's former top cop, in a 2023 corruption trial. Sinaloa co-founder Ismael 'El Mayo' Zambada Garcia also faces international drug trafficking charges in Brooklyn Federal Court. Patron Sanchez, who's charged with continuing criminal enterprise, narcotics trafficking and firearms charges, faces the possibility of mandatory life in prison if he's convicted. He was ordered held without bail Saturday. His lawyer declined comment Monday.
