Mexico Ex-Defense Chief Held In US On Drug Allegations
October 16, 2020
5:18 pm
A former Mexican defense minister has been arrested in the United States on suspicion of links with drug cartels, President Andres Manuel Lopez Obrador said Friday, lambasting the country’s old “mafia government.”
Salvador Cienfuegos, who was defense chief from 2012 to 2018, is reported to have been on a trip with his family when he was detained at Los Angeles airport on Thursday.
Lopez Obrador said the general was “accused of links with drug trafficking,” adding that the US authorities were expected to give more details later Friday.
“We’re facing an unprecedented situation” Lopez Obrador added, noting that two former …
