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Gen Salvador Cienfuegos Zepeda was arrested at Los Angeles airport on Thursday.
He is due to make a court appearance on four charges in California on Friday.
His charges include conspiracy to distribute heroin, cocaine, methamphetamine and marijuana to the US.
Prosecutors accuse Mr Cienfuegos, a retired general known as "The Godfather", of helping the H-2 Cartel - "an extremely violent Mexican drug-trafficking organisation" - smuggle drugs into the US.
"In exchange for bribe payments, he permitted the H-2 Cartel - a cartel that routinely engaged in wholesale violence, including torture and murder - to operate with impunity in Mexico," prosecutors alleged in a court document released on Friday.
He needs to remain in custody. I hope they nail him to the wall.
He is due to make a court appearance on four charges in California on Friday.
His charges include conspiracy to distribute heroin, cocaine, methamphetamine and marijuana to the US.
Prosecutors accuse Mr Cienfuegos, a retired general known as "The Godfather", of helping the H-2 Cartel - "an extremely violent Mexican drug-trafficking organisation" - smuggle drugs into the US.
"In exchange for bribe payments, he permitted the H-2 Cartel - a cartel that routinely engaged in wholesale violence, including torture and murder - to operate with impunity in Mexico," prosecutors alleged in a court document released on Friday.
Salvador Cienfuegos Zepeda: Mexican ex-minister charged with drug trafficking
Gen Salvador Cienfuegos Zepeda is accused of helping a Mexican cartel smuggle drugs into the US.
www.bbc.com
He needs to remain in custody. I hope they nail him to the wall.
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