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Ex-Sinaloa security chief is 1st of 10 indicted Mexican officials to surrender to US authorities
Prosecutors say Gerardo Mérida Sánchez accepted more than $100,000 a month in bribes and warned cartel members about at least 10 raids.
- Gerardo Merida Sanchez was arrested in Arizona and presented in federal court in Tucson.
- Merida and Rocha face charges in a federal indictment for conspiring with Sinaloa Cartel leaders to import narcotics into the U.S.
- Merida Sanchez is the first of ten indicted officials to appear in court and faces charges of narcotics importation conspiracy and possession of machine guns.
- He allegedly accepted over $100,000 monthly in bribes for arresting rivals and sharing investigation details.
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Ex-Sinaloa security chief first of 10 indicted Mexican officials to surrender to U.S. authorities
Other defendants include Gov Ruben Rocha Moya and Mayor Juan de Dios Gamez Mendivil of the Sinaloa state capital of Culiacan, both of whom said they were taking temporary leaves of absence to deal with the charges
·India
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Ex-Sinaloa security chief is 1st of 10 indicted Mexican officials to
NEW YORK: The former secretary of public security for Mexico’s Sinaloa state appeared in a US court on Friday, days after his arrest in Arizona on charges he and other officials took bribes to help the Sinaloa Cartel smuggle vast quantities of drugs into the US. Gerardo Mérida Sánchez, 66, was not required to enter a plea during his initial appearance in federal court in
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