A Mexican drug kingpin arrested in the US last month will face trial in Brooklyn after a judge approved prosecutors’ request to move the case from Texas to the Big Apple.
Officials said the pair were lured onto a plane believing they were going to check out real estate in Mexico . Instead, the aircraft landed in El Paso, Texas, where US Homeland Security agents were waiting to arrest the men on charges related to drug-trafficking linked to the deadly spread of fentanyl and methamphetamine, the Justice Department said.
“To the contrary, I was kidnapped and brought to the US forcibly and against my will,” Zambada wrote in a letter from prison that was released by his lawyer andZambada faces charges across multiple US jurisdictions, including in Brooklyn federal court, where El Chapo was sentenced to life in prison in 2019 after being convicted of numerous drug and conspiracy offenses.
The judge’s order mandates Zambada be scheduled for an initial court appearance “without further delay” but a date was not immediately known.Crowd leaves joint Biden-Harris event early after VP hands off lectern to lame-duck prezMeghan Markle glows in metallic maxi dress by Colombian designer during tour of the country with Prince Harry
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