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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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The case of Gerardo Mérida shakes the security structure of Sinaloa. The retired general, who held the title of the State Ministry of Public Security for a little over a year, faces serious accusations for his links with organized crime. U.S. justice points out that the former official acted as sentinel of Los Chapitos, the Sinaloa Cartel faction led by the sons of Joaquín “El Chapo Guzmán.”
·Buenos Aires, Argentina
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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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