Former Mexican Defense Secretary Salvador Cienfuegos Zepeda was arrested by U.S. authorities at Los Angeles International Airport late Thursday, Mexico's Foreign Minister Ebrard said.
seeking a second term, made clamping down on cartel activity a major policy objective when he took office in 2017.There have been 150,000 murders related to organized crime in Mexico since 2006, according to a
published this year. Some 73,000 people were also reported missing from 2007 to mid-2020, according to the government of President Andrés Manuel López Obrador.Andrew Blankstein Andrew Blankstein is an investigative reporter for NBC News. He covers the Western United States, specializing in crime, courts and homeland security.Adela Suliman is a London-based writer and reporter for NBC News Digital focusing on international news, in particular China. She has reported from the Middle East, Europe and Asia.
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