29 April 2011
Last updated at 15:50 ET
Benjamin Arellano will face trial in the United States
Prosecutors in Mexico have extradited the alleged leader of the Tijuana drug cartel, Benjamin Arellano Felix, to the United States.
The cartel, now weakened, once controlled much of the flow of drugs from the northern Mexican state of Tijuana to the US.
Prosecutors say Mr Arellano Felix, 59, led the cartel’s criminal and financial operations.
He will face trial in a federal court in San Diego, in California.
Family business
Mexican authorities handed Mr Arellano Felix over to US federal agents on Friday.
At its height, the Tijuana cartel, also known as the Arellano Felix Organisation after the family running it, is
Read More from the Article Source: http://www.bbc.co.uk/go/rss/int/news/-/news/world-latin-america-13245213
