MEXICO – The Office of the Attorney General of the Republic determined not to take criminal action against the former Secretary of National Defense, Salvador Cienfuegos, despite the fact that he was accused by the United States Anti-Drug Agency (DEA) of five crimes against health and having links with groups criminals in Mexico. In addition, … Read more
Mexico has pledged to arrest the leader of a powerful drug cartel under an agreement with US Attorney General William Barr to drop drug trafficking charges against former Secretary of National Defense Salvador Cienfuegos, he told Reuters an official of the Mexican government. The US dropped the case against General Cienfuegos this week citing “sensitive … Read more
The former Secretary of National Defense of Mexico, Salvador Cienfuegos, detained in the United States, who is accused of drug trafficking and money laundering, was transferred this Monday from Los Angeles to New York, after a judge denied granting him bail and anticipated that he would authorize him to be taken to that city. The … Read more
The former Mexican Secretary of Defense, Salvador Cienfuegos, has a new lawyer: it is about Edward V. Soap, from the firm Sapone & Petrillo and who defended a high-profile implicated in the case of the NXIVM sex sect. Cienfuegos was arrested on October 15, upon arrival at the Los Angeles, California airport, accused by the … Read more
Jose Romero Los Angeles California / 02.11.2020 20:10:04 A federal judge in Los Angeles ordered the transfer to New York of Salvador Cienfuegos, former Secretary of National Defense, accused of drug trafficking in the United States and where at least four charges will be presented. Sources of US federal authorities in Los Angeles confirmed the … Read more
MEXICO – The Mexican government will not pay for the legal defense of Salvador Cienfuegos, a former Army chief detained in the United States on drug trafficking charges, President Andrés Manuel López Obrador reported on Thursday. “When it comes to Mexicans who are prosecuted, detained abroad, they are supported, there is consular assistance, but no … Read more
A federal judge on Tuesday denied bail to General Salvador Cienfuegos, head of the Secretariat of National Defense of Mexico during Enrique Peña Nieto’s administration. This, during the second hearing after his arrest in Los Angeles, last week. The defense of the former public official offered $ 750,000 as bail for Cienfuegos to follow the … Read more
While one helped the H2a Cartel to operate with impunity in the state of Nayarit, the other, from the federal government, helped the organization to expand its territory and to carry out operations against organized crime. They are former Nayarit prosecutor Édgar Veytia and former Secretary of National Defense Salvador Cienfuegos Zepeda, who, according to … Read more