A U.S. judge on Wednesday granted the government's request to drop the drug trafficking and money laundering case against former Mexican Defence Secretary Salvador Cienfuegos and return him to Mexico. Under an agreement signed by prosecutors and the general, Cienfuegos would depart the U.S. for Mexico "expeditiously in the custody of the U.S. "I have no reason to doubt the sincerity of the government's position," Amon said in granting the request to drop the case. Prosecutors alleged he helped the H-2 cartel smuggle thousands of kilos of cocaine, heroin, methamphetamine and marijuana while he was defence secretary from 2012 to 2018. On Tuesday, Ebrard denied the decision was related to the U.S. elections or Lopez Obrador's decision not to congratulate president-elect Joe Biden.

Source: CBC News November 18, 2020 17:14 UTC