After 10 years, leader of Gulf cartel gang Los Rojos extradited to Georgia

SAN DIEGO ( Border Report ) — Omar Cuenca Marino, presumed leader of Los Rojos (the Reds), has been extradited from Mexico to the state of Georgia, according to Mexico’s Attorney General’s Office.

On Tuesday morning, Cuenca Marino was arraigned before Chief United States Magistrate Judge Russell G. Vineyard on federal charges of conspiracy to possess with the intent to distribute, and the unlawful import of, methamphetamine, cocaine, and heroin into the United States.

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He’s also accused of money laundering and allegedly directed the collection of millions of dollars of drug proceeds for transport from the United States back to Mexico.

Cuenca Marino pleaded not guilty to all charges…

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