Roberto Lopez, an alleged lieutenant in the Sinaloa and Beltran-Leyva Cartels, has been detained in Atlanta after being extradited from Mexico to face federal charges.
Lopez, AKA ‘Shrek’, AKA ‘La Barbie’, AKA ‘NWA,’ is charged with cocaine importation, distribution, and money laundering, and was arraigned in federal court on Friday.
According to the U.S. Department of Justice, Lopez, who had been hiding in Mexico for over a decade, is accused of smuggling hundreds of machine guns and assault weapons and managing a vast cocaine smuggling network for high-level cartel leaders…