ATLANTA, GA – Following his extradition from Mexico, Roberto Najera Gutierrez, also known as “Kunfu Panda” and “La Gallina,” has pleaded not guilty in federal court in Atlanta to a charge alleging he conspired to manufacture and distribute cocaine knowing it would be imported into the United States.
Najera Gutierrez, 48, of Tizimín, Yucatán, Mexico, appeared in the U.S. District Court for the U.S. District Court for the Northern District of Georgia after being extradited on January 8, 2026. He is charged in a previously sealed federal indictment returned in March 2018.
Federal prosecutors allege Najera Gutierrez was a high-ranking member of the Sinaloa Cartel, a transnational criminal organization based in Mexico that was designated a Foreign Terrorist Organization and Specially Designated Global Terrorist on February 20, 2025…