Teacher-turned-drug lord ‘La Tuta’ fighting extradition to US

SAN DIEGO ( Border Report ) — Mexican drug lord Servando Gómez Martínez, aka “La Tuta,” asked a judge this week to stop his extradition to the United States.

Gómez Martínez is currently serving time in a Mexican prison.

He first rose to fame while teaching in the state of Michoacán when he organized a group of community members to stand up to Los Zetas, an ultra-violent cartel in the region that was extorting residents and running drugs through the area…

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