SAN DIEGO, California — Three fugitives extradited from Mexico appeared in federal court in the Southern District of California on August 13, facing charges of drug trafficking, human smuggling, and money laundering. The individuals, Pablo Edwin Huerta Nuno, Juan Carlos Felix Gastelum, and Abdul Karim Conteh, were apprehended following an ICE San Diego investigation.
The arrests were part of Operation Take Back America, involving multiple agencies, including the FBI, DEA, U.S. Marshals Service, and ICE’s Homeland Security Investigations. Huerta Nuno and Felix Gastelum are linked to major cartel operations, while Conteh allegedly led a global human smuggling network, according to a press release from the department…