Gen Salvador Cienfuegos

 

Gen Salvador Cienfuegos, who was Mexico's defence minister from 2012 to 2018, was arrested at Los Angeles airport last month.

Prosecutors said he had links to the "extremely violent" H-2 drug cartel.

But following pressure from Mexico, the US Department of Justice said he should be investigated in his home country.

The Mexican government, which had not been informed of the investigation against Gen Cienfuegos, had threatened to "revise" its relationship with the US Drug Enforcement Administration.

Gen Cienfuegos arrived back in Mexico on Wednesday after the judge dropped the charges.









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