Ex-Mexican defense minister arraigned on drug trafficking charges

A former Mexican military leader pleaded not guilty Thursday in Brooklyn federal court to drug trafficking and money laundering charges alleging he took bribes to help drug cartels avoid prosecution. Salvador Cienfuegos Cienfuegos, 72, nicknamed “El Padrino,” or “the Godfather,” allegedly helped leaders of the violent H-2 cartel move cocaine, heroin, methamphetamine and marijuana into...

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