ALLEGED MEXICAN DRUG KINGPIN EXTRADITED TO THE UNITED STATES TO FACE CRIMINAL ENTERPRISE, DRUG, AND MONEY-LAUNDERING CHARGES
Alleged Mexican drug kingpin Luis Rodriguez-Olivera was extradited from Mexico to the United States yesterday and will be arraigned later today before U.S. Magistrate Judge Roanne L. Mann at the federal courthouse in Brooklyn on charges contained in a second superseding indictment returned on May 22, 2009. Rodriguez-Olivera is one of two brothers alleged to be the leaders of “Los Gueros,” an international drug organization responsible for shipping more than 100 tons of cocaine to the United States.