A U.S. federal court has indicted 10 current and former Mexican officials, all from the state of Sinaloa, for involvement with the Chapitos faction of the Sinaloa Cartel, the Department of Justice announced this week.
The indictment was issued by the Southern District of New York in Manhattan on April 29.
Each of the defendants were indicted on the same three charges: Narcotics importation conspiracy; Possession of machineguns and destructive devices; Conspiracy to possess machineguns and destructive devices.
In addition, one of the accused, Juan Valenzuela Millan, was also indicted for Kidnapping resulting in death; Conspiracy to commit kidnapping resulting in death.
