Dec. 19 (UPI) -- An alleged former leader of Mexico's Gulf Cartel was extradited to the United States to face drug conspiracy charges, the U.S. Justice Department announced Tuesday.
Mario Ramirez Treviño was brought before a federal judge in Washington, D.C. on Tuesday, where he was ordered to be held in federal custody. He has been imprisoned in Mexico since 2013, where he was captured and detained pending his extradition.