US charges ex-chief of Mexican anti-drug unit with trafficking

Author: Agencies

A former commander of a Mexican federal police unit that worked hand-in-glove with US agents fighting drugs cartels has been indicted in New York on drugs trafficking charges, US prosecutors said Friday. Ivan Reyes Arzate was indicted by a grand jury in Brooklyn on Thursday with three counts of conspiracy to bring cocaine into the United States between September and November 2016. The charges carry a minimum 10-year sentence if convicted, with a maximum penalty of life behind bars.

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