Mexico Extradition Of El Nini To US, President Biden: Plays An Important Role In The Sinaloa Cartel

El Nini's arrest November 2023. (Twitter/@blogdelnarcomex)

JAKARTA - President Joe Biden thanked Mexico for extradited one of the most wanted fugitives in the United States, calm Isidro Perez Salas alias El Nini last weekend.

El Nini, a prominent member of the Mexican cartel, became one of the United States' most wanted criminals on suspicion of his role in fentanyl trading.

President Biden also praised his extradition to the United States on Saturday as a "good day for justice".

"El Nini plays an important role in the notorious Sinaloa cartel, one of the deadliest drug smugglers companies in the world. The United States has indicted him for his role in fentanyl and murder illicit trade, torture and kidnapping of many of his rivals, witnesses and others," said President Biden, thanking Mexican President Andres Manuel Lopez Obrador., reported by CNN May 27.

"Our government will continue to work together to combat fentanyl epidemics and synthetic drugs that kill so many people in our homeland and globally, and to try criminals and organizations that produce, smuggle, and sell these deadly toxins in both countries. our country, "continued President Biden.

According to the US Department of Justice,orisdro Perez Salas "is one of the main killers of the Sinaloa cartel" and is involved in "production and sale of fentanyl" in the United States.

President Biden previously described El Nini as one of America's most wanted criminals. Perez Salas has been charged in the US with conspiracy to smuggle cocaine and methamphetamine, possession of machine guns and destroyers, and revenge in February 2021.

El Nini was arrested by Mexico's National Guard in Ciliacan, the heart of the Sinaloa Cartel's power before being brought to Mexico City last November.

The US State Department is offering a reward of up to US$3 million for information leading to its arrest. The department said it worked directly with Oscar Noé Medina Gonz Marijulez, a subordinate of Iv total Archivaldo Guzm promise, one of Joaqu's men.

Perez Salas is also said to be responsible for the Los Chapitos security forces, a Sinaloa Cartel faction. He is accused of being one of the "Ninis" cell commanders, described as a "very violent" group of security personnel for Los Chapitos.

"I thank my Mexican government colleagues for their extraordinary efforts in capturing and extradited El Nini," US Attorney Generalgan Garland's office said in a statement.

"The Justice Department will continue to pursue the cartels responsible for flooding our society with fentanyl and other drugs," he added.

El Nini is considered by an anti-narcotic US agent (DEA) as one of Mexico's most violent drug figures.

"We accuse El Nini of being one of the sicario, or the main killer of the Sinaloa Cartel, and responsible for the murder, torture, and kidnapping of rivals and witnesses who threatened the cartel's criminal drug trafficking company," US Attorney General Total Garland said in a statement.

Ivan and three other El Chapo sons have been the most wanted targets by US law enforcement since they emerged from the shadow of their father to lead a strong faction of the Sinaloa Cartel known as "Los Chapitos".

The DEA accused Los Chapitos of being the largest fentanyl smuggler to the US. DEA chief Anne Milgram sent an internal memo to the agency's staff, praising the extradition.

Milgram, in a memo reviewed by Reuters, described the group Ninis led by Perez as a violent group that received military-style training and was tasked with "taking, torturing and killing anyone who opposes the Chapitos or anyone who jeopardizes the operation of the Chapitos fentanyl."