Mexico Will Not Charge Former Defense Chief With Drug Trafficking
Retired Gen. Salvador Cienfuegos was arrested in October at Los Angeles International Airport by U.S. law enforcement, outraging Mexican officials who demanded and obtained his extradition.
Updated at 11:45 a.m. ET
Mexico's attorney general will not charge former Defense Secretary Gen. Salvador Cienfuegos Zepeda with drug trafficking, a decision endorsed by President Andrés Manuel López Obrador Friday morning, in a case the U.S. had pursued to the fury of its southern neighbor.
The U.S. Justice Department, in a one-sentence statement, responded that the
