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A high-ranking member of the notorious Jalisco New Generation Cartel is in United States custody after he was extradited from Mexico last week.
Juan Abouzaid was allegedly in charge of coordinating drug shipments and laundering money for the transnational criminal organization, according to the Treasury Department.
The 52-year-old was turned over to U.S. federal authorities in Mexico City on April 26 and is scheduled to appear in the District Court of the District of Columbia on May 17.
Abouzaid, who is also known as 'El Escorpión' or The Scorpion, was arrested on March 9, 2021, in Zapopan, a city in the western state of Jalisco.
Juan Abouzaid was extradited from Mexico to the United States on April 26. He is facing drug and money laundering charges in the District Court of the District of Columbia
His apprehension took place just six days after the Treasury Department sanctioned him under the Foreign Narcotics Kingpin Designation Act for his ties to the Jalisco New Generation Cartel, which trafficked fentanyl and other drugs to the U.S., including Los Angeles.
Abouzaid was first linked to the cartel after the Department of Justice named him in a federal indictment in the U.S. District Court for the District of Columbia in October 2018.
At the time, the Drug Enforcement Administration's Los Angeles Field Division alleged that in or around 2012, he conspired to distribute cocaine and methamphetamine and knowing and intending to import the drugs into the United States.
The Mexican government blocked his bank accounts in June 2020 due to his link to
