Extradited: Armando Villareal, Leader of
International Drug Trafficking Cartel
--Operation Luz Verde Targeted the Fernado Sanchez-Arellano Organization:43 Defendants Including Villareal Indicted--

May 23 (San Diego, CA) - Today Acting Special Agent in Charge of the San Diego
Drug Enforcement Administration William R. Sherman and United States Attorney Laura E. Duffy announced that Armando Villareal Heredia, aka Gordo Villareal, was successfully extradited from Mexico to the United States to face federal racketeering and drug charges in the Southern District of California.

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