An alleged Mexican drug cartel enforcer made his initial appearance in San Diego federal court Friday on a 2020 indictment accusing him of violently facilitating narcotics trafficking.
According to the U.S. Attorney’s Office, Edgar Perez Villa, 35, of Tijuana was extradited from Mexico to the United States on Thursday.
Perez Villa was named in a superseding indictment returned on March 6, 2020, along with three other alleged members of Los Cabos, a Tijuana-based enforcement group for the Cártel de Jalisco Nueva Generación, in connection with their alleged violent support of heroin and methamphetamine trafficking.
Perez Villa is charged with one count of conspiracy to distribute controlled substances for purpose of unlawful importation one count of conspiracy to distribute controlled substances. He faces a mandatory minimum penalty of 10 years in prison and a maximum penalty of life in prison on each of the two counts, according to the U.S. Attorney’s Office.
The U.S. Attorney’s Office said Los Cabos is responsible for the 2018 killings of two Chula Vista teens in Tijuana, as well as the slayings of at least three police officers.
Los Cabos allegedly employed rampant violence to ensure that CJNG maintained the ability to traffic drugs through Tijuana and into the United States through San Diego. According to the indictment, investigators learned through judicially-authorized interceptions that the leaders of Los Cabos planned more than 150 killings, the majority of which took place in Tijuana.
The U.S. Attorney’s Office described CJNG as “one of the most dangerous transnational criminal organizations in the world” which “has its hands in trafficking multiple deadly substances. It is responsible for moving tons of cocaine, methamphetamine, and fentanyl-laced heroin into the United States.”
CJNG is also a prolific methamphetamine producer and chemical importer, using precursors procured from China and India, according to the U.S. Attorney’s Office.
“Today marks a significant victory in our ongoing battle against the fentanyl epidemic,” Shawn Gibson, special agent in of Homeland Security Investigations San Diego, said in a statement.
“The extradition of this prolific trafficker to the United States underscores our unwavering commitment to holding accountable those responsible for the large amounts of drugs that devastate our communities.”
–City News Service
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