The infiltration of the López Obrador-era Mexican Army by the Sinaloa Cartel, now under U.S. federal judicial standard.
On May 11, 2026, Gerardo Mérida Sánchez crossed the Nogales border and surrendered to the U.S. Marshals Service. On May 15 he appeared in the Southern District of New York. A Department of Justice source confirmed his acceptance as a cooperating witness. He is the highest-ranking military piece included in a U.S. federal indictment against Sinaloa officials. And the first willing to talk.
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