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Mexico captures Sinaloa Cartel money launderer

Xinhua, May 16, 2016 Adjust font size:

Federal forces in Mexico have captured an alleged financial operative of the notorious Sinaloa Cartel, local media reported Sunday.

Jorge Humberto Perez Cazares was arrested in the central state of Guanajuato by Mexico's Interpol and is to be extradited to the United States, news website Proceso reported on Sunday, citing the Attorney General's Office (PGR).

The United States had issued a warrant for his arrest on charges of drug trafficking.

Perez was taken to the maximum security Altiplano prison in central Mexico until the extradition proceedings have been completed.

In March, Mexico captured a man believed to be the cartel's top money launderer, Juan Manuel Alvarez Inzunza, who was known as "King Midas."

Alvarez was arrested in the southern state of Oaxaca, also on a U.S. warrant.

The head of the Sinaloa Cartel, Joaquin "El Chapo" Guzman, was recently transferred from Altiplano to a prison close to the U.S. border. Enditem