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Mexico confirms foreign minister in talks with U.S. over ex-defense secretary's arrest

Mexico confirmed on Wednesday that its top diplomat Foreign Minister Marcelo Ebrard spoke to U.S. Attorney General William Barr about the arrest of former Mexican defense minister and retired army ... Read More

In shock move, U.S. abandons drugs case against ex-Mexican defense minister

U.S. prosecutors will drop drug charges against ex-Mexican Defense Minister Salvador Cienfuegos and turn over the investigation to Mexico, saying "sensitive" foreign policy considerations outweighed ... Read More

Exclusive: U.S. attorney general Barr calls Mexico amid friction over ex-defense minister arrest

U.S. Attorney General William Barr spoke with Mexican Foreign Minister Marcelo Ebrard last week to try to lower bilateral tension arising from the U.S. arrest of a former Mexican defense minister on ... Read More

Mexico denies deal made to nab capo in return for ex-defense minister

Mexican President Andres Manuel Lopez Obrador on Monday denied that Mexico had agreed to capture a cartel leader for the United States in order to secure the return of ex-defense minister Salvador ... Read More

Ex-Mexican defense chief back in Mexico after U.S. charges dismissed - source

Mexico's former defense minister Salvador Cienfuegos returned to Mexico from the United States on Wednesday, according to a source with the Mexico attorney general's office, after U.S. criminal ... Read More

U.S. drug charges against former Mexican defense minister are dropped

A federal judge on Wednesday granted a U.S. government request to drop drug charges against former Mexican Defense Minister Salvador Cienfuegos and return him to Mexico, a move Mexico said would ... Read More

'The Godfather': Mexico's ex-defense chief helped ship tons of cocaine and heroin

Mexico's former defense minister Salvador Cienfuegos used his power in office to protect a faction of the Beltran-Leyva cartel, directing operations against rival gangs and even finding maritime ... Read More

U.S. judge dismisses case against Mexican ex-defense minister

A U.S. federal judge in Brooklyn on Wednesday granted the U.S. government's request to dismiss without prejudice its criminal indictment against former Mexican defense minister Salvador Cienfuegos. Read More

U.S. detains Mexico's ex-defense minister on DEA warrant

U.S authorities detained the defense minister for Mexican ex-president Enrique Pena Nieto at Los Angeles airport on Thursday on a U.S. Drug Enforcement Administration (DEA) warrant, a DEA spokeswoman ... Read More