Abraham Inzunza Inzunza, Mexican Drug Trafficking, New York 2014

A major Mexican drug trafficking organization leader has been extradited to the United States and charged with trafficking large quantities of cocaine, marijuana, and methamphetamine into the country.

Abraham Inzunza Inzunza, 39, a Mexican citizen, was extradited from Mexico where he had been arrested for charges arising out of his leadership of the organization.

According to the allegations contained in the Superseding Indictment unsealed yesterday in Manhattan federal court, Inzunza operated a continuing criminal enterprise that trafficked large quantities of cocaine, marijuana, and methamphetamine into the United States from at least 2008 through March 6, 2014.

Among other things, Inzunza directed two co-conspirators to negotiate the importation of over 100 kilograms of cocaine into the United States in approximately March 2012. He also oversaw and directed other co-conspirators regarding the distribution of large quantities of methamphetamine to several states in the United States, including California, New Mexico, and Arizona, in August and September 2013.

Inzunza was arrested by Mexican authorities on March 6, 2014, in Mexico, pursuant to a provisional arrest warrant that was issued on the charges in this case.

Inzunza is charged in three counts: conspiring to distribute at least five kilograms of cocaine, at least 1,000 kilograms of marijuana, and at least 500 grams of methamphetamine, knowing that such substances would be imported into the United States; occupying a position of organizer, supervisor, and manager of a continuing criminal enterprise involving cocaine, marijuana, and methamphetamine trafficking; and occupying the position of a principal administrator, organizer, or leader of a continuing criminal enterprise involving trafficking in at least 150 kilograms of cocaine and at least 10,000 grams, or 10 kilograms, of methamphetamine.

The charges contained in the Superseding Indictment are merely accusations, and Inzunza is presumed innocent until proven guilty. Count One carries a mandatory minimum term of 10 years in prison, Count Two carries a mandatory minimum term of 20 years in prison, and Count Three carries a mandatory minimum term of life in prison. Each count carries a maximum penalty of life in prison.

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