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Mexico clears former defense secretary arrested in …

Secretary of Defense Salvador Cienfuegos Zepeda arrives for a review of the troops that will participate in the Independence Day parade in Mexico City on Sept. 14, 2016. (Rebecca Blackwell / Associated Press)

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U.S. drops drug trafficking charges against ex-Mexican …

In this Oct. 16, 2020, court artist sketch, former Mexican defense secretary Gen. Salvador Cienfuegos Zepeda's appears in federal court in Los Angeles. The U.S. Justice Department is dropping its drug trafficking and money laundering against former Mexican defense secretary Gen. Salvador Cienfuegos, Attorney General William Barr said Tuesday, Nov. 17, 2020. (Bill Robles via AP, File)

DOJ dropping drug trafficking case against former Mexican …

In this Sept. 16, 2016, file photo, Defense Secretary Gen. Salvador Cienfuegos, left, and Mexico's President Enrique Pena Nieto, salute during the annual Independence Day military parade in Mexico City's main square. (Rebecca Blackwell / Associated Press)

Ex-Mexican defense secretary denied bail on charges of …

In this court artist sketch, former Mexican defense secretary Gen. Salvador Cienfuegos Zepeda's appears in federal court, Friday, Oct. 16, 2020 in Los Angeles. (Bill Robles via AP).

Court docs: Ex-Mexican defense secretary helped cartel …

In this April 16, 2016 file photo, Mexico's Defense Secretary Gen. Salvador Cienfuegos Zepeda salutes soldiers at the Number 1 military camp in Mexico City. Mexico's Foreign Relations Secretary Marcelo Ebrard wrote in his Twitter account Thursday, Oct. 15, 2020, that U.S. Ambassador Christopher Landau had informed him that Gen. Cienfuegos has been arrested in Los Angeles. (AP Photo/Marco Ugarte, File)

Arrest of Mexico’s former defense minister at LAX on drug …

Mexican President Enrique Pena Nieto, left, congratulates Defense Secretary Gral. Salvador Cienfuegos Zepeda after his speech about recaptured drug baron Joaquin Guzman, aka "El Chapo", in Mexico City on Jan. 8, 2016. (Omar Toress /AFP / Getty Images)

Mexico’s former defense secretary arrested at LAX on drug, …

Mexican President Enrique Pena Nieto, left, congratulates Defense Secretary Gral. Salvador Cienfuegos Zepeda after his speech about recaptured drug baron Joaquin Guzman, aka "El Chapo", in Mexico City on Jan. 8, 2016. (Omar Toress /AFP / Getty Images)