Overview

• A court secretary in the Juzgado Segundo de Distrito denied Abraham Oseguera Cervantes’s request for a definitive suspension in his amparo against extradition on grounds that no U.S. transfer order exists
• The Fiscalía General de la República and the Secretaría de Relaciones Exteriores officially informed the court that the United States has not requested Don Rodo’s extradition
• Since his February 28 recapture in Atajeas de Covarrubias, Jalisco, he has been held at the Altiplano maximum-security prison
• In March a judge linked him to federal charges of methamphetamine possession with intent to distribute and possession of military-grade weapons and cartridges
• Authorities allege that Don Rodo, brother of CJNG leader Nemesio Oseguera Cervantes, laundered cartel funds through purchases of ranches and properties with assistance from local notaries