Ex-Sinaloa security chief in Mexico arrested in US over alleged cartel ties
chief in Mexico’s Sinaloa state has been taken into US custody on allegations linked to the [Sinaloa Cartel](/features/longform/2026/4/23/decapitating-cartels-mexico-leans-into-kingpin-strategy-but-at-a-cost), according to federal court records and reports unsealed late Thursday.
Gerardo Merida Sanchez