The Mexican army killed the well-known trafficker “Pinchon”, who was also wanted by the US justice system
Mexican army soldiers in the state of Sinaloa in Mexico. Photo source: Ivan MEDINA / AFP / Profimedia
The Mexican government announced that the army shot dead a man accused of trafficking fentanyl and cocaine, whose extradition was requested by the United States, reports AFP.
Pedro Inzunza Coronel was killed during a military anti-drug operation in the state of Sinaloa (northwest), Mexican Security Minister Omar Garcia Harfuch announced on X.
According to the United States, he was, along with his father, one of the heads of the Beltran Leyva Organization, a faction of the dreaded Sinaloa cartel. In May, US justice described this group as “possibly the largest known fentanyl production network in the world”.
Pedro Inzunza Coronel, also known as “Pichon”, was the subject of an extradition request from a California court, Mr Garcia added.
Accusing Pedro Inzunza Coronel of “murders, kidnappings, torture and violent debt recovery for drug trafficking”, the US ambassador to Mexico, Ronald Johnson, said that “Pichon” was also wanted in the United States for “various crimes”.
He stated that countries achieve results in the fight against drug trafficking when they cooperate.
US President Donald Trump has pressured Mexico to do more, threatening to impose tariffs on its products.
