A fugitive needed for his involvement in a prison drug enterprise has been extradited from Mexico and returned to Tucson, however his spouse and one other co-conspirator stay at massive, the FBI stated Monday.
Authorities stated 45-year-old Manuel Gortari-Redondo was concerned in a Tucson-based interstate drug smuggling group that trafficked marijuana to the Nebraska chapter of the infamous "Bloods" avenue gang from June 2006 to July 2011.
Gortari-Redondo and 7 different co-conspirators had been arrested in August 2011.
The FBI stated that on the third day of trial in June 2013, Gortari-Redondo failed to seem in courtroom however the trial continued with out him.
He was sentenced to 162 months in jail for cash laundering, conspiracy to own with intent to distribute marijuana and different prices.
FBI officers stated Gortari-Redondo was taken into custody in Mexico Metropolis and extradited to Tucson final month.
Gortari-Redondo's co-conspirators ― his spouse, Sandra Mendivil-Redondo, and one other man named Mario Carmona Rodriguez ― are nonetheless at massive, the FBI stated. There's a $3,500 reward provided for every of them.
"The extradition of Mr. Gortari-Redondo is an instance of how the FBI will pursue justice past U.S. borders regardless of how lengthy it takes," stated Akil Davis, particular agent in command of the FBI Phoenix Area Workplace.