Mexico arrests judge linked by U.S. to notorious cartel
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A Mexico judge whom the U.S. Treasury Department accused of ties to Jalisco New Generation, one of the country's bloodiest drug cartels, was arrested in the city of Guadalajara on Friday, judicial authorities said.
Mexico's General Council of the Judiciary, which announced the arrest of 59-year-old Isidro Avelar Gutierrez and said he was being taken to Mexico City, had filed a complaint against him with federal prosecutors in May over purported 'asset irregularities and additional income'.
Earlier that month the U.S. Treasury Department designated and sanctioned Avelar Gutierrez under the Kingpin Act 'because of his actions on behalf' of Jalisco New Generation and an allied group known as Los Cuinis. It alleged he had taken bribes from the two organizations 'in exchange for providing favorable judicial rulings to their senior members'.
