Five extradited from Mexico to be arraigned Friday

By Greg Moran (Contact) Union-Tribune Staff Writer
5:07 p.m. January 22, 2009

SAN DIEGO – Five men – four of whom were former high-ranking members of the Arellano Felix drug cartel – will be arraigned Friday morning in federal court in San Diego.

The five were extradited by Mexican authorities to face drug-trafficking charges in the United States.

The defendants are scheduled to appear at 10 a.m. before U.S. Magistrate Judge Cathy Ann Bencivengo. The five are among 10 men sent by Mexico to the United States last month. The others face charges in other U.S. jurisdictions.

Scheduled for arraignment Friday in San Diego are Jesus “Chuyâ€