Mexico extradites security chief for sons of ex-Sinaloa Cartel head El Chapo

Mexico on Saturday extradited to the United States Nestor Isidro Perez Salas, or “El Nini,” who headed security for the sons of ex-Sinaloa Cartel kingpin Joaquin “El Chapo” Guzman, in one of the highest profile extraditions in recent years.
Seen by U.S. anti-narcotics agents as being among the most ruthless Mexican drug figures, Perez was detained in November by the Mexican National Guard in the northwestern city of Culiacan, the Sinaloa Cartel’s heartland.
“We allege El Nini was one of the Sinaloa Cartel’s lead sicarios, or assassins, and was responsible for the murder, torture, and kidnapping of rivals and witnesses who threatened the cartel’s criminal drug trafficking enterprise,” U.S. Attorney General Merrick Garland said in a statement.
Perez is accused by the United States of leading the “Ninis,” a violent group of security personnel working for Ivan Archivaldo Guzman and other sons of jailed former Sinaloa kingpin, El Chapo.