A Mexican judge is under arrest in Colombia on U.S. charges accusing him of taking a $2 million bribe in exchange for releasing a top Canadian drug lord.
\n\nThis week, authorities in Colombia, working with the U.S. government, arrested 49-year-old Luis Benitez Alcantara on a nine-count indictment accusing him of helping drug lords evade justice. Benitez remains in Colombian custody, but the U.S. government is working to extradite him so he can stand trial.
\n\nAccording to U.S. prosecutors, in 2024, Alcantara accepted $2 million from representatives of 36-year-old Andrew Clark, a Canadian drug trafficker who was the #2 man in the Ryan Wedding Organization. As Breitbart Texas reported, former Olympic snowboarder Ryan Wedding ran a large-scale drug empire that moved large quantities of cocaine into the U.S. and Canada. While operating in an independent fashion, Wedding had close relations with Mexican drug cartels.
\n\nIn October 2024, Mexican authorities arrested Clark, who was facing extradition to the United States on multiple drug trafficking conspiracy, murder, and attempted murder charges. The case was assigned to Alcantara, a federal judge in Mexico City at the time, who oversaw the extradition process. In November, the U.S. government formally began the extradition process, and Clark’s…
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