A recently extradited cartel boss from Mexico, who is facing numerous federal drug trafficking charges in Virginia, was a favored government contractor in the Mexican border state of Tamaulipas. The state is controlled by the controversial governor from the MORENA party, Americo Villarreal.

This week, as Breitbart Texas reported , Mexico’s federal government extradited 26 top-level cartel bosses to the United States as a way to appease the Trump administration. The U.S. government has been accusing Mexico of not doing enough to fight drug cartels. The 26 extradicted cartel bosses included key figures within the Sinaloa Cartel, Cartel Jalisco New Generation, La Familia Michoacana, Los Zetas, and others.

One of those cartel bosses is Jose Francisco “El Yiyo” Mendoza Gomez, who is wanted

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