Edgar Veytia

Edgar Veytia (born c. 1970) is a Mexican jurist. He has been the attorney general for the Mexican state of Nayarit since 2013.[1][2]

On March 2, 2017, Veytia was charged with manufacturing, transporting and distributing heroin, cocaine, methamphetamine and marijuana" from 2013 to February 2017 by the United States District Court for the Eastern District of New York.[1][2] He was arrested on drug trafficking charges at the Cross Border Xpress on the Mexico–United States border on March 27, 2017.[1][2] He was condemned to 20 years in prison and fined US $1,000,000 (MXN $18,350,000) on September 26, 2019. His lawyer, Jeffrey Lichtman, who had previously defended Joaquín "El Chapo" Guzmán called Veytia "the perfect scapegoat," insisting that the real leaders of the Sinaloa Cartel are still free.[3]

References
  1. "Mexican attorney general arrested in San Diego on New York drug trafficking charges". The San Diego Union-Tribune. March 29, 2017. Retrieved March 30, 2017.
  2. Hamilton, Matt (March 30, 2017). "Mexican state attorney general arrested at U.S. border in San Diego on drug trafficking charges". The Los Angeles Times. Retrieved March 30, 2017.
  3. "La justicia de Estados Unidos condena a 20 años al exfiscal mexicano Edgar Veytia por narcotráfico" [United States court condemns former Mexican Attorney General to 20 years for drug dealing], El Pais Internacional (in Spanish), Sep 26, 2019, retrieved Sep 28, 2019


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