Mexican Judge Luis Benítez Alcántara detained in Colombia, Digi Mart USA News: U.S. agents detained Luis Benítez Alcántara, a Mexican judge, in Colombia.
He is accused of accepting a bribe of $2 million to secure the release of Ryan Wedding, a drug trafficker known as the “Canadian El Chapo.”
The FBI carried out the arrest as part of a case linked to a cocaine trafficking network allegedly led by Ryan Wedding, a former Olympic snowboarder, according to a statement issued Thursday by the U.S. Department of Justice.
Benítez is accused of receiving a multimillion-dollar bribe from Andrew Clark, second in command of the organization led by Ryan James Wedding. Benítez served as a judge on a district court in Mexico City.
The United States will seek Benítez’s extradition from Colombia. According to the statement, he could face up to 15 years in federal prison on each of the charges.
