Mario Hidalgo, a former associate of the Sinaloa Cartel and aide to Joaquín "El Chapo" Guzmán, was deported to Mexico by U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) after serving three years of a seven-year prison sentence for drug trafficking. The 46-year-old, also known as "El Nariz" ("The Nose"), is expected to face further criminal charges in Mexico.
Hidalgo's criminal history spans decades, with ICE identifying him as a key figure in the cartel's operations. Hidalgo was indicted by a federal jury in San Diego in 2015 for conspiring to traffic marijuana. He admitted in court to coordinating with at least five others to smuggle six tons of marijuana into the United States in 2012 using a yacht off the coast of San Diego, as The Miami Herald reports.
