Just two weeks after being extradited to the United States, Abigael González Valencia—also known as "El Cuini" and considered one of Mexico's most powerful drug traffickers—appeared in a Washington, D.C., courtroom, where U.S. prosecutors revealed they have more than 76,000 documents and a trove of intercepted recordings to support their case against him.
González Valencia was among 26 individuals recently extradited to the U.S. for alleged ties to organized crime and drug trafficking. Before his 2015 arrest, El Cuini served as the top financial operator of the Cártel de Jalisco Nueva Generación (CJNG) and led Los Cuinis, an armed wing of the cartel led by his brother-in-law, Nemesio Oseguera Cervantes, also known as "El Mencho."
