Ex-Sinaloa security chief first of 10 indicted Mexican officials to surrender to U.S. authorities
The former secretary of public security for Mexico’s Sinaloa state appeared in a U.S. court on Friday (May 15, 2026), days after his arrest in Arizona on charges he and other officials took bribes to help the Sinaloa Cartel smuggle vast quantities of drugs into the U.S. Gerardo Merida Sanchez, 66, was not required to …