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The alleged Sinaloa Cartel leader and lead assassin known as “El Nini,” wanted for the killing of a Drug Enforcement Administration (DEA) confidential source and several others, was brought into the U.S. in chains on Tuesday, according to the Department of Justice. Néstor Isidro Pérez Salas, allegedly the Sinaloa Cartel’s lead sicario, or assassin, was extradited on May 25 to face the charges laid out in an indictment in the Southern District of New York and another indictment in Washington, D.C. “Today, El Nini joins the growing list of cartel leaders and associates extradited to the United S…

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