Overview
- Gerardo Mérida Sánchez appeared Friday in a Manhattan federal court and entered a not guilty plea.
- U.S. jail records list Mérida at the Metropolitan Detention Center in Brooklyn as his case moves forward.
- Justice Department sources say Mérida agreed to cooperate as a witness in the New York prosecution.
- Mexican outlets reported that ex finance chief Enrique Díaz Vega surrendered in New York, a claim not yet confirmed by U.S. authorities.
- In Argentina, federal raids in Rosario produced five indictments for drug trafficking and money laundering, seizures including a RAM pickup, and alleged ties to accused gang figure Lisandro “Licha” Contreras.