Overview
- Servando Gómez Martínez entered a not‑guilty plea in New York federal court and remains held at the Metropolitan Detention Center in Brooklyn.
- The indictment charges conspiracy to import and distribute cocaine and methamphetamine, with additional counts citing narcoterrorism, systematic violence and money laundering.
- The next court appearance is scheduled for June 24 as a pretrial hearing, and no public plea agreement has been reported.
- Prosecutors allege an operational leadership role spanning La Familia Michoacana and Los Caballeros Templarios, including negotiating shipments, obtaining weapons and issuing public messages, with logistics tied to the port of Lázaro Cárdenas.
- Gómez was transferred to U.S. custody in August 2025 as one of 26 high‑profile detainees, and his case features in a broader federal push targeting Mexican organized‑crime leaders.