SAN DIEGO (AP) — The U.S. attorney’s office in San Diego says Mexican drug cartel kingpin Benjamin Arellano Felix will plead guilty to unspecified charges.
Spokeswoman Debra Hartman says she cannot elaborate in advance of the filing. Arellano Felix is expected in federal court Wednesday afternoon.
Defense attorney Anthony Colombo did not immediately respond to a phone call from The Associated Press seeking comment.
Arellano Felix headed a once-mighty cartel that came to power in Tijuana, Mexico, in the late 1980s.
He was extradited from Mexico in April 2011 to face drug, money-laundering and racketeering charges. He had been under indictment in the U.S. since 2003.
