Mexican National Indicted and Arrested on “Kingpin” Drug Trafficking Charges from Homeland Security Task Force Investigation

Source: United States Department of Justice Criminal Division

TUCSON, Ariz. – Jorge Luis Castro-Mercado, 51, of Nogales, Sonora, Mexico, was arrested earlier this month by Homeland Security Investigations (HSI) Nogales Special Agents as he tried to cross the border into the United States from Mexico. Castro-Mercado faces federal charges related to drug trafficking from an indictment in March.