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Mexico City. The United States government is offering a $ 5 million reward for anyone who provides reliable information leading to the arrest of Fausto Isidro Meza Flores, ‘El Chapo Isidro’, identified by Mexican authorities as one of the main leaders of the Beltrán Leyva brothers cartel, who have a territory dispute in the states of Sinaloa and Chihuahua with the Sinaloa Cartel, following Joaquin ‘El Chapo’ Guzmán Loera’s arrest.
The FBI's Washington Field Office, in partnership with the State Department's Anti-Narcotics Bureau and International Justice Procurement Program, announced the offer of "a reward of up to $ 5 million for information leading directly to arrest and / or the sentence of Fausto Isidro Meza Flores ".
Meza Flores was charged in the District of Columbia court with violations of US laws related to the trafficking of narcotics and firearms. The US government said that Meza Flores is the alleged leader of "a major cartel based in the state of Sinaloa. Previously Meza Flores was head of high rank of the Beltrán Organization. Meza Flores was considered Alfredo Beltrán Leyva's right-hand man before his arrest in 2008.
"Meza Flores' organization is allegedly responsible for possession, distribution and importation of large quantities of heroin, methamphetamine, cocaine and marijuana to the United States, and has controlled drug distribution in southern Sonora, parts of Sinaloa and Nayarit" .