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(CNN Spanish) ––
Salvador Cienfuegos Zepeda, former Secretary of Defense of Mexico, was arrested this Thursday at the Los Angeles airport.
This was reported on Twitter by the Secretary of Foreign Relations of Mexico, Marcelo Ebrard.
He added that the United States ambassador, Christopher Landau, was the one who informed him of the arrest of Cienfuegos.
I have been informed by Ambassador Christopher Landau of the United States that the former Secretary of National Defense, General Salvador Cienfuegos Zepeda, has been detained at the Los Angeles Airport, California.
- Marcelo Ebrard C. (@m_ebrard) October 16, 2020
So far the reason for the arrest of Cienfuegos is unknown.
CNN is trying to obtain more details of this arrest and its reasons with the US authorities.
Cienfuegos Zepeda was Secretary of Defense during the presidency of Enrique Peña Nieto.
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