The former secretary of Mexico Salvador Cienfuegos had his first hearing in the Federal Court of Los Angeles virtually. The purpose was to set the detention hearing for next Tuesday at 1 pm Los Angeles time. Cienfuegos will remain confined in the custody of the United States federal government until that diligence, which will also be virtual and to which Cienfuegos will not appear in person but only his legal defenders. The former secretary was without handcuffs and with a mask, he limited himself to answering the magistrate's questions through an interpreter also connected in a virtual way. According to the judge and the legal defense of the retired general, the Cienfuegos lawyer will present a bail package to the judge at that hearing to explore the possibility that he may be released on bail. In a court in Brooklyn, New York, charges were brought against Cienfuegos: three for drug trafficking and one for money laundering, according to legal documents from the US Department of Justice.
Salvador Cienfuegos will remain in US custody until his detention hearing: this is the case | Video | CNN
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The former secretary of Mexico Salvador Cienfuegos had his first hearing in the Federal Court of Los Angeles virtually. The purpose was to set for | Latin America | CNN