The United States authorities accused four Mexicans identified as members of the Jalisco Nueva Generación Cartel (CJNG) of narcoterrorism, drug and weapons trafficking, all arrested in the Czech Republic last June, the Prosecutor's Office reported this Tuesday.

The defendants were identified as Edgar Alejandro López Velasco, 44 ??years old; Noé Díaz Jiménez, 33; José Miguel Alvarado Morales, 23, and Leobardo Gaxiola López, alias “Bado,” 63, who face life sentences if found guilty.

Last Wednesday, the United States Government announced rewards totaling more than $100 million for information leading to the capture of several leaders of the CJNG, a Mexican criminal organization designated as a terrorist group by the Donald Trump Administration.

López, Díaz and Alvarado are accused of conspiracy to commit narcoterrorism, providing material support to terrorism, importing drugs and trafficking weapons. Gaxiola faces charges of conspiracy to import drugs and traffic weapons, details a statement from the Prosecutor's Office.

According to the accusation, the four are linked to the CJNG, considered by the United States one of the most powerful and violent drug cartels in Mexico.

López was a representative of a high-level member of the CJNG; Díaz trafficked fentanyl and operated a fentanyl laboratory in Mexico; Gaxiola brokered drug and weapons operations, and Alvarado represented another high-level member of the cartel, according to the press release.

It adds that in February 2026, López and Díaz negotiated the sale from the Czech Republic to Mexico of machine guns and explosive devices to commit acts of violence against rival cartels, civilians, police and Mexican military.

Among the weapons negotiated were different types of European machine guns, rocket launchers, mortars and ammunition. In exchange, the defendants paid with fentanyl and methamphetamine that were brought into the United States for distribution.

On June 12, Mexican authorities dismantled Díaz's synthetic opioid laboratory in Zapopán, in the state of Jalisco, the US Attorney's Office detailed.

López and Alvarado were extradited to Florida, where they initially appeared before a judge this Monday and were detained.

The other two defendants remain in the Czech Republic while the extradition process continues.

With information from EFE.

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