- “The United States government has to clear it up as soon as possible,” Lopez Obrador told reporters this week.
- “We’re going to continue asking them,” he added, saying that it was “odd” Valdez was no longer on the register since he still has decades to serve on the 49-year-sentence he received after pleading guilty in 2016 to conspiracy to import cocaine, conspiracy to distribute cocaine, and conspiracy to launder money.
- Along with the prison sentence, he was also ordered to pay $192,000 in fines.
