SAN DIEGO, California — Rosa De Arcos, a 45-year-old alleged drug trafficker from Jalisco, Mexico, was extradited from Mexico and arraigned in federal court on charges related to drug trafficking. The charges in

De Arcos was initially arrested in May 2017 for concealing over 34 pounds of fentanyl in her vehi

A grand jury indicted De Arcos and Urena on December 4, 2018, in

The case is being prosecuted by Assistant U.S. Attorneys Joseph Orabona and Shauna Prewitt, with significant assistance from the Justice Department’s Office of International Affairs in securing De Arcos' arrest and extradition. The investigation involved multiple agencies, in

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