ROCHESTER — How did a man accused of being a drug cartel hit man suspected of two murders in Chihuahua, Mexico, end up in Rochester, Minnesota?

Cesar Contreras-Orosco was in federal custody at the Federal Medical Center. Like Contreras-Orosco, nearly all of Rochester’s “worst” cases are from outside of Minnesota.

A U.S. Department of Homeland Security website lists 18 people as the “worst of the worst” offenders who were reportedly taken into custody in Rochester. At least five of those listed taken into custody by Immigration and Customs Enforcement were serving time at the Federal Medical Center.

Only one person of the 18 people on the “worst” list has ever been charged with crimes committed in Olmsted County. Admir Vele, 37, was charged and convicted of stealing several items from a

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