Ex-Sinaloa security chief is first of 10 indicted Mexican officials to surrender to US authorities

Gerardo Mérida Sánchez, former secretary of public security for Mexico's Sinaloa state, surrendered to US authorities on charges of taking bribes to help the Sinaloa Cartel smuggle drugs into the U.S. He is one of 10 current or former Sinaloa government or law enforcement officials charged by the U.S. and faces 40 years to life in prison if convicted. Mérida Sánchez appeared in a U.S. court and was ordered jailed, with a possibility of bail at a later date.