Man who co-founded Mexican drug cartel with 'El Mencho' pleads guilty in US to conspiracy charge

WASHINGTON (AP) — A California man who co-founded one of Mexico's most powerful and violent drug cartels pleaded guilty on Tuesday in the U.S. to a federal narcotics conspiracy charge. Erick Valencia Salazar formed the Jalisco New Generation Cartel with Nemesio Oseguera Cervantes, the drug lord known as “El Mencho" who was killed by the [...]