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Mexican 'drug kingpins' could be extradited to Mozambique

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Mexican drug kingpings. PIC MORERI SEJAKGOMO

Following the guilty plea by six Mexican nationals who were facing a single count of entering Botswana through an ungazetted point, the State has revealed that it has commenced processes to extradite the sextet to Mozambique.

The six Mexican nationals, namely, Gumecindo Enrique, 61, Jose Pena, 48, Fansico Alejandro, 33, Jose Corrales, 39, Carlos Aguilar, 32, and David Teran, 26, were arrested on November 25 in Gaborone.

The six were arrested alongside a Nigerian man, Uchema Njoku, 53, who has been charged with aiding and abetting crime by allegedly assisting suspects to illegally enter the country.

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