AdvertisementU.S. Arrests Mexico's Ex-Defense Chief, Accused Of Helping Drug CartelOctober 16, 2020Carrie KahnAlex LefffacebookEmailThen-Mexican Defense Secretary Gen. Salvador Cienfuegos (right) with then-U.S. Defense Secretary Jim Mattis at the Pentagon in 2017. Cienfuegos was arrested Thursday at Los Angeles International Airport. (AP)