AdvertisementAt U.S. Request, Judge Dismisses Drug Charges Against Mexico's Ex-Defense SecretaryNovember 18, 2020Carrie KahnfacebookEmailFormer Defense Secretary Jim Mattis, left, and former Mexican Defense Secretary Salvador Cienfuegos Zepeda at the Pentagon in 2017. A U.S. district judge dropped drug charges against Cienfuegos Wednesday. (AP)