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US Marine veteran built cocaine pipeline as Mexican drug kingpin, prosecutors say
By Kristina Davis, The San Diego Union-Tribune

SAN DIEGO - A U.S. Marine veteran who rose to power as a reputed Mexican drug kingpin has been named in a massive cocaine-trafficking indictment in San Diego.

The investigation into Angel Dominguez Ramirez Jr.'s organization revealed "an unprecedented level of corruption within the Mexican government, local police departments, federal police agencies and military," the U.S. attorney's office said in a recent court filing.

More than 41 people have been charged in the case, which has yielded 5,000 kilograms, or about 11,000 pounds, of seized cocaine and more than $9 million in drug proceeds.

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The investigation into Angel Dominguez Ramirez Jr.'s organization revealed "an unprecedented level of corruption within the Mexican government, local police departments, federal police agencies and military," the U.S. attorney's office said in a recent court filing.
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Dominguez, arrested in Mexico in 2016, is awaiting extradition to San Diego.

He is a dual U.S. citizen who has served as a Marine...