Mexico asks US to extradite 'mastermind' in journalist Javier Valdez's killing

Mexican officials say cartel boss Damaso Lopez Serrano ordered the killing of well-known journalist Javier Valdez in 2017.

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Valdez, known for his award-winning coverage of the drug trade, was gunned down in the city of Culiacán in May 2017.

Mexican authorities say the journalist's assassination was ordered by Dámaso López Serrano, a former high-ranking member of the Sinaloa drug cartel.

López Serrano - who the US Justice Department says goes by the moniker of "Mini Lic" - was arrested on fentanyl trafficking charges in Virginia on 13 December.

At a news conference this week, Mexican attorney general Alejandro Gertz said that López Serrano was the "mastermind" of Valdez's killing.

https://www.bbc.com/news/articles/cwy3pyd7wp0o

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