Delgado, was arrested November 2 at an El Paso restaurant. An El Paso-area attorney, Delgado is named in a federal indictment charging that between July 2007 through December 2008, in the Western District of Texas, he conspired with other individuals to launder money believed to be drug trafficking proceeds.
According to the investigation, Delgado is linked to the Milenio cartel based in Guadalajara, Mexico, and accused of conspiring to launder more than $600 million. The cocaine-trafficking cartel was active until 2010, and its scope was mostly limited to the Jalisco state area in Mexico and parts of the western U.S.
Dennis A. Ulrich, special agent in charge of HSI El Paso, said: “Drug cartels operate solely on the basis of greed. However, when they can also corrupt trusted authorities, the integrity and stability of both countries’ financial infrastructure may be at risk.”
According to the Huffington Post, Delgado’s biography that was recently pulled from the university’s website says Delgado joined Mexican president elect Enrique Peña Nieto’s campaign in early 2012 and is part of his transition team. Pena’s team denies knowing Delgado. The university says Delgado provided the biographical information.
Delgado received a master’s in Science in Public Policy and Management from Carnegie Mellon’s Heinz School in 1990, and in 2003, he gave the school $250,000 to establish the Marco Delgado Fellowship for the Advancement of Hispanics in Public Policy and Management.