Zhenli Ye Gon arrives in Mexico

Chinese-Mexican businessman Zhenli Ye Gon was handed over to Mexican authorities today to be prosecuted on charges of crimes against health, possession of a firearm considered for exclusive use of the military, and operations with resources of illicit origin.

Salvador Sandoval Silva, head of the Sub-Department of the PGR's International Affairs, said that the Chinese-Mexican businessman was transferred to the Altiplano high-security prison.

The 48-year-old businessman was arrested in July 2007 by U.S. Drug Enforcement Administration agents at a restaurant in Washington, D.C.

Since 2008, the Mexican government had requested the extradition of Ye Gon, but his defense attorneys challenged the request and postponed the extradition several times, arguing he could not get a fair trial in Mexico.