Rafael Caro Quintero was arraigned on multiple drug and weapons offenses in Brooklyn federal court following his extradition Thursday to the U.S. from Mexico.

A drug cartel kingpin, known as the US Drug Enforcement Administration’s top target for his role in the killing of a DEA agent, was moved from Mexico to New York City.

BROOKLYN (CN) — Drug lord Rafael Caro Quintero, who masterminded the killing of a U.S. Drug Enforcement Administration agent in 1985, pleaded not guilty Friday after Mexico expelled him and 28 other cartel figures to the United States this week.

Mexico has sent drug lord Rafael Caro Quintero, who is wanted for the notorious killing of a U.S. DEA agent in 1985, to the United States with 28 other prisoners requested by the U.S. government, the Justice Department confirmed Thursday evening.

US Attorney John Durham, (center front), walks over to at a news conference outside the federal courthouse in the Brooklyn borough of New York on Feb 28, following the arraignment of Cartel leaders Rafael Caro Quintero and Vicente Carrillo Fuentes. (AP)