Judge rejects motion to dismiss indictment against drug trafficker who allegedly killed a 19-year-old kid from San Diego who stole meth
The drug trafficker's attorney tried to argue that a key witness who could speak to her client's innocence was deported to Mexico nearly three years ago. A video of the murder is also said to exist.
A federal judge rejected a motion to dismiss an indictment against Brian Alexis Patron Lopez, one of five drug traffickers charged with the 2020 kidnapping and murder of a 19-year-old San Diego resident who stole 2.5 pounds of meth from them.
Patron, who pleaded not guilty in June 2024 after his extradition to the U.S., is accused of pulling …