A judge granted him "provisional suspension", meaning that the foreign ministry has 48 hours to present a report justifying its decision.
From January 2015 to February 2016 1,079 kilos of cocaine were seized at Mexico City's international airport.
The Mexican drug boss will file multiple legal challenges against Friday's ruling to extradite him to the U.S.
Jorge Humberto Pérez Cázares was arrested in San Miguel de Allende.
The drama will be developed by the History channel along with Chris Brancato, co-creator of “Narcos".
According to reports from U.S. federal prosecutors, senior members of the Mexican Air Force have piloted some of these planes.
Edgar Manuel Valencia Orteg admitted to laundering money related to sale of cocaine in Chicago and Los Angeles.
In towns like Guachochi, Batopilas, Guadalupe and Calvo, 15-year-olds carry backpacks full of drugs for more than three days in exchange for a pair of running shoes.
Police spokesman Leonel Sauceda calls Franco Daniel Lombardi the Sinaloa cartel's "financial arm" in Honduras.
One of them was Dámaso López Núñez, aka “El Licenciado” whom authorities say is the real leader of the Sinaloa cartel, above “El Mayo” Zambada.