Arizona Attorney General Kris Mayes’ office will ramp up work to extradite drug traffickers from foreign nations as part of the Democratic prosecutor’s efforts to combat fentanyl coming into the state.”We are going to reach into Mexico and bring the leaders of these drug cartels back to Arizona for prosecution,” Mayes said. “We are going to disrupt, dismantle and try to destroy these drug trafficking organizations.”It’s an undertaking much easier said than done, as extradition involves coordination with the federal government and untangling a patchwork of international treaties and foreign laws. Not to mention the investigative work needed on the front end to put together witnesses and evidence to make a case.Mayes has hired a veteran prosecutor, Adena Bernstein, to lead those efforts as well as serve as coordinator for her office’s response to the fentanyl crisis. Bernstein began in December and will be paid a $145,000 salary, according to the Attorney General’s Office. She came from the Maricopa County Attorne …
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