 Two years later, the U.S. case was dismissed with prejudice by The United States District Court for the District of Columbia, in August 2009.He is claimed to be a member of the Sinaloa Cartel, a charge that Ye Gon, who has no previous criminal record, has denied.He became a citizen of Mexico in 2002 and was recognized as a wealthy business owner in Mexico before these allegations of wrongdoing arose.