APR 2 -- (Manhattan, NY) JOHN P. GILBRIDE, the Special Agent-in-Charge of the United States Drug Enforcement Administration ("DEA") and MICHAEL J. GARCIA, the United States Attorney for the Southern District of New York announced that RUBEN GIL, a/k/a "Gavilan," a/k/a "Padrino," arrived in New York yesterday evening to face charges of trafficking multi-kilogram quantities of cocaine within the United States. GIL, who was elected mayor of Izúcar de Matamoros in the state of Puebla, Mexico in November 2007, was arrested in California on March 23, 2008.