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Sinaloa cartel's Chino Antrax pleads guilty to drugs charge.

A kingpin from Mexico's Sinaloa drugs cartel whose boasting on social media may have led to his arrest pleaded guilty to conspiracy to import tons of cocaine and marijuana on Wednesday in federal court in San Diego.

Jose Rodrigo Arechiga-Gamboa, 34, known as "Chino Antrax," was arrested in Amsterdam in December 2013 and extradited to the United States in July 2014.

Jose Rodrigo Arechiga Gamboa, known as 'Chino Antrax,' acknowledged that he helped bring tons of cocaine and marijuana to the country from Mexico and ordered and participated in violence against cartel rivals

Connected: El Chino implied on his Twitter feed that this is a picture of him standing with Paris Hilton

Before he was caught, the 34-year-old displayed his lavish lifestyle on Twitter, deliberately blurring his face

His social media feed featured pictures of people clamoring to be photographed with him

Detained: Arechiga Gamboa (pictured on his Instagram feed) was arrested at Amsterdam's Airport Schiphol after he arrived on a flight from South America under a false name in 2013

It is believed Arechiga Gamboa's social media posts helped law enforcement track him down in 2013

Lavish: Here he showed off a pair of sneakers personalized with his code name on the back

He is one of the highest-ranking Sinaloa cartel kingpins ever prosecuted in the United States