The Associated Press reports that 26 Mexican drug cartel leaders have been extradited to the US.
WAHINGTON
(AP) — Mexico sent 26 high-ranking cartel figures to the United States Tuesday in the latest major deal the Trump administration as American authorities ratchet up pressure on criminal networks smuggling drugs across the border. .
Those handed
over to U.S. custody include Abigael González Valencia, a leader of “Los
Cuinis,” a group closely aligned with notorious cartel Jalisco New Generation
or CJNG. Another defendant, Roberto Salazar, is wanted in connection to the
2008 killing of a Los Angeles County sheriff’s deputy. Other prominent figures
have ties to the Sinaloa Cartel and other violent drug trafficking groups.
The transfers
are a milestone for the Trump administration, which is made dismantling
dangerous drug cartels a key Justice Department priority. It’s the second time
in months that Mexico has expelled cartel figures accused of narcotics
smuggling, murder and other crimes amid mounting pressure from the Trump
administration to curb the flow of drugs onto American streets.
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Mexico expels cartel figures wanted by US authorities in deal with Trump | AP News
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