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Mexico handed over 29 figures to the United States drug cartel, including one of the most sought after in the FBI, Rafael Caro Quintero, in what observers say is “showing conformity” by Mexican authorities. The show comes just days before 25 percent Tariffs The Mexican imports of US President Donald Trump must come into force.
Trump has long been striving for what he believes is Mexico's failure to control the cartels with drugs. He calls them “quasi-government organizations” in some parts of the country and blames Mexico, in particular for the flow of a highly addictive fentanyl, a synthetic opioid in the United States in recent years.
A statement by the Prosecutor General of the Mexican Prosecutor said: “This action is part of the efforts for coordination, cooperation and bilateral reciprocity, within the respect of the sovereignty of both sides.”
Here's more about what happened and why this is happening now:
What did you agree to do Mexico?
On Thursday, Mexico handed over over 29 cartel figures that were already being held in Mexican prisons. They boarded planes at an airport north of Mexico City and were taken to eight cities in the United States, the Mexican government quoted the Mexican government said.
The United States has confirmed that they have taken 29 prisoners in custody in a statement by Prosecutor Pamela Bondi. So far, there are some details about where they are behaving.
The US Department of Justice has released a list of federal courts, where 29 defendants should be charged, but it is not clear when this will happen. They all face charges that include racketeering, drug trafficking, killings, illegal use of firearm and money laundering.
At least two of the extradited men should face a federal court in Brooklyn on Friday, according to an unnamed source spoke to Reuters news agency.
This has been the biggest show of prisoners in Mexico for years. From 2019 to 2023, Mexico extradited about 65 people in the United States, Reuters reports.
It is unclear whether an official extradition process was followed after the Mexican government called the operation “transfer”.
Who is deported from Mexico to the US?
The US Department of Justice has released a list of 29 defendants.
It was some of the most powerful cartel leaders involved in cocaine and heroin trade decades ago, as well as new “drugs” accused of moving fentanyl to the United States, according to the Ministry of Justice. A drug is someone involved in illegal drug trade.
Some of those who are betrayed to the United States are:
Caro quintero
72-year-old Caro Quintero was the co-founder of the Guadalajara cartel, who was known for delivering marijuana to the United States and was convicted of a 1985 drug agent of 1985, Enrique Kiki chamber. Guadalajara was one of the most powerful cartels in Latin America in the 1980s, doing business with Pablo Escobar, the late Colombian Lord of Drugs.
Following his sentence in 1985, he remained in prison until 2013 for the abduction and murder of a chamber, when the court overturned his 40-year sentence after concluding that he had been tried with incorrect. He is said to have returned to drug trafficking and remained free for several years while the United States sought to extradite him and offered a $ 20 million award for his arrest.
Caro Quintero was damaged in Mexico in 2022 by the Mexican Fleet. He is one of the suspects who are expected to appear in court in Brooklyn on Friday.
Trevino brothers
The Mexican media reported that two former leaders of the non-existent cartel Los Zetas-brother Miguel Angel Trevino Morales, also called the Z-40, and Omar Trevino Morales, also called the Z-42s, also handed over to the United States.
Mexican authorities have arrested 54 -year -old Miguel on charges, including organized crime, drug trafficking, torture, money laundering, and illegal use of firearms in 2013. The 51 -year -old Omar was arrested on charges of money laundering and violating federal firefighting laws.
The United States has accused the Trevino brothers of ruling a faction of Zetas Splinter, the northeast cartel, from prison.
Antonio Cervantes and El Gerrito
US authorities have identified the Jalisco New Generation and Cartel Sinaloa cartel as responsible for bringing fentanyl to the United States in recent years.
The leader of Jalisco, the 66 -year -old Antonio Ezegera Cervantes, has also been betrayed to the United States. Cervantes is the brother of Nemezio Ezervantes, a drug lord, also known as El Mencho. The US has offered a $ 15 million award for any El Mencho location information.
Jose Angel “El Guerito” canobbio, a figure connected with the Sinaloa cartel, was also handed over to US authorities on Thursday, Mexican media and Reuters reported.
Why is this happening now?
Trump declared 25 percent tariffs on goods imported from Mexico and Canada on enforcement orders, which he signed on February 1. On Thursday, the President confirmed that the tariffs are on come into effect Tuesday.
Trump said one of the reasons for the tariffs was the failure of Mexico and Canada to prevent street drugs as fentanyl not to flow into the United States. “Drugs are still poured into our country from Mexico and Canada at very high and unacceptable levels,” he wrote in a social post on Thursday, confirming that the tariffs would be imposed next week.
Moreover, on January 20, the day it was found that Trump signed Enforcement order This refers to international drug cartels as “terrorist organizations”.
The text of the order states: “In certain parts of Mexico, they function as quasi-government formations.”
This month the Trump Administration also marked Eight Latin American crime and drug groups such as “global terrorist organizations”. This was done in a federal register Notice And it was different from the executive order as it called specific groups: Tren de Aragua, Mara Salvatrucha (also known as MS-13), Cartel Sinaloa, Jalisco NEWANTY CARTEL, CARTELES unidos, Northeast Cartel, Gulf Cartel
Both Mexico and Canada They said they were doing everything they could to limit illegal drug trade.
Vanessa Rubio-Markers, an associate of America in the brain trust of London-based House, says: “For decades, there has been a continuing cooperation between Mexican and US authorities, which includes the exchange of information, intelligence and joint operations. What is exceptional is the number of people who have been extradited.
“One can only analyze that this is a security cooperation that is the result of tariff threats.”
The President of Mexico, Claudia Shainbaum, told a press conference on January 21 that Mexico would cooperate entirely with the United States to fight drug trafficking, but it would not support the US perspective to send troops to impose measures to combat the fight against the fight against the fight. “What we insist on is the protection of our sovereignty and our independence,” she said.
