From NY Post: Mexico has quietly shipped nearly 100 suspected cartel drug traffickers to the US to stand trial charges after President Trump branded the groups foreign terrorist organizations last year — and pressured the Mexican government to cooperate.
The suspects include the brother of Nemesio “El Mencho” Oseguera Cervantes — the brutal Jalisco New Generation cartel (CJNG) leader who was killed by the Mexican army on Sunday.
The Justice Department said many of the 92 defendants released to the Americans had US extradition requests that were not honored during the Biden administration.
Mexico rounded up wanted criminals after the Trump administration prioritized these matters.
“We will prosecute these criminals to the fullest extent of the law in honor of the brave law enforcement agents who have dedicated their careers — and in some cases, given their lives — to protect innocent people from the scourge of violent cartels,” said Attorney General Pam Bondi.
Bondi noted that President Trump “has made clear, cartels are terrorist groups,” and that the Department of Justice is “devoted to destroying cartels and transnational gangs.”
“This is another landmark achievement in the Trump Administration’s mission to destroy the cartels,” Bondi said of the round of handovers.
The defendants include “terrorists from the Sinaloa Cartel, CJNG, and others – will now pay for their crimes against the American people on American soil,” Bondi said.
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