The Secretary of Citizen Security and Protection (SSPC), Omar García Harfuch, reported that the Government of Mexico extradited 26 prisoners Required of course drug trafficking, amid the growing pressure of the administration of President Donald Trump to dismantle the powerful Mexican cartels.
“Today the Security Cabinet of Mexico, in bilateral coordination and with full respect for our sovereignty, transferred 26 people linked to criminal organizations that represented a risk to the security of Mexico,” said the federal official through his X account.
“The action was carried out in strict adherence to the National Security Law and request from the United States Department of Justice, which promised not to request the death penalty,” said García Harfuch.
In a joint statement, the Attorney General of the Republic (FGR) and the SSPC They explained that the 26 people “were deprived of their liberty in different prisons in the country.”
At the end of February, Mexico sent 29 cartel figures – among them, to the Rafael Caro Quintero drug bound to the United States, after Trump’s threats to impose generalized tariffs on Mexican products.
In mid -June, Reuters reported that US and Mexican officials had discussed the possibility of expediting the capture and/or deportation of priority objectives of the DEA and the FBI.
In February, Trump’s government appointed some drug cartels and other criminal groups such as “terrorist organizations” and, since then, he said he studies military actions against them.
(With Reuters information.)
