BBC Information, London
Mexico Correspondent
Authorities of MexicoMexico has extradited 29 alleged drug cartel members to america – together with high-profile gang leaders.
These extradited embody infamous drug lord Rafael Caro Quintero who has been wished by the US for the homicide of an American agent 40 years in the past.
The transfer – thought of to be of the largest extraditions in Mexico’s historical past – is seen as a significant step in bilateral safety relations between the 2 nations.
It comes after US President Donald Trump threatened earlier this 12 months to impose tariffs on imports from Mexico, accusing it of failing to sort out drug trafficking and mass migration.
“As President Trump has made clear, cartels are terrorist teams, and this Division of Justice is dedicated to destroying cartels and transnational gangs,” US Legal professional Normal Pam Bondi stated in a press release on Thursday night time.
“We’ll prosecute these criminals to the fullest extent of the legislation in honour of the courageous legislation enforcement brokers who’ve devoted their careers – and in some instances, given their lives – to guard harmless folks from the scourge of violent cartels,” she added.
ReutersReacting to Caro Quintero’s extradition DEA Performing Administrator Derek Maltz hailed the transfer as a “victory for the Camarena household”.
He added: “Immediately sends a message to each cartel chief, each trafficker, each legal poisoning our communities: You can be held accountable.
“Regardless of how lengthy it takes, irrespective of how far you run, justice will discover you.”
Quintero is predicted to seem in court docket in New York on Friday.
Different fugitives extradited embody the founders of the brutal Zetas Cartel – Miguel Angel Treviño and his brother Omar Treviño.
Often known as Z-40 and Z-42 respectively, the 2 males ran the scary organisation for years earlier than its eventual demise within the mid 2010s.
Miguel Treviño, who was arrested by Mexican marines in July 2013, was wished on each side of the border for ordering massacres and operating medication on a world scale.
Omar Treviño – who was wished within the US and Mexico on expenses of drug trafficking, kidnap and homicide – was captured by safety forces in Monterrey in March 2015.
Their legal empire spanned a variety of illicit actions together with cocaine-smuggling, folks trafficking, extortion, gun-running and kidnappings.
Police in Webb County, Texas, confirmed the brothers extradition and warned People from crossing into Mexico for concern of reprisals.
BBC Information, London
Mexico Correspondent
Authorities of MexicoMexico has extradited 29 alleged drug cartel members to america – together with high-profile gang leaders.
These extradited embody infamous drug lord Rafael Caro Quintero who has been wished by the US for the homicide of an American agent 40 years in the past.
The transfer – thought of to be of the largest extraditions in Mexico’s historical past – is seen as a significant step in bilateral safety relations between the 2 nations.
It comes after US President Donald Trump threatened earlier this 12 months to impose tariffs on imports from Mexico, accusing it of failing to sort out drug trafficking and mass migration.
“As President Trump has made clear, cartels are terrorist teams, and this Division of Justice is dedicated to destroying cartels and transnational gangs,” US Legal professional Normal Pam Bondi stated in a press release on Thursday night time.
“We’ll prosecute these criminals to the fullest extent of the legislation in honour of the courageous legislation enforcement brokers who’ve devoted their careers – and in some instances, given their lives – to guard harmless folks from the scourge of violent cartels,” she added.
ReutersReacting to Caro Quintero’s extradition DEA Performing Administrator Derek Maltz hailed the transfer as a “victory for the Camarena household”.
He added: “Immediately sends a message to each cartel chief, each trafficker, each legal poisoning our communities: You can be held accountable.
“Regardless of how lengthy it takes, irrespective of how far you run, justice will discover you.”
Quintero is predicted to seem in court docket in New York on Friday.
Different fugitives extradited embody the founders of the brutal Zetas Cartel – Miguel Angel Treviño and his brother Omar Treviño.
Often known as Z-40 and Z-42 respectively, the 2 males ran the scary organisation for years earlier than its eventual demise within the mid 2010s.
Miguel Treviño, who was arrested by Mexican marines in July 2013, was wished on each side of the border for ordering massacres and operating medication on a world scale.
Omar Treviño – who was wished within the US and Mexico on expenses of drug trafficking, kidnap and homicide – was captured by safety forces in Monterrey in March 2015.
Their legal empire spanned a variety of illicit actions together with cocaine-smuggling, folks trafficking, extortion, gun-running and kidnappings.
Police in Webb County, Texas, confirmed the brothers extradition and warned People from crossing into Mexico for concern of reprisals.
