Mexico extradite 29 leaders and cartel members, including the Lord of drugs Caro Quintelo
Mexico started The process of extradition of dozens of leaders and members of a high -level cartel, including Rafael Caro Quintero, a former leader of Cartel Guadalajara involved in the abduction and murder of drug implementation administration (DEA) agent Enrique “Kiki” Camaren in 1985.
The founders of Los Zetas, Miguel and Omari Morales, known as Z-40 and Z-42, will also be extradited to the US.
The extradition was made at the request of the US government because President Donald Trump’s tariff deadline. One of the president requests is that Mexico breaks down dangerous cartels and the production and distribution of fental.
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“This morning, 29 people who were deprived of their freedom in different penitents in the country were transferred to the United States, which were needed because of their relationships with criminal drug trafficking organizations, among other crimes,” the Mexican law office and the Security Security Secretary -General wrote.
“The guardian, transfer and formal delivery of these people is carried out according to institutional protocols with due respect for their fundamental rights, in accordance with our Constitution and the Law on National Security and at the request of the Ministry of Justice of the United States.
“This action is part of the tasks of coordination, cooperation and bilateral reciprocity, within the framework of respect for the sovereignty of both nations.”
President Trump threatened to impose tariffs Mexico, and now officials like Mexican President Claudia Sheinbaum work with the US to take over drugs and fentanil. (Reuters)
Associated Press reported that the removal of Mexican drug lords coincided with a visit to Washington, DC, Mexican Foreign Minister Juan Ramón de la Fuente and other top economic and military officials who met with American Secretary of State Marco Rubio.
The meeting was the latest in current negotiations with the USA about trade and security relations, which have radically moved since Trump returned to the oval office on January 20th.
Negotiations resulted in the handover of one of the ten most sought after fugitives of the FBI, Caro Quintelo, who was free to walk in 2013 after serving 28 years in prison. Caro Quintero was released when the court abolished the 40-year sentence for the 1985 AE Camaren’s abduction and murder.
This picture published by the FBI shows the requested poster for Rafael Caro Quintero. (FBI by AP, file)
Caro Quintero Mexican forces arrested again in July 2022. After allegedly returning to drug trade. Was former Cartel Guadalajara leader, and Dea states He returned to the drug store and ordered bloody attacks in the border state of northern Mexican.
Caro Quintero blamed Camarena for attacking marijuana plantation in 1984, allegedly ordering his abduction next year. Camaren’s body was found a month later with evidence of torture and abuse.
FBI added to Caro Quintelo Top 10 of the most sideline lists In 2018 and offered a prize up to $ 20 million for information leading to the arrest and/or conviction of Quintero.
Long -based Fentanil tablets sell, Dea says. (Drug Administration)
In January, the non -profit group representing the Camaren family invited Trump’s administration to restore long -standing US demands for Mexico to extradite Caro Quintero, AP learned after receiving a copy of a letter from a person familiar with the reach of family.
“His return to the US would give the family a lot needed to close and serve the best interests of justice,” the letter said.
Ever since he assumed his duty, Trump has threatened to impose trade tariffs to Mexico, and has declared several Mexican cartels as a foreign terrorist organization.
The United States asked for extradition to Caro Quintero shortly after his arrest in 2022. However, the request remained stuck at the Mexico Foreign Affairs Ministry for unknown reasons as Mexican President Claudia Sheinbaum, and political mentor, Andrés Manuel López Obrecos Obrador, Under, in accordance with Dea in Deest.
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The removal of the Treviño Morales brothers also indicates the end of a long process that began after capturing 2013 Miguel Trevisto Morales and his brother Omar in 2015. The process lasted so many years that Mexico Attorney General Alejandro Manero described the backlogs as “truly shameful.
The Trevisto Morales family, which the US authorities accused of conducting a violent cartel in northeast from prison in the United States are underway to participate in criminal organization, drug trafficking, weapons and money launders.
Associated Press contributed to this report.
