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Mexico Transfers 26 Accused Cartel Members to US
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August 12, 2025

The seal of the U.S. Justice Department is seen on the podium in the Department's headquarters briefing room before a news conference with the Attorney General in Washington, January 24, 2023. (Reuters File)

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Mexico expelled more than two dozen people imprisoned as suspected cartel members wanted by the United States on Tuesday, amid rising pressure from President Donald Trump’s administration to dismantle the country’s powerful drug organizations.

Authorities sent 26 prisoners who were wanted in the U.S. for ties to drug-trafficking groups, Mexico’s attorney general’s office and security ministry said in a joint statement.

Mexico said the U.S. Department of Justice had requested their extradition and that it would not seek the death penalty for the accused capos.

(Reporting by Mrinmay Dey in Bengaluru and Diego Ore in Mexico City; Editing by Chris Reese and Cassandra Garrison)

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