Mexico flew 37 cartel members to the United States on Tuesday as the Trump administration intensified pressure on foreign governments to crack down on their criminal drug trafficking networks.
“This morning, [Mexico’s Security Cabinet] transferred 37 operators of criminal organizations to the United States, individuals who represented a real threat to the country’s security,” Mexican Security Minister Omar García Harfuch announced in a Tuesday X post.
Harfuch also shared video footage of handcuffed prisoners surrounded by armed and masked officers being loaded onto a military jet in Mexico City.
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The Mexican Security Minister added that Tuesday’s transfer means that, under the Trump administration, Mexico has now sent “a total of 92 high-impact criminals” who “will no longer be able to generate violence in our country.”
Harfuch went on
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