The transfer marks the third such move since President Donald Trump took office, bringing the total to 99 alleged criminals who have been turned over.
Mexico’s security secretary Omar Garcia Harfuch said in a statement on X that the move was done in accordance with national security law with the “full respect of national sovereignty.”
“At the request of @TheJusticeDept, a commitment was made not to seek the death penalty,” Harfuch said. “These individuals were taken to the cities of Washington, Houston, New York, Pennsylvania, San Antonio, and San Diego, aboard 7 aircraft from the Armed Forces.”
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Attached to the post are images showing armed military personnel lined up to an airplane as armored trucks arrive.
Mexico’s move takes place in the shadow of a
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