Mexican authorities arrested two alleged high ranking members of the notorious Sinaloa Cartel this week, just days before the Trump administration designated that group and others based in Mexico as foreign terrorist organizations.
Authorities in Mexico extradited an unprecedented number of infamous drug traffickers wanted in the United States.
Federal Attorney General Alejandro Gertz Manero told reporters Tuesday that Ismael "El Mayo" Zambada has asked Mexico for repatriation.
Alejandro Gertz Manero said extradition process usually takes no more than 45 days, but there have been cases in which they have had to wait up to 12 years for a response.
The CIA has been flying MQ9 Reaper drones over Mexico to help sniff out dangerous cartels and fentanyl laboratories, in partnership with the country's government.
Mexican authorities arrested two key Sinaloa Cartel operatives, El 200 and El Güerito, in Culiacán between Wednesday and Thursday.
Mexico's Secretary of Defense, General Ricardo Trevilla, told reporters Tuesday morning that U.S. intelligence-gathering drone flights have led to the arrests of at least two cartel leaders.
Mexican authorities delivered a massive blow to drug trafficking cartels on Feb. 16 when they seized nearly 5 billion doses of meth stashed in three different locations around the northern state of Sinaloa.
ONE of Europe’s most wanted drug kingpins has been gunned down in Mexico after years of evading arrest. Marco Ebben, who once even faked his own death to avoid cops, was shot and killed just
The extraditions are a win for Trump, as some of those sent to the US had been held in Mexico for years with drawn-out legal processes preventing their extradition. Mike Vigil, former chief of international operations for the DEA, said that the numbers were unprecedented.
Ismael “El Mayo” Zambada, a historic leader of Mexico’s Sinaloa cartel, left, and Joaquín Guzmán López, a son of another infamous cartel leader, after they were arrested by U.S ...