Mexico sends 26 cartel members to U.S. in deal with Trump administration

Mexico sends 26 cartel members to U.S. in deal with Trump administration

Mexico sent 26 high-ranking cartel figures to the United States Tuesday in the latest major deal with the Trump administration as American authorities ratchet up pressure on criminal networks smuggling drugs across the border. Those handed over to U.S. custody include Abigael González Valencia, a leader of “Los Cuinis,” a group closely aligned with notorious…

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U.S. prosecutors won't seek death penalty for Mexican drug lords Ismael "El Mayo" Zambada and Rafael Caro Quintero

U.S. prosecutors won’t seek death penalty for Mexican drug lords Ismael “El Mayo” Zambada and Rafael Caro Quintero

U.S. prosecutors said Tuesday they won’t seek the death penalty in their cases against Mexican cartel kingpin Ismael “El Mayo” Zambada and Rafael Caro Quintero, the drug lord charged with orchestrating the 1985 killing of a U.S. Drug Enforcement Administration agent. Caro Quintero, 72, and Zambada, 75, have pleaded not guilty to an array of drug trafficking…

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U.S. drug raids net $10 million in crypto linked to notorious Mexican Sinaloa cartel, officials say

U.S. drug raids net $10 million in crypto linked to notorious Mexican Sinaloa cartel, officials say

U.S. drug enforcement agents seized more than $10 million in cryptocurrency linked to Mexico’s Sinaloa cartel during raids that also netted massive quantities of fentanyl and other drugs, officials said Tuesday. The Sinaloa cartel is one of six Mexican drug trafficking groups that President Trump has designated as global “terrorist” organizations. The cryptocurrency seizure in…

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