Mexico pushes 26 drug cartel members to the USA
Mexico pushes 26 drug cartel members to the USA
In a significant agreement with the Trump administration, Mexico has shown 26 high-ranking members of drug cartels to the United States. As part of the efforts of the US authorities to increase the pressure on criminal networks that transport drugs across the border. A person who wanted to remain anonymous with the matter confirmed this to the Associated Press on Tuesday.
transfer of high -ranking antitrust leaders
The antitrust leaders and other prominent figures were flown from Mexico to the USA on Tuesday. Abigael González Valencia, a leader of "Los Cuinis", a group that is closely connected to the notorious Jalisco New Generation Cartel (CJNG) is one of the people handed over. Another transferred, Roberto Salazar, is accused of being involved in the murder of a sheriff deputy from Los Angeles County in 2008.
collaboration with the US judiciary
The Mexico General Federal Attorney and the Ministry of Security confirmed the transfers, which were carried out after a promise by the US Ministry of Justice, that in no cases the death penalty is being sought. This is the second time within a few months that Mexico shows cartel members who are accused of drug trade, murder and other crimes, while the pressure of the Trump administration increases.
Earlier instructions and negotiations
Mexico handed over 29 antitrust figures in February, including drug boss Rafael Caro Quintero, who was responsible for the murder of a US Dea agent in 1985. These transfers took place only a few days before the introduction of 25 % tariffs on Mexican imports. At the end of the last month, President Donald Trump spoke to the Mexican President Claudia Sheinbaum and agreed to suspend the threatened 30 % tariffs for another 90 days to enable negotiations.
position of President Sheinbaum
Claudia Sheinbaum has shown that she is ready to work closer together in security questions than her predecessor and placed particularly emphasis on an aggressive persecution of the Mexican cartels. Nevertheless, she made it clear that she will defend Mexico's sovereignty and reject suggestions from Trump and others to the US military intervention.
Drug offensive of the Trump administration
The Trump administration has declared the fight against dangerous drug cartels as the top priority and classified CJNG and seven other Latin American criminal organizations as foreign terrorist organizations.
background information on Abigael González Valencia
Abigael González Valencia is the brother-in-law of the CJNG leader Nemesio Rubén "El Mencho" Oseguera Cervantes, one of the most important goals of the US government. He was arrested in Puerto Vallarta, Jalisco in February 2015 and has been fighting against his delivery to the United States.
The power of CJNG and its connections
Together with his two brothers, he led "Los Cuinis", which financed the foundation and growth of CJNG, one of the most powerful and dangerous cartels in Mexico. The CJNG transports hundreds of tons of cocaine, methamphetamine and fentanyl to the USA and other countries and is known for extreme violence, murders, torture and corruption.A brother of Abigael, José González Valencia, was sentenced to 30 years in prison in a federal court in Washington in a federal court in Washington after he had guilty of international cocaine trade. José González Valencia was arrested in a beach resort in Brazil in 2017 during the first Trump administration while he was on vacation with his family under a wrong name.
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