A group of lawyers says that Mexico sent nearly 100 cartel-member prisoners to the United States over the past year without a formal extradition order.
Lawyers representing some of the cartel figures sent to the United States since early 2025 say Mexico denied their clients due process by bypassing formal extradition procedures.
Ninety two high-profile cartel members have been sent to the United States from Mexico since the beginning of the Trump administration, the latest group of 37 were sent this month.
The prisoner transfers come as President Donald Trump wields the specter of military action in Mexico. Analysts have noted the transfers are one way Mexico has been able to appease the Trump administration.
Mexico’s defense minister said the most recently transferred prisoners represented a threat to his country’s security.
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The United States has ordered tariffs on countries that continue to ship oil to the island. Mexico has described the shipments as a humanitarian measure. -
The two countries have agreed on a plan that they say will facilitate overdue water deliveries from Mexico to the United States. -
The governor of the Mexican state says Mexico’s president has approved funds for a project in the Sonoran border town. -
On a two-day tour of the state, Mexican President Claudia Sheinbaum inaugurated a highway and announced construction would soon begin on a port project on the Gulf of California. -
Vancouver-based Vizsla Silver says it’s suspending operations at the mining site as federal and state authorities search for the victims.
