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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Hundreds of firearms and thousands of ammunition were destroyed on International Firearms Destruction Day at a military base in the Mexican state of Sonora. -
The New World screwworm parasite has been in Mexico for more than a year and a half. Now that it’s crossed the border, the United States could turn south for direction. -
Mexico will request criminal charges over 17 Mexicans who died in ICE custody or during immigration enforcement operations by the Trump administration, officials said Thursday. -
Mexican President Claudia Sheinbaum says her government will “go further” than prior diplomatic notes and calls for investigations as the number of Mexican nationals killed by U.S. immigration officers or dying in custody increases. -
The United States and Mexico will meet for trade treaty negotiations later this month.
