Lawyers accuse Mexico of breaking law in sending cartel members to US without extradition order
Source: Associated Press
Lawyers accuse Mexico of breaking law in sending cartel members to US without extradition order
MEGAN JANETSKY
Mon, January 26, 2026 at 6:56 PM EST
3 min read
MEXICO CITY (AP) — A group of lawyers and family members of important cartel figures accused Mexico's government on Monday of breaking the law by sending nearly a hundred Mexican citizens to the United States without an extradition order.
It comes less than a week after the administration of Mexican President Claudia Sheinbaum sent 37 detained cartel members to the U.S. in what observers have described as an offering by Mexican authorities to offset mounting threats by U.S. President Donald Trump to take military action against cartels.
Since last February, Mexico has sent a total of 92 cartel members in three separate transfers to the U.S. requested by the Trump administration. It's part of a larger strategy by Sheinbaum to crack down on cartels and maintain a positive relationship with the Trump.
The transfers have been at the center of a legal debate that has only gained more traction after last week's hand over. Mexico’s government has maintained the transfers were legal, carried out in the name of national security. The Trump administration said the capos were wanted for crimes in the U.S. and many of them had outstanding extradition requests by the U.S.
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