by Roberto Wakerell-Cruz at The Post Millennial
Mexico’s Attorney General’s Office and Security Ministry said the handovers were carried out after the US Justice Department pledged not to seek the death penalty.
Twenty-six alleged leaders and operatives from some of Mexico’s most violent criminal organizations are being handed over to US custody following a coordinated transfer between the two countries, officials confirmed Tuesday.
The move includes Abigael Gonzalez Valencia, described by American authorities as a top figure in “Los Cuinis,” a cartel faction tied to the Jalisco New Generation Cartel (CJNG), per the Associated Press. Another man, Roberto Salazar, is accused in the 2008 killing of a Los Angeles County sheriff’s deputy.
Mexico’s Attorney General’s Office and Security Ministry said the handovers were carried out after the US Justice Department pledged not to seek the death penalty. The operation took place on Tuesday, with the suspects flown from Mexico to the United States.
This marks the second large-scale expulsion of cartel suspects to the U.S. in recent months. In February, Mexican authorities turned over 29 alleged traffickers, among them Rafael Caro Quintero, convicted in connection to the 1985 killing of a U.S. Drug Enforcement Administration agent.
The latest transfers come as Washington increases pressure on Mexico to take…
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