Mexico on Thursday carried out the extraditions of 29 cartel figures including notorious drug lord Rafael Caro Quintero to the United States.
Mexico handed over nearly 30 prisoners to be charged by U.S. courts for cartel-related crimes. Now, some in Mexico fear violent backlash.
Mexico extradited cartel members to the U.S., including a cartel boss complicit in the murder and torture of a Drug Enforcement Administration agent in 1985.
The Trump administration has announced the extradition of 29 Mexican cartel members to the United States, including Rafael Caro Quintero,
The handover of so many significant cartel figures was one of the most important efforts by Mexico in the modern history of the drug war to send traffickers to face charges in U.S. courts.