Overview
- The detainees were transported on seven Mexican Armed Forces aircraft to several U.S. cities, including Washington, Houston, New York, San Antonio and San Diego.
- Mexican officials said this is the third such handover in the past year, bringing the total number transferred under the current U.S. administration to 92.
- U.S. authorities say the suspects face serious federal counts such as narcoterrorism, providing material support to a foreign terrorist organization, money laundering, and trafficking conspiracies involving fentanyl and cocaine.
- Those transferred include figures tied to the Sinaloa cartel, Jalisco New Generation cartel, Beltrán-Leyva network, the Northeast cartel and remnants of the Zetas, with named suspects including Pedro Inzunza Noriega and Ricardo González Sauceda.
- President Claudia Sheinbaum and Security Minister Omar García Harfuch framed the move as a sovereign security action as Washington increases pressure and President Trump threatens potential land operations against cartel targets.