Overview

• The Justice Department announced Monday that 14 Mexican nationals serving federal drug distribution sentences were transferred to Mexico to finish their terms.
• The inmates requested the transfers and both US and Mexican authorities approved the move under the International Prisoner Transfer Program.
• Acting Assistant Attorney General Matthew R. Galeotti said the transfer will eliminate about 96 years of remaining incarceration and save over $4 million in prison costs.
• Mexico’s Attorney General’s Office said the repatriation aims to promote social reintegration by keeping the inmates closer to their families.
• Officials have not confirmed whether the transferred individuals are the same 14 Mexican nationals President Claudia Sheinbaum sought to repatriate from a Florida detention center.