One of the most high-profile events in the bilateral relations between Mexico and the U.S. this year took place in early 2025, when officials extradited dozens of drug traffickers wanted by the United States.
In two separate transfers, the Mexican government extradited a total of 55 prisoners, including leaders of some of Mexico's most powerful criminal groups past and present: Rafael Caro Quintero, founder of the Guadalajara Cartel; Servando Gómez Martínez, known as "La Tuta," the former head of the Knights Templar cartel; and brothers Miguel Ángel and Omar Treviño Morales, who led the Zetas paramilitary drug organization, along with other key figures tied to the Jalisco and Sinaloa cartels.
