Mexico extradited this week a new group of individuals wanted in the United States on organized crime charges. Mexican officials confirmed that most of the 26 people handed over to U.S. authorities were former cartel members, including close associates and relatives of high-ranking figures from some of the country's largest criminal organizations.
According to an expert on organized crime in Mexico, at least seven or eight of those extradited are considered major players who could provide key information to U.S. prosecutors, similar to other recent cooperating witnesses who have implicated current and former Mexican officials in cartel-related corruption cases.
