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The Independent UK
The Independent UK
National
Megan Janetsky

Lawyers accuse Mexico of breaking law in sending cartel members to US without extradition order

Mexico US Cartels - (Copyright 2026 The Associated Press. All rights reserved.)

A group of lawyers and family members of important cartel figures accused Mexico's government on Tuesday of breaking the law by sending nearly a hundred Mexican citizens to the United States without an extradition order.

It comes less than a week after the administration of Mexican President Claudia Sheinbaum sent 37 detained cartel members to the U.S. in what observers have described as an offering by Mexican authorities to offset mounting threats by U.S. President Donald Trump to take military action against cartels.

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