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The Independent UK
The Independent UK
National
Fabiola Snchez and Joshua Goodman

Mexico sends drug lord Caro Quintero and 28 others to the US as officials meet with Trump team

Mexico Drug Lord - (FBI)

Mexico has sent drug lord Rafael Caro Quintero, who was behind the killing of a U.S. DEA agent in 1985, to the United States with 28 prisoners requested by the U.S. government, a Mexican government official and other sources said Thursday.

It comes as top Mexican officials are in Washington trying to head off the Trump administration's threat of imposing 25% tariffs on all Mexican imports starting Tuesday.

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