Mexico turned over 26 alleged cartel members wanted for crimes wanted in the US over to American authorities as part of the latest deal with the Trump administration under the sole promise none of the inmates would face the death penalty.
Mexico turned over 26 cartel members wanted for crimes in the US to American authorities as part of the latest deal with the Trump administration.
The prisoners include leaders and managers of several Mexican drug cartels and they’re facing charges like murder, hostage-taking, human smuggling and kidnapping, the US Department of Justice announced Tuesday.
One of the “fugitives” sent to the US is Abigael González Valencia, a high-ranking leader of the “Los Cuinis” organization that helped finance and grow the notorious cartel Jalisco New Generation, better known as CJNG, according to the DOJ.
Valencia is also the brother-in-law of CJNG leader Nemesio Rubén “El Mencho” Oseguera Cervantes, a top target who the US government is offering $15 million just for information that could lead to his capture or conviction.
And one of Valencia’s brothers, José González Valencia, was sentenced in Washington’s federal court to 30 years in June after pleading guilty to international cocaine trafficking.
