Among extradited cartel members is Rafael Caro Quintero wanted for the 1985 killing of a DEA agent. Extraditions come as U.S. tariffs on Mexican imports loom.
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AmongextraditedcartelmembersisRafaelCaroQuinterowantedforthe1985killingofaDEAagent.ExtraditionscomeasU.S.tariffsonMexicanimportsloom.
MexicoonThursdayextradited29cartelmembers,includingadruglordwantedforthe1985murderofaU.S.agent,totheUnitedStates.
ThosetakenintoU.S.custodyfromMexicoareconvictsorotherswhohavebeenaccusedoftiestoviolentdrugcartels.
Theindividualsarefacingchargesrelatingtoracketeering,drugtrafficking,murder,illegaluseoffirearms,moneylaundering,andothercrimesintheUnitedStates,accordingtotheDepartmentofJustice(DOJ).
AmongthoseextraditedisRafaelCaroQuintero,adrugkingpinwhoisallegedlyinvolvedinthekillingofDrugEnforcementAdministration(DEA)agentEnriqueCamarenaSalazarin1985.
CaroQuinterohadpreviouslydeniedinvolvementinthemurder.Hewasreleasedin2013onatechnicalitybyaMexicanjudgeandreturnedtodrugtraffickingbeforebeingrecapturedin2022.
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