Posted on 08/12/2025 9:01:03 PM PDT by E. Pluribus Unum
WASHINGTON (AP) — Mexico sent 26 high-ranking cartel figures to the United States Tuesday in the latest major deal with the Trump administration as American authorities ratchet up pressure on criminal networks smuggling drugs across the border.
Those handed over to U.S. custody include Abigael González Valencia, a leader of “Los Cuinis,” a group closely aligned with notorious cartel Jalisco New Generation or CJNG. Another defendant, Roberto Salazar, is wanted in connection to the 2008 killing of a Los Angeles County sheriff’s deputy. Other prominent figures have ties to the Sinaloa Cartel and other violent drug trafficking groups.
The transfers are a milestone for the Trump administration, which is made dismantling dangerous drug cartels a key Justice Department priority. It’s the second time in months that Mexico has expelled cartel figures accused of narcotics smuggling, murder and other crimes amid mounting pressure from the Trump administration to curb the flow of drugs onto American streets.
“These 26 men have all played a role in bringing violence and drugs to American shores — under this Department of Justice, they will face severe consequences for their crimes against this country,” Attorney General Pam Bondi said in a statement. “We are grateful to Mexico’s National Security team for their collaboration in this matter.”
The cartel figures were put on planes to the U.S. after the Justice Department agreed not to seek the death penalty against any of the defendants or against any cartel leaders and members sent to the U.S. in February. That transfer was of 29 cartel figures, including drug lord Rafael Caro Quintero, who was behind the killing of a U.S. DEA agent in 1985.
“This transfer is yet another example of what is possible when two governments stand united against violence and impunity,” U.S...
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Good news, but! “...they will face severe consequences for their crimes against this country,” Attorney General Pam Bondi said”
Death penalty is off the table. So we are going to incarcerate them for life and let them run their drug operations out of our prisons?
No way. Maybe. Holy crap. Really?
If true, kill them. Send a message. I don’t care.
By the neck. No drop.
Make em swing. Legs kicking. Eyes bulging. Tounges out. Gasping. (I read alot of Lamour).
"The cartel figures were put on planes to the U.S. after the Justice Department agreed not to seek the death penalty"
Winning....
Ole communista had them locked up already huh? Funny how that happens.
So this is a scene out of Ozark?
Maybe we send them to El Salvador.
If that is not possible, we can likely find a prison with a large population of competing gangs. I normally don’t go for extra-curricular death penalties, but it would be fitting if they found themselves in one-sies and two-sies surrounded by members of a Jamaican or Vietnamese Gang. Especially if the warden did his best impression of a WWWE referee.
That is the only acceptable answer.
I just envisioned Richard Dawson hosting.
Dawson: “Name a high-value street drug”
Cartel Patriarch: “Fentanyl!”
Dawson: “Fentanyl! Survey Says . . . 47”
Ding!
Yes, better send them to El Salvador.
Gitmo will be full of democrats.
They fell behind on their payments to el presidente?
Huh? They should have been “dealt with.”
Maybe these guys should be set up for late night Epstein style visits? It gets a little lonely in prison, ya’ know?
I don’t understand how this will affect the current drug trafficking. The farms and labs are unaffected.
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