Posted on 08/14/2025 11:53:24 AM PDT by E. Pluribus Unum
Big cartel fish handed over to US signals Trump is serious about cleaning up the American drug crisis.
In a deal struck by President Donald Trump and Mexican President Claudia Sheinbaum, the Department of Justice announced Aug. 12 that 26 Mexican drug lords were brought onto US soil to face the music. This is the second haul of kingpins – the first happened in February when 29 such persons were extradited to America. These fugitives will face charges “relating to drug-trafficking, hostage-taking, kidnapping, illegal use of firearms, human smuggling, money laundering, the murder of a [sheriff’s] deputy, and other crimes,” according to a news release from the Justice Department.
Mexican Drug Lords – What Happens Now?
In negotiations prior to the release, Sheinbaum insisted that the accused not face the death penalty, which means, if convicted, they will serve time in a US prison. The DOJ list of persons extradited reveals that 25 can be sentenced up to life in prison, and one faces up to 45 years behind bars.
Among those in US custody are Abigael Gonzalez Valencia, Roberto Salazar, and Servando “La Tuta” Gomez, a leader of the Knights Templar cartel. Most of those handed over for prosecution are not household names, but law enforcement has been after them for a while. Salazar, for example, has been wanted by US authorities since 2008 in connection with the killing of a county sheriff’s deputy in Los Angeles. Another, Rafael Caro Quintero, also known as the “Narco of Narcos,” is said to be behind the grisly murder of a DEA agent dating back to 1985.
During the 2024 campaign, Trump promised the American people that he planned to rid the country of powerful and dangerous cartels and bring to justice those responsible for committing drug crimes. These 55 individuals brought into...
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Hang’em!
Mexican Drug Lords Come To America....
America by Simon and Garfunkel
I’m empty and aching and I don’t know why
Counting the cars on the New Jersey Turnpike.
They’ve all come to look for America.
All come to look for America
All come to look for America.
Mexico has always blocked extradition to the US if there is a chance of the death penalty being imposed.
Which is curious when you think of the murderous mayhem in Mexico and here these people did
Eye for an eye!
he planned to rid the country of powerful and dangerous cartels and bring to justice those responsible for committing drug crimes.
A federal judge will order their release.
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Just send the Judge a copy of the recent UUSC ruling regarding Executive powers regarding immigration, and then ignore him.
USSC
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Okay. But do the shipping in body bags.
Personally, I think the days of rogue District Judges issuing nationwide TRO's are pretty much over with the recent ruling by the USSC.
> A federal judge will order their release.
Which can’t happen if we don’t bring them here.
Strong argument for speedy trial and death sentence.
>> Which is curious when you think of the murderous mayhem in Mexico
During his first term President Trump coined a term that aptly describes Mejico:
“THIRD WORLD SH!THOLE”
Judges will order them release and demand Trump apologize for interfering in their international drug businesses.
Future Democrat politicians?
Ship them to Super Max in Florence, Colorado. There’s no chance of them communicating with anyone on the outside from that place.
Cartels have taken over Southern Ca., Arizona. and most of New Mexico.
How did mexico come to arrest 29 + 26 of these bad hombres in the first place?
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