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Mexico on Thursday agreed to send approximately 30 drug cartel officials to the United States that are wanted by American authorities, including former Sinaloa cartel founding member Rafael Caro Quintero, and former Zetas cartel leader Miguel Ángel Treviño Morales. The United States has been trying to secure Quintero's arrest for over 40 years, after he was convicted in Mexico of having plotted the 1985 murder of Drug Enforcement Administration agent Enrique Camarena, per the New York Times. Treviño is considered one of Mexico's most violent cartel operatives, and has been wanted by the United States since 2013. He is currently...

A drug cartel kingpin, known as the US Drug Enforcement Administration’s top target for his role in the killing of a DEA agent, was moved from Mexico to New York City on Thursday and is expected to face a judge on Friday, according to officials and sources. Rafael Caro Quintero was among 29 cartel members the Mexican government released into US custody as President Trump has threatened to slap imports from Mexico with a 25% tariff on March 4 if the country doesn’t do more to crackdown on illegal immigration drug smuggling. “Obviously, this is one of the biggest days...

A Mexican lawmakers accidentally showed up topless in a government Zoom meeting — but later insisted she was “not ashamed” of having shown her body. Senator Martha Lucía Mícher Camarena, 66, said she had no idea she was still on camera when she stripped off to get changed during last Thursday’s meeting about the economy — only realizing when colleagues alerted her.

Agents in attack ad clear Sanchez BY TRICIA CORTEZ Times staff writer Two retired federal agents admitted Friday afternoon that Tony Sanchez and his former thrift, Tesoro Savings and Loan, "had nothing to do with the death of (Drug Enforcement Administration agent) Kike Camarena." One day after Gov. Rick Perry and his Democratic challenger Tony Sanchez acknowledged the public's disgust with negative ads during their Dallas debate, the Rick Perry campaign launched another attack ad statewide Friday. The ad alleges that Sanchez, through Tesoro, was linked to the Gallardo drug cartel and the death of DEA agent Camarena Hector Berrellez...