Video shared by Mexican authorities shows a line of handcuffed prisoners surrounded by an escort of heavily armed and masked officers. (Mexico Security Secretary via AP)
Among those transferred was María del Rosario Navarro Sánchez, the first Mexican national charged in the U.S. with providing material support to a terrorist organization after allegedly conspiring with a cartel.
"This is Mexico resorting to extraordinary measures as pressure from the White House increases," David Mora, a Mexico analyst with the International Crisis Group, told The Associated Press.
Security Minister Omar Garcia Harfuch attends a news conference in Mexico City, Aug. 13, 2025. (AP Photo/Fernando Llano, File)
Mexico first sent 29 cartel figures to the U.S. last February, including notorious drug lord Rafael Caro Quintero, wanted for the 1985 killing of a U.S. DEA agent. A second transfer in August included 26 cartel members from multiple organizations.
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García Harfuch said the transfers were driven by public safety concerns, arguing that cartel leaders were continuing to run criminal operations from inside Mexican prisons.
The Associated Press contributed to this report.
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