Mexico has extradited notorious drug lord Rafael Caro Quintero and 28 other fugitive cartel members to the United States, according to the US Department of Justice. Caro Quintero, considered by Mexican authorities to be the founder of the Guadalajara cartel,

Drug lord Rafael Caro Quintero has long been wanted by the DEA for killing of agent Enrique “Kiki” Camarena in 1985.

Mexico has sent Quintero and 28 other cartel figures to the U.S. as the Trump Administration turns up the pressure on drug trafficking organizations.

Mexico has sent drug lord Rafael Caro Quintero, who killed a DEA agent 40 years ago, to the United States along with 28 other prisoners requested by the U.S. government.

Enrique "Kiki" Camarena disappeared in 1985 shortly after he helped bust a billion-dollar marijuana operation in Mexico.

The handover of so many significant cartel figures was one of the most important efforts by Mexico in the modern history of the drug war to send traffickers to face charges in U.S. courts.

Mexican officials are trying to head off the Trump administration's threat of imposing 25% tariffs on all Mexican imports.

Those extradited reportedly include Rafael Caro Quintero, long sought in the killing of a U.S. narcotics agent.

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It comes as top Mexican officials are in Washington trying to head off the Trump administration's threat of imposing 25% tariffs on all Mexican imports. | ITV National News

As Mexico and the U.S. negotiate trade tariffs, the Mexican government has handed over 29 cartel leaders and members who were wanted in the U.S.