U.S. Transfers Three Fugitives to Mexico
Original reporting: El Diario de Juárez
What happened
El Diario de Juarez reports the three cases included a person described as an alleged CJNG member, a homicide fugitive, and a fraud suspect; the transfer procedure was not specified.
Reporting and context
El Diario de Juarez reports that U.S. authorities transferred three people sought by Mexican justice authorities after they had been fugitives in the United States. U.S. Ambassador Ronald Johnson announced the transfers in a social-media post and said the three cases involved a person described as an alleged member of the Jalisco New Generation Cartel, or CJNG, who was linked to firearms offenses in Guanajuato; a fugitive wanted in a Zacatecas homicide case; and a person sought in a fraud case.
The outlet attributes those descriptions to Johnson's statement. The ambassador said bilateral cooperation under the governments of President Donald Trump and President Claudia Sheinbaum sends a message that people sought by authorities will be captured and held accountable.
Johnson did not identify the three people, specify when they were taken into custody, or say whether the transfer was an extradition, deportation, or another legal procedure. El Diario de Juarez noted that Mexico's Foreign Ministry had previously reported that Mexico requested 269 extraditions between January 2018 and May of this year; the report did not provide a current breakdown for the three transfers.