Mexico sends 37 more drug cartel suspects to US amid Trump attack threats
Mexico transferred 37 alleged drug cartel members to the United States on Tuesday, amid escalating tensions with Washington and threats from President Trump to attack cartels within Mexico.
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Open questions and key claims
The people transferred were “high impact criminals” that “represented a real threat to the country’s security.”
Trump said: “We’ve knocked out 97% of the drugs coming in by water and we are going to start now hitting land, with regard to the cartels.”
the death penalty would not be pursued.
The handover is the third major transfer to the US in the past year, bringing the total to 92 suspects.
With this transfer, 92 high-impact criminals have now been sent to the US during this administration.
These individuals posed a real threat to the country’s security.
Mexico sent 37 members of Mexican drug cartels to the United States.
Mexico sent 37 people accused of being criminal operatives to the United States on Tuesday.
Who and where
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