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mahatmakanejeeves

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Tue May 13, 2025, 07:36 PM May 13

Mexican security chief confirms cartel family members entered US in a deal with Trump administration [View all]

Source: Associated Press, via Yahoo!

Associated Press
Mexican security chief confirms cartel family members entered US in a deal with Trump administration

Associated Press
Tue, May 13, 2025 at 6:07 PM EDT
2 min read

MEXICO CITY (AP) — Mexico's security chief confirmed Tuesday that 17 family members of cartel leaders crossed into the U.S. last week as part of a deal between a son of the former head of the Sinaloa Cartel and the Trump administration.

Mexican Security Secretary Omar García Harfuch confirmed a report by independent journalist Luis Chaparro that family members of Ovidio Guzman Lopez, who was extradited to the United States in 2023, had entered the U.S.

Guzmán Lopez is one of the brothers left running a faction of the Sinaloa Cartel after notorious capo Joaquín “El Chapo” Guzmán was imprisoned in the U.S. Video showed the family members walking across the border from Tijuana with their suitcases to waiting U.S. agents.

Rumors had circulated last week that the younger Guzmán would plead guilty to avoid trial for several drug trafficking charges in the U.S. after being extradited in 2023. … García Harfuch confirmed the family members' crossing in a radio interview and said it was clear to Mexican authorities that they were doing so after negotiations between Guzmán López and the U.S. government.

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Read more: https://www.yahoo.com/news/mexican-security-chief-confirms-cartel-220744568.html

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Trump only makes deals that personally benefit him. Irish_Dem May 13 #1
payoff in crypto Nigrum Cattus May 13 #5
Trump would love a piece of the drug/sex trafficking trade. Irish_Dem May 13 #6
Well ain't that the find of the year! bucolic_frolic May 13 #2
In a functioning political system, the Republican Party would eat him alive for this unblock May 13 #3
Largest fentanyl bust in DEA history just a week ago. Ponietz May 13 #4
Canadian border not involved. It's 20 times whole of last year that was found at the Canadian border Bernardo de La Paz May 13 #11
I thought he was deporting immigrant criminals. Selective prosecution. Clouds Passing May 13 #7
Along w/ selective immigration... ultralite001 May 13 #10
Was it because Don Jr was running low? Yo_Mama_Been_Loggin May 13 #8
MoneyMoneyMoneyMONEY! 50 Shades Of Blue May 13 #9
Pam "The Nazi Fraulein" Bondi should be grilled on this relentlessly wolfie001 May 13 #12
Of course they did! Lol! I'm losing my mind. Buddyzbuddy May 13 #13
This is wrong on too many levels to count... ultralite001 May 13 #14
So..... Asylum, then???????? BurnDoubt May 14 #15
Or were they eligible for a "Gold Card"? BurnDoubt May 14 #16
Democratic representatives need to broadcast this 24/7. iemanja May 14 #17
Didn't these fascists threaten to invade Mexico under the guise of fighting the cartels or some such crazy bullshit? Karasu May 14 #18
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