Mexico Transfers 37 Cartel Members to US Amid Trumps Increasing Campaign Against Drug Smuggling

The Justice Department assured Mexico it would not seek the death penalty. Mexican President Claudia Sheinbaum presents a new security strategy against violence for Michoacan state at the National Palace in Mexico City, Mexico, on Nov. 9, 2025. Claudia Rosel/AP Photo1/20/2026|Updated: 1/20/2026Mexico transferred 37 members of drug cartels to the United States Tuesday amid increasing pressure from President Donald Trump to crack down on drug smuggling.Security Minister Omar García Harfuch announced the move in a post on X, underscoring that the individuals were “high-impact criminals” who “represented a real threat to the country’s security.”Kimberly Hayek is a reporter for The Epoch Times. She covers California news and has worked as an editor and on scene at the U.S.-Mexico border during the 2018 migrant caravan crisis.Author’s Selected Articles