US returns 3 fugitives to face charges in Mexico
One of the fugitives is a member of the Jalisco New Generation Cartel (CJNG), one of eight Mexican criminal groups that the U.S. government has designated as foreign terrorist organizations. The post US returns 3 fugitives to face charges in Mexico appeared first on Mexico News Daily
U.S. Ambassador Ronald Johnson declared on Sunday that three individuals wanted for various crimes in Mexico had been returned to the country. Johnson shared this on social media, stating that one of the fugitives belonged to the Jalisco New Generation Cartel (CJNG), a Mexican criminal group classified as a foreign terrorist organization by the U.S. government.
The announcement highlighted the significance of U.S.-Mexico cooperation, emphasizing that the message to criminals is clear: they will be caught and held accountable. Within 24 hours, U.S. authorities had returned three fugitives, one being a member of the CJNG narco-terrorist organization wanted on a firearms charge in Guanajuato, another wanted for murder in Zacatecas, and a third accused of fraud.
Johnson did not provide details on where or when the suspects were apprehended or handed over to Mexican authorities, nor did he disclose their names. This announcement followed Johnson's assertion two months prior that the U.S. had transferred 313 fugitives to Mexico to face justice during President Donald Trump's administration.
The Mexican government, however, claimed that the U.S. had not sent any of the 269 individuals it requested for extradition between January 2018 and May 2026. President Claudia Sheinbaum stated that those individuals include fake invoice brokers, ex-governors, people accused of organized crime, and those linked to the 2014 disappearance of 43 students in Guerrero.
She questioned why Mexico always seeks reciprocity, citing the extradition of former Chihuahua governor César Duarte to the U.S. for corruption charges in 2022. Sheinbaum's government has sent over 90 organized crime figures to the U.S. in three major transfers - January 2026, August 2025, and February 2025. Currently, U.S. authorities are seeking the extradition of Sinaloa Governor Ruben Rocha Moya and other officials from the Sinaloa Cartel, who are accused of drug trafficking.
President Sheinbaum has endorsed the FGR and the Ministry of Foreign Affairs' determination that the U.S. Justice Department has not provided sufficient proof to establish the probable guilt of Rocha and the other defendants, two of whom have surrendered to U.S. authorities in May.
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