The transfers are a milestone for the Trump administration, which has made dismantling dangerous drug cartels a key Justice Department priority.

After the capture of a Sinaloa Cartel boss, social media videos illustrate record levels of violence as Trump eyes military action in the region.

It came amid rising pressure from President Donald Trump on Mexico to dismantle the country's powerful drug organizations.

Mexico sent 26 alleged cartel figures to face justice in the United States because the Trump administration requested them and Mexico did not want them to continue running their illicit businesses from Mexican prisons,

The Drug Enforcement Administration on Monday announced the launch of Gatekeeper, a binational collaboration to identify Mexican cartel leaders in smuggling corridors along the Southwest border.

The Trump administration secures the extradition of 26 Mexican cartel figures, including a Los Cuinis leader and a suspect in 2008 U.S. deputy murder case.

Mexico's security chief Omar García Harfuch and US Attorney General Pam Bondi announced the deal in separate statements.

After the capture of a Sinaloa Cartel boss in El Paso, Texas, social media videos illustrate record levels of violence as Trump eyes military action in the region.

Cartel leader Damaso Lopez Serrano, better known as "El Mini Lic," reportedly hired a hacker to track down YouTuber Camilo Ochoa, killed during the weekend in Mexico