Mexico extradited 26 senior cartel figures wanted by the United States as part of a deal with Washington. The transfer is the second such move since President Donald Trump took office, with Mexico previously extraditing 29 cartel leaders in February.

Mexico has expelled 26 high-ranking cartel figures to the United States in the latest major deal with the Trump administration as American authorities ratchet up pressure on criminal networks sending drugs across the border,

The transfer follows news that President Trump ordered the Pentagon to begin using military force against certain Latin American drug cartels.