The Mexican government carried out two secret operations to extradite 55 of the country’s most dangerous drug lords to the United States, according to a report in The Wall Street Journal (WSJ) on December 2, 2025. The prisoners, including Rafael Caro Quintero, the Treviño brothers, and operatives from the Sinaloa Cartel, the Jalisco New Generation Cartel (CJNG), and Los Zetas, were taken from Mexican prisons where they enjoyed privileges obtained through corruption. From these prisons, they coordinated drug shipments, murders, and money laundering networks. Pressure from the Trump administration accelerated their extradition: Washington demanded cooperation and threatened punitive tariffs if
