Mexican security chief confirms cartel family members entered US in a deal with Trump administration (apnews.com)
from MicroWave@lemmy.world to world@lemmy.world on 14 May 13:06
https://lemmy.world/post/29641068

Mexico’s security chief confirmed Tuesday that 17 family members of cartel leaders crossed into the U.S. last week as part of a deal between a son of the former head of the Sinaloa Cartel and the Trump administration.

Mexican Security Secretary Omar García Harfuch confirmed a report by independent journalist Luis Chaparro that family members of Ovidio Guzman Lopez, who was extradited to the United States in 2023, had entered the U.S.

Guzmán Lopez is one of the brothers left running a faction of the Sinaloa Cartel after notorious capo Joaquín “El Chapo” Guzmán was imprisoned in the U.S. Video showed the family members walking across the border from Tijuana with their suitcases to waiting U.S. agents.

Rumors had circulated last week that the younger Guzmán would plead guilty to avoid trial for several drug trafficking charges in the U.S. after being extradited in 2023.

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overload@sopuli.xyz on 14 May 13:25 next collapse

Hmm I thought Trump was all about ending the cartels/fentanyl trade. Guess not?

kami@lemmy.dbzer0.com on 14 May 14:13 next collapse

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FenrirIII@lemmy.world on 14 May 21:14 collapse

He just wanted a cut of the money.

abcdqfr@lemmy.world on 14 May 13:32 next collapse

Something something border something immigrants, transs!! Clown country.

radiohead37@lemmynsfw.com on 14 May 14:18 next collapse

During the campaign: promising to deport criminal immigrants.

After election: deport immigrants who get speeding tickets. Bring drug cartel members to US.

entwine413@lemm.ee on 14 May 15:04 collapse

He just doesn’t want to get murdered by the cartels. I doubt this would stop them, though.

CMLVI@lemmy.world on 14 May 14:33 next collapse

More info for those curious. Seems it’s part of some plea deal.

snekerpimp@lemmy.snekerpimp.space on 14 May 15:08 next collapse

So, now he is importing criminals? What kind of deal would a drug cartel strike with the White House?

“We will let you have asylum in the states for an unlimited supply of top shelf, premium cocaine.”

Edit: read the article first. It’s still ironic…

D_C@lemm.ee on 15 May 09:27 collapse

Only because he drained the swamp of all the criminals in his first term as, hahaha, ‘president’.
If you run out then you have to import. Supply and demand!!

RowRowRowYourBot@sh.itjust.works on 14 May 15:35 next collapse

This is the result of a plea deal. Guzman has been informing on his former connections and it is not unreasonable to expect the cartels to target his family.

yesman@lemmy.world on 14 May 17:57 next collapse

Wild, this is like an episode of Ozark.

hedhoncho@lemm.ee on 15 May 11:40 collapse

It’s hypocritical to fight fentanyl and take action against the poor to marginalization to this degree. Who do you think takes fentanyl? Poor people.