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Thu Oct 1, 2015 9:3AM
Edgar Valdez Villareal, aka “La Barbie,” of the Beltran Leyva drug cartel, is presented to the press at the Federal Police headquarters in Mexico City, August 31, 2010. (Photo by AFP)
Mexico has extradited 13 drug traffickers, including high-profile suspects to the United States, authorities have confirmed.
“We have carried out the extraditions of 13 individuals... on court extradition requests from several jurisdictions in the United States,” Tomas Zeron, an official from Mexico’s Justice Ministry told AFP on Thursday.
A Mexican-American citizen, Edgar Valdez Villarreal, with the alias “La Barbie,” who is a top member of the notorious Leyva drug cartel, was among those sent to the US for trial, Zeron added.
Jorge Costilla, with the alias “El Coss,” was another high-profile drug trafficker extradited to the US, according to Zeron.
Two Mexican police officers stand next to a patrol car with a picture of fugitive drug lord Joaquin, July 28, 2015. (Photo by AFP)
The thirteen were long sought by the US. According to authorities, Washington in return plans to hand over some suspects in US jails who are sought by the Mexican government.
Mexico had in recent years balked at requests from the US for the extradition of drug cartel kingpins, including Joaquin “El Chapo” Guzman, the notorious drug lord who managed to escape a top federal prison in Mexico earlier this year.
Washington wanted the Mexican government to extradite him after his arrest in February 2014, but Mexico refused, in a bid to try him at home.
Just two weeks prior to his escape in July, the US filed an extradition request for Guzman.
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