Reported by Bloomberg 

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President Claudia Sheinbaum is under intense pressure to crack down on cross-border drug trafficking as her US counterpart Donald Trump has threatened punishing tariffs on Mexican exports if more progress isn’t made.

The latest transfer of Mexican prisoners to US custody took place Tuesday morning, according to a joint statement from Mexico’s attorney general and security ministry. They noted that all of the inmates faced extradition orders and that US authorities have ruled out any death sentence for those turned over.

A separate statement from the US embassy in Mexico described the transfer as involving “high-profile fugitives,” without listing them. It did specify that among the group are key members of Mexico’s most powerful crime syndicates, the Jalisco New Generation Cartel and the Sinaloa Cartel.