11 of 37 Mexican nationals extradited to U.S. being prosecuted in Texas

(The Center Square) – Eleven of 37 Mexican nationals extradited to the U.S. from Mexico are being prosecuted in Texas. The extradition was the largest transfer of fugitives in U.S.-Mexican history. Several extradited were captured by the Mexican military.

Thirty-seven Mexicans were extradited to 16 districts in 13 U.S. states and the District of Columbia in response to arrest warrants the districts issued. Texas received the most: nine in the Western District and two in the Southern District.

The U.S. Attorney for the Western District says several prosecutions stem from a multiagency investigation into cartel operations, including the Cartel de Jalisco Nueva Generación and Sinaloa Cartel. Both were among several transnational criminal organizations designated as foreign terrorist organizations last year. Gov. Greg Abbott previously designated them and other groups as FTOs in Texas.

One of the fugitives extradited to the district, a woman, is the first Mexican national to be charged wit...